Full-Time

Developer Relations / Developer Growth

Updated on 9/11/2026

Runware

Runware

51-200 employees

Generative AI platform with fast inference

No salary listed

Remote in USA + 1 more

More locations: San Francisco, CA, USA

Remote

Fully remote, with regular in-person developer events and community activities in San Francisco.

Category
Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Python
Git
TypeScript
REST APIs

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Requirements
  • At least 4 years of relevant experience in Developer Relations, Developer Advocacy, Developer Growth, Developer Marketing, Developer Experience, or a closely related developer-facing role.
  • Experience working with an API-first, developer infrastructure, developer tools, or technical platform company, ideally in a fast-moving startup environment.
  • Ability to write and demonstrate code in Python or TypeScript and work comfortably with APIs, software development kits, integrations, and