⚙️ Senior/Staff Platform Engineer
Senior/Staff platform engineer at Runway, a collaborative business-planning platform replacing spreadsheets. You'll shape core infrastructure and DevOps, build a formula/query engine and integrations platform, and implement core product with design and PM, using Go, Kubernetes, and GCP.
- Compensation
- $190K–$230K / yr
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience
- Track record of building robust, scalable systems in fast-paced environments
- Ownership mindset and autonomy to find the best path forward
- Pride in your craft and continuous improvement
- Inclusive approach; cross-functional collaboration and culture contribution
Nice to have
- Staff-level experience
- Leading a team working on a large web application
- Expertise in Go
- Experience or interest in DevOps and infrastructure
- Experience with Kubernetes or Google Cloud Platform
Full description
About Runway
Runway is a collaborative business planning platform designed to make business intuitively understandable for everyone.
Our Mission: To make business accessible and understandable to everyone. We believe that teams that understand the “why” behind their work are more productive and make better decisions. True alignment and collaboration come from having a shared source of truth that everyone understands.
Our Approach: Runway replaces traditional spreadsheets with a modern planning platform that brings clarity and context to business operations for all teams — not just finance. Just as Figma made design accessible across the organization, Runway does the same for business planning.
Why It Matters: Understanding requires more than just access to numbers; real collaboration happens when teams see how their work fits into the bigger picture. By providing this context, Runway helps teams save time and move faster.
Our Customers: World-class companies like AngelList, Superhuman, Stability.AI, ConvertKit, Lambda Labs, Lob, and SandboxVR rely on Runway to run their businesses more efficiently.
Our Investors: We are supported by a select group of investors that we admire, including Garry Tan (YC & Initialized), a16z, Elad Gil, Naval Ravikant, Dylan Field (founder of Figma), Eric Ries, Claire Hughes Johnson (COO of Stripe), Henry Ward (founder of Carta), Akshay Kothari (COO of Notion), Eugene Wei, Lenny Rachitsky, Nikita Bier, Scott Belsky, Soleio Cuervo, Balaji Srinivasan, and many others.
Working at Runway
We're remote-first, so you can work from anywhere in North America. We strive to be clear in our communication and over-communicate by default.
It’s early in our journey, so you'll have an opportunity to shape not just our product, but the company itself: how we work together, what makes us stand out, and who we hire.
Below are the values we share as a team — if these resonate with you, you may enjoy working here. (And if you don't like them, please tell us what we're missing in our thinking!)
Our Values
- 💩 Give a Shit: Giving a shit can’t be taught. It’s an inner drive that compels you to do what’s right and do it well. Have passion, take pride, and care deeply about your impact.
- 💡 Create Clarity: Cut through ambiguity and reveal the truth. Start with why, then answer how and what. Treat problems like puzzles, dig deeper, and find the right path.
- 🤝 Build Trust: With trust, it’s safe to take risks. We get there by being open, honest, and accountable. Actively listen, speak your mind, and consistently show up.