Member of Technical Staff, Backend

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

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.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our Backend team to help us build cutting-edge, AI-powered video creation and collaboration tools. Rather than specialists, we’re seeking curiosity-driven engineers who are determined problem solvers and thrive in fast-paced, high-ownership environments. Our engineering team is highly collaborative and works on a wide variety of exciting challenges, including building backend services for interactive video processing and streaming, and deploying cutting-edge computer vision and generative models to production.

Technical Stack

• API Endpoints: Typescript, ECS containers on AWS Fargate (for real-time collaboration and media asset management)
• Inference Backend: Python
• Media Processing: FFmpeg/libav, HLS
• Machine Learning: PyTorch, TorchScript
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes
• Infrastructure Management: Terraform

Responsibilities

• Work with a world-class engineering team pushing the boundaries of creativity and content creation on the browser.
• Work across the Backend stack to implement new product features for Runway’s machine learning based video creation and collaboration tools.
• Create server-side components using the latest in machine learning and graphics.
• Improve the performance, reliability, and code quality of our codebases.

Requirements

• 3+ years of industry experience in a software engineering role, ideally backend focused.
• Demonstrated fluency of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to Python or Typescript.
• Experience in architecting production-ready systems and familiarity with debugging and profiling tools.
• Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and iterate on them with tight product deadlines.
• Humility and open mindedness; at Runway we love to learn from one another.

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 we provide. There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including experience, skills, and location.