Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, API

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the full API lifecycle from design to monitoring
• ▹Design async workflows for task orchestration
• ▹Optimize Postgres database queries
• ▹Build rate limiting, fraud detection, and credit management systems
• ▹Implement API security, authentication, and monitoring
• ▹Improve developer experience with documentation and SDKs

Requirements

• ▹3+ years of experience building production APIs
• ▹Strong TypeScript experience
• ▹Experience owning systems end-to-end
• ▹Understanding of API design patterns and REST principles
• ▹Experience with relational databases (Postgres preferred) and query optimization

Soft skills

About the company

Runway ML builds AI models that simulate the real world by merging art and science.