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.
*Open to hiring remote across North America — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle
We're looking for a hands on Engineering Manager who will lead our growing Frontend team. You should have experience leading high-performing and fast-paced engineering teams, and be deeply interested in building AI-driven products. We value leading by technical expertise. You’ll work closely with our research, platform, design and creative teams to build complex, interactive, and highly delightful UI’s for our products.
What you’ll do- Lead a talented frontend engineering team and keep pushing the boundaries of content creation at a fast speed
- Develop and deploy state-of-the-art AI-driven product features while offering technical mentorship
- Work weekly with leadership and the engineering team as a whole to review and set priority around goals
- Build and grow a team of skilled engineers from diverse backgrounds
- Engage and retain engineers and make feelings of inclusion and psychological safety a top priority
- Improve the performance, security, reliability, and code quality of our products
- 1+ year of experience in a team lead or engineering manager role
- 4+ years of industry experience in a frontend engineering role
- Skills translating leadership goals into actionable tasks to be synthesized and distributed to your team
- Empathetic and inclusive leadership style
- Experience with Typescript and React
- Strong interest in writing robust and maintainable client-server architectures and APIs
- Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and iterate on them with tight product deadlines
- Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills
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: $290,000-340,000
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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