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2025-10-12 Runway

Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, API

We are a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. The research we are doing and the tools we are building are maturing rapidly and are quickly becoming the foundation for how we will all soon approach making anything. From images to videos, scripted media to documentaries, graphic design to architecture, interactive games to social media, new forms of learning and the future of entertainment itself. Everyone will be empowered to make anything. There will no longer be any barriers to entry. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you. *Open to hiring remote across North America and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, London, and Tel Aviv 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. Our API endpoints for real-time collaboration and media asset management is written inTypescript, and runs in ECS containers on AWS Fargate. We leverage multiple AWS-native components, such as S3, CloudFront, Lambda, Kinesis, and SQS, as building blocks of our infrastructure. Our inference backend is written inPython (PyTorch, TorchScript),and is deployed across multiple clusters / cloud providers. We useKubernetesfor container orchestration, and k8s-native components such as Flyte, Kueue, and Kyverno efficient job orchestration. We invest in prometheus and grafana for monitoring, andTerraformto manage our infrastructure. 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 relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range. Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates. Salary range: $220,000-270,000 Great things come from great teams.We’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. More about Runway We're excited to be recognized as a best place to workCrain's|InHerSight|BuiltIn NYC|INC - Work with a world-class engineering team pushing the boundaries of creativity and content creation on the browser - Own the full API lifecycle from design and implementation to monitoring, optimization, and documentation for both public and internal APIs - Implement comprehensive API security, rate limiting, authentication, and monitoring systems to ensure reliability at scale - Improve the performance, reliability, and code quality of our codebases - 4+ years of industry experience in a backend focused software engineering role - Fluency of one or more programming languages; TypeScript preferred - Experience with PostgreSQL, including query optimization, indexing, and database design - Experience architecting production-ready systems at scale using cloud primitives from AWS, GCP, or Azure - 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 - Research - Our AI Film Festival - Runway Studios - Our Behaviors and Company Mission - Towards a new media ecosystem with world simulators; $300m Series D funding

Location: Remote

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-12 Runway

Director of Machine Learning, ML Datasets Engineering

We are a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. The research we are doing and the tools we are building are maturing rapidly and are quickly becoming the foundation for how we will all soon approach making anything. From images to videos, scripted media to documentaries, graphic design to architecture, interactive games to social media, new forms of learning and the future of entertainment itself. Everyone will be empowered to make anything. There will no longer be any barriers to entry. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you. *Open to hiring remote across North America and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, London, and Tel Aviv We are looking for a Director of Machine Learning specializing in Dataset Engineering to lead our strategic efforts in data acquisition, management, and optimization. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on data analysis and technical expertise. 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 relevant experience, skill level, and qualifications assessed during the interview process and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range. Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates. Salary range: $400,000-$490,000 Great things come from great teams.We’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. More about Runway We're excited to be recognized as a best place to workCrain's|InHerSight|BuiltIn NYC|INC - Establish and oversee data partnerships to obtain high-quality datasets for our AI models - Develop data strategies that support Runway's product and research objectives - Analyze our data ecosystem to find gaps and areas for improvement - Work with external partners on new data projects - Keep up with advances in dataset engineering and machine learning, applying new methods to our work - Participate in hands-on data analysis, guiding the team in data exploration and interpretation - Manage data costs and implement ways to optimize data usage and storage - 8+ years of experience in machine learning and dataset engineering, focusing on large-scale, multimodal datasets - Experience leading data strategies and partnerships at a senior level - Expertise in data analysis, with practical experience in examining complex datasets - Knowledge of data cost management and optimization techniques - Understanding of current developments in dataset engineering and machine learning - Experience working with external data providers and managing large data projects - Ability to connect technical concepts with business strategies - Leadership skills to guide a team of data engineers and analysts - Communication skills to explain complex data concepts to various audiences - Research - Our AI Film Festival - Runway Studios - Our Behaviors and Company Mission - Towards a new media ecosystem with world simulators; $300m Series D funding

Location: Remote

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-12 Runway

Applied Research Lead, Generative Audio

We are a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. The research we are doing and the tools we are building are maturing rapidly and are quickly becoming the foundation for how we will all soon approach making anything. From images to videos, scripted media to documentaries, graphic design to architecture, interactive games to social media, new forms of learning and the future of entertainment itself. Everyone will be empowered to make anything. There will no longer be any barriers to entry. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you. *Open to hiring remote across North America and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, London, and Tel Aviv We’re looking for a Research Team Lead to lead a group of Runway's Applied ML Research team. This person will be leading and driving the executions for new applied research projects. This person should have a strong research background in computer vision, and be deeply interested in managing and enabling other researchers to develop state-of-the-art research. This is a cross-functional role that requires strong communication and collaboration skills; you will have a chance to work with the rest of the engineering organization to oversee the transition from research into production, as well as with the Product team to initiate and work on projects that deliver clear user value. 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 relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range. Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates. Salary range: $280,000-$380,000 Great things come from great teams.We’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. More about Runway We're excited to be recognized as a best place to workCrain's|InHerSight|BuiltIn NYC|INC - 4+ years of industry experience as a research scientist in multimodal, generative audio and proven experience leading projects - High emotional intelligence and experience mentoring other researchers - Good understanding of how to communicate goals, drive the execution of projects, and inspire through others - Experience in translating product and business objectives into technical strategies - Deep interest in productionizing state of the art ML research - Research - Our AI Film Festival - Runway Studios - Our Behaviors and Company Mission - Towards a new media ecosystem with world simulators; $300m Series D funding

