Senior Backend Engineer, Runway
$185-225k
+ Equity
Financial planning platform for business
Open for applications
Financial planning platform for business
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$185-225k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower teams to build great companies by making business understandable and accessible to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience (we welcome applicants encompassing a diverse range of seniority for this position, including those with Staff-level experience)
- A track record of building robust, scalable systems - We’re always seeking the right balance between moving fast and building for the long haul. We're looking for someone who has thrived at tackling complex technical challenges in fast-paced environments
- An ownership mindset - At Runway, we position our team to understand customer problems, and give them the autonomy to find the best path forward
- Pride in your craft - We’re looking for people who take pride in their work and are always looking to improve it. If our work doesn’t matter to us, we won’t end up mattering to our customers
- An inclusive approach to your work - We’re looking for somebody who loves to collaborate cross-functionally to achieve great customer outcomes and who is excited to contribute to our culture
Desirable
- Leading a team working on a large web application
- Expertise in Go
- Experience or interest in DevOps and the infrastructure side of building great software products
- Experience with Kubernetes or Google Cloud Platform
What the job involves
- Building product & infrastructure: As an early engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping the architectural decisions that allow Runway to scale to meet the needs of our growing customer base
- We’re looking for folks excited to have a big impact on our core infrastructure and approach to devops at Runway. You'll also work closely with the design and PM teams to plan and implement our core product
- Building our technical foundation: Work we do today can make our future work better and faster. Since our product is tackling a complex problem, we’ll need to build a foundation that is flexible and allows us to adapt to a wide variety of product needs
- Growing the team: Everyone on the early team plays an important role in attracting, closing, and growing other talented team members. The biggest factor in our ability to build amazing products is the team, so we look to you to help set the example for the kind of team we all want to build together
- Building a formula evaluation and query engine that allows customers to scale beyond any spreadsheet
- Supporting an integrations platform with hundreds of connections and the ability to query millions of rows of data
- Enabling customers to flexibly and joyfully create financial models using data from any part of their business
- Scaling our infrastructure to support the future growth of Runway
Our take
Runway sets out to make financial planning simpler for businesses, with a platform that replaces tedious spreadsheets and dispersed data with modern modelling and planning tools. Through its various functions, users can automate the updating of their forecasts with new data, connect their numbers to business context, and answer "what if" scenarios with the help of an AI co-pilot, as well as much more.
With its easy-to-implement and easy-to-understand approach, Runway is a promising proposition for businesses who want to ensure all their teams can understand and act aligned with their key goals. The company has seen significant funding that will support it in its development, with a real chance to capture new clientele as demand for this sort of product is only set to rise.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2023
$27.5m
SERIES A
Jan 2023
$5m
SEED
Total funding: $37m
Company benefits
- Top-tier healthcare: Runway pays 90% for you and 50% for your family, with plan options to suit your needs
- 3 weeks minimum vacation: Unlimited vacation days, with 3 weeks per year minimum
- Equity: Outsized equity compared to BigTech™
- Monthly employee stipend: $250 monthly stipend for office supplies, wellness, co-working, WiFi - get what you need
- Top-of-the-line laptop: Use the best tools for the job to perform at your highest potential
- Monthly 3-day weekends: We make sure there's at least one long weekend per month to relax and recharge
- CPA & fiduciary reimbursement: $200 to speak to a finance professional about any personal tax/finance questions
- 4 months paid parental leave: Fully paid time off for parents to spend quality time with family
- 401(k): Flexible saving options through Guideline, with industry-leading fund options and low fees
- Corporate credit card: We empower you to make decisions in Runway’s best interest—everyone has a corporate card
Company values
- Give a shit
- Create clarity
- Build trust
- Raise the bar
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Siqi Chen
(Co-Founder & CFO)Initially the CEO of Runway before moving to the role of CFO in 2023. Member of the Board of Directors at Sandbox VR, where they were previously CEO. Has held a number of Senior positions at various companies over the years.
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