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Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, API

Remote · Remote · Mid

$240,000 – $290,000

Listed on Runway’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Backend API engineer role focused on scaling Runway's infrastructure to handle millions of users and thousands of requests per second. This suits engineers who thrive owning production systems end-to-end, from design through monitoring, and want to build robust async workflows and database optimization across TypeScript APIs and cloud infrastructure.

Our summary, not Runway’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

Required

3+ years building production APIs
Strong TypeScript experience
End-to-end system ownership including infrastructure, monitoring, logging, metrics, and incident response
API design patterns and REST principles knowledge
Relational database experience with query optimization
Production system architecture at scale using AWS, GCP, or Azure

Nice to have

PostgreSQL experience specifically
Async workflow design experience
Rapid prototyping ability
Open mindedness and willingness to learn from teammates