Member of Technical Staff, Frontend

2 Months ago • 3-6 Years • $220,000 PA - $270,000 PA

Frontend Development

Job Description

We are a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer for our Frontend team to help us build cutting-edge, AI-powered video creation and collaboration tools. You will be working with a world-class engineering team pushing the boundaries of creativity and content creation on the browser. The role involves creating rich multimedia interfaces using the latest AI video generation models, taking on new challenges across the Frontend stack, and improving the performance, reliability, and code quality of our codebases. The ideal candidate is a curiosity-driven engineer who is a determined problem solver and thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.

Must Have:

3-6 years of industry experience in a software engineering role, ideally frontend focused
Demonstrated fluency of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to Javascript/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

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problem-solving

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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.

About the role

_{*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 Staff Software Engineer for our Frontend 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 developing new interfaces for AI content creation and deploying cutting-edge computer vision and generative models to production.

What you’ll do

Create rich multimedia interfaces using the latest, cutting-edge AI video generation models.
Work with a world-class engineering team pushing the boundaries of creativity and content creation on the browser
Take on new challenges across the Frontend stack to implement new product features for Runway’s machine learning based generative AI tools
Improve the performance, reliability, and code quality of our codebases

What you’ll need

3-6 years of industry experience in a software engineering role, ideally frontend focused
Demonstrated fluency of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to Javascript/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

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

Working at Runway

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.

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