Location: Remote

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-12 Runway

Applied Research Lead, Language

We are a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. The research we are doing and the tools we are building are maturing rapidly and are quickly becoming the foundation for how we will all soon approach making anything. From images to videos, scripted media to documentaries, graphic design to architecture, interactive games to social media, new forms of learning and the future of entertainment itself. Everyone will be empowered to make anything. There will no longer be any barriers to entry. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you. *Open to hiring remote across North America and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, London, and Tel Aviv We’re looking for a Sr. Applied Research Scientist to lead efforts in building large language models and vision language models that power Runway’s research and tools, with a focus on multimodal capabilities and reasoning. This role is for someone who has a strong background building impactful and novel machine learning projects, has strong software engineering skills, and is deeply interested in seeing their research materialize in novel user interfaces for creative tasks. 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 relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range. Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates. Salary range: $280,000-$380,000 Great things come from great teams.We’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. More about Runway We're excited to be recognized as a best place to workCrain's|InHerSight|BuiltIn NYC|INC - 4+ years of relevant ML engineering or research experience in language models - Very strong programming skills and ability to write clean and maintainable research code - Deep interest in building human-in-the-loop systems for creativity - Passion for seeing research through from initial conception to eventual application - Experience mentoring and teaching other researchers - Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills - Research - Our AI Film Festival - Runway Studios - Our Behaviors and Company Mission - Towards a new media ecosystem with world simulators; $300m Series D funding

Location: Remote

Salary range: None - None

2025-10-12 Runway

Senior/Staff Technical Recruiter

We are a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. The research we are doing and the tools we are building are maturing rapidly and are quickly becoming the foundation for how we will all soon approach making anything. From images to videos, scripted media to documentaries, graphic design to architecture, interactive games to social media, new forms of learning and the future of entertainment itself. Everyone will be empowered to make anything. There will no longer be any barriers to entry. Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you. *Open to hiring remote across the US or Canada— we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle As a Senior/Staff Technical Recruiter at Runway, you will play a vital role in recruiting for roles across all our Product, Design and Engineering teams. You will support hiring managers and their teams by helping them build out their recruiting capabilities, teaching them to leverage recruiting tools, interviewing techniques, and recruiting best practices. In this partnership, you will also work with hiring managers to design end-to-end recruiting strategies for their roles, help them find creative ways to source great talent, and guide them in building out robust, customized interview processes. In addition to hiring, you’ll also have exposure to various parts of the People function, including Employer Branding, Recruiting Ops, Employee Experience, and more. You’re entrepreneurial, process oriented, collaborative and innovative in order to source and hire top talent and provide a unique candidate experience. During the interview process, you’ll go through several different hands on exercises. We like to use these exercises so that we can get a good sense of how candidates approach problems and so that candidates can get a real sense of what it’s like to work at Runway. 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 relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range. Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates. Salary range: $150,000-$190,000 Great things come from great teams.We’d love to hear from you. We’re committed to creating a space where our employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. More about Runway We're excited to be recognized as a best place to workCrain's|InHerSight|BuiltIn NYC|INC - Manage full cycle recruiting process; from sourcing candidates to coordinating interviews with the help of a Recruiting Coordinator to offer delivery - Lead and deliver a best in class candidate experience by getting back to candidates within hours versus days and managing a thoughtful interview process - Work closely with our hiring managers to develop a deep understanding of their needs and come up with innovative recruiting strategies - Track all search metrics and provide weekly updates to hiring managers and the broader recruiting team - Continuously work on designing unbiased interview processes and sourcing strategies to give candidates from all backgrounds equal opportunities to be hired - Participate in recruiting events and cross-functional projects as needed - 4+ years of technical recruiting experience with at least 2-3 years at a fast scaling software company - Driven to find mechanisms and build programs that result in attracting great talent at all levels and give our hiring managers targeted pipelines where they can build strong relationships with engaged candidates - Sourcing experience using a variety of tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Github, meetups, Gem etc. - Attention to detail and strong organizational skills - Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written - Experience utilizing applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse experience a plus) - Ability to move fast and focus on impact - Research - Our AI Film Festival - Runway Studios - Our Behaviors and Company Mission - Towards a new media ecosystem with world simulators; $300m Series D funding

Location: Remote

Salary range: None - None

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