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$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
This role focuses on building and scaling the API infrastructure that powers Runway's AI simulation platform, handling millions of users and thousands of requests per second. You'll own production systems end-to-end—from API design and database optimization to security, monitoring, and developer experience—working on a mature, high-impact system that serves both external developers and internal tools.
Our summary, not Runway’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- Amazon CloudFront
- Amazon ECS
- Amazon S3
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AWS Lambda
- Docker
- Grafana
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- Prometheus
- Python
- REST APIs
- Terraform
- TypeScript
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What they ask for
Required
- 3+ years building production APIs
- Strong TypeScript experience
- Experience owning systems end-to-end including infrastructure, monitoring, logging, metrics, and incident response
- API design patterns and REST principles knowledge
- Relational database experience with query optimization
- Production-ready system architecture at scale using AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Rapid prototyping and iteration ability
Nice to have
- PostgreSQL experience specifically
- Async workflow design experience