Runway
Engineering Manager, API
$280K–$340K
Remote · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2025
- Experience
- 2+ years in an engineering manager or team lead role; 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience.
About the job
Lead the platform and API team, owning API strategy, infrastructure, data systems, and team growth for Runway’s AI-powered creation tools.
What you'll do
- Set platform strategy and architecture for the TypeScript API; own the public API domain and its technical and revenue outcomes.
- Manage data infrastructure, pipelines, analytics, and metrics supporting company decisions.
- Lead and grow a team of platform engineers and partner across product, finance, and company leadership.
What they ask for
- 2+ years in an engineering manager or team lead role, building and scaling high-performing teams.
- 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience, including operating TypeScript services in a cloud environment (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Experience owning revenue-generating platforms or products, including API economics, usage-based pricing, and developer experience.
- Experience with data engineering and analytics, production databases at scale, data migrations, and data integrity.
Pay
$280K – $340K USD base salary
Tools
TypeScript, AWS, GCP, Azure, Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Terraform
AI focus
Build and operate low-latency, high-reliability APIs and infrastructure supporting AI-powered creation tools.
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