Member of Technical Staff, Application Security

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (North America and Europe)
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified (Implied: Competitive market rates)

Runway is an applied research company pioneering new tools for human imagination. Runway has been at the forefront of multi-modal AI systems ensuring that the future of media creation is accessible, controllable and empowering for creatives. Runway’s mission is to ensure that anyone anywhere can tell their stories. We believe that deep learning techniques applied to audiovisual content will forever change art, creativity and design tools. Runway is leading a shift to generative media that is unlocking an unprecedented level of creative potential. The invention of the camera 200 years ago forever changed our world – AI is a new kind of camera that will reshape storytelling forever.

Responsibilities

• Work with our security, engineering, and research teams to secure development pipelines and infrastructure across the company.
• Act as a subject matter expert for secure development practices.
• Provide practical risk assessments to help prioritize the most critical areas for improvement in our development lifecycle and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Experience: 4+ years of hands-on experience in securing applications and infrastructure in complex cloud environments.
• Knowledge: Strong knowledge of security principles, common vulnerabilities, and secure coding practices.
• Programming Skills: Demonstrated fluency of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to Python or Typescript.
• Tooling: Experience implementing and utilizing SAST/DAST tools in development pipelines.
• CI/CD: Knowledge of secure CI/CD practices and how to implement security controls in build processes.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience securing cloud infrastructure in AWS and/or GCP.
• Adaptability: Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and iterate on them with tight product deadlines.
• Soft Skills: Humility and open mindedness; at Runway we love to learn from one another.

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes: Extensive experience in securing Kubernetes environments.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Threat Modeling: Experience with threat modeling and secure architecture design.
• Authentication/Authorization: Knowledge of OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and other authentication/authorization protocols.
• AI Security: Experience securing AI development and research environments.

Company Information

Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package.