Full-Time

Product Designer

Posted on 5/12/2026

Runware

Runware

11-50 employees

Generative AI platform with fast inference

No salary listed

Remote in UK

Remote

UK right to work required; visa sponsorship not offered.

Category
UI/UX & Design (1)
Required Skills
Figma
Requirements
  • 3+ years of experience in UX or product design
  • Experience designing complex software products, developer tools, or technical platforms
  • Experience working in B2B SaaS or API-driven environments
  • Strong skills in user flows, interaction design, and usability thinking
  • Proficiency in Figma or similar design tools
  • Ability to translate complex technical systems into clear and intuitive interfaces
  • Comfortable collaborating closely with engineers and product teams
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain design decisions clearly
  • Experience working in fast-paced startup environments
  • Comfortable using modern AI-assisted tools to accelerate design and prototyping workflows
  • Experience building interactive prototypes using tools such as V0, Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, or similar rapid prototyping environments
  • Ability to move quickly from concept to working prototype to help validate product ideas before engineering implementation
Responsibilities
  • Design intuitive user experiences for the Runware website, web app and developer platform
  • Translate complex AI and infrastructure concepts into powerful workflows and interfaces
  • Design dashboards, onboarding flows, model exploration tools, and developer-facing product surfaces
  • Create wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity product designs
  • Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to bring new features to life
  • Improve usability across existing interfaces based on developer feedback and product insights
  • Help evolve our design system and ensure visual and interaction consistency across the platform
  • Work on early-stage product concepts and prototypes for new capabilities
  • Contribute to improving developer onboarding and time-to-first-success
  • Identify UX friction points and propose solutions that improve clarity and adoption
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience designing developer platforms, APIs, or infrastructure products
  • Familiarity with AI/ML tools or generative AI platforms
  • Experience working on technical dashboards or developer tooling
  • Interest in emerging AI technologies and developer ecosystems
  • Experience contributing to design systems or scalable product design frameworks

Runware.ai provides an ultra-fast, cost-effective platform to deploy AI-generated content. It runs AI workloads on custom hardware in renewable-powered, self-managed data centers and offers a flexible API so apps can use AI features without extra infrastructure or ML expertise. The Sonic Inference Engine powers rapid media generation, with real-time WebSocket connections, built-in redundancy, autoscaling, GPU allocation, and parallel pipelines to ensure reliability. A library of over 188,000 models (including LoRA and ControlNet) supports diverse media tasks, with a goal of democratizing access to advanced generative AI for businesses.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$66M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2023

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $50M Series A from Dawn Capital fuels all-media workflow expansion.
  • Powered 5 billion creations for 100,000+ developers since 2023 launch.
  • 90% lower costs than cloud GPUs attract price-sensitive e-commerce users.

What critics are saying

  • Replicate's Ship deploys models 3x faster, eroding cost edge in 6-12 months.
  • Fal.ai's 100ms video latency steals real-time clients like Higgsfield AI.
  • EU AI Act mandates audits for UK-incorporated Runware in 12-24 months.

What makes Runware unique

  • Sonic Inference Engine® delivers sub-second inference on custom hardware.
  • Unified API supports 400k+ models across image, video, audio, 3D.
  • Renewable energy data centers power sustainable, low-cost AI inference.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Family Leave

Stock Options

Meaningful stock options

Company Retreats

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Gym Membership

Phone/Internet Stipend

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-9%

1 year growth

-5%

2 year growth

0%
TechCrunch
Dec 11th, 2025
Runware raises $50M Series A for real-time image and video generation API

Runware, a developer platform for real-time image, video and audio generation, has raised $50 million in a Series A round led by Dawn Capital, with participation from Insight Partners and a16z Speedrun. Founded in 2023 by Flaviu Radulesc and Ioana Hreninciuc, Runware enables developers to integrate its API into applications to generate media assets through a single interface, eliminating the need for separate infrastructure or integrations. The platform uses custom AI inference infrastructure for open-source models and provides immediate access to newly released models. The company has powered over 5 billion creations for more than 100,000 developers since launch. Dawn Capital Partner Shamillah Bankiya is joining Runware's board following the investment.

Andreessen Horowitz
Nov 21st, 2025
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Tech Funding News
Sep 9th, 2025
Runware raises $13M for AI media

Runware, an AI-as-a-Service provider based in San Francisco, raised $13M in a funding round led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $16M. Investors include a16z Speedrun, Begin Capital, and Zero Prime. The funds will expand Runware's capabilities to all-media workflows, including audio, LLM, and 3D. Founder Flaviu Radulescu highlighted their platform's ability to offer up to 90% lower inference costs than cloud providers. Runware evolved from the image creation tool PicFinder.

CityBiz
Oct 2nd, 2024
Runware Secures $3M Funding

Runware, a San Francisco, CA-based media generation API startup, raised $3m in seed funding. Backers included A16Z’s Speedrun, LakeStar’s Halo II , Lunar Ventures, Begin Capital, Zero... Read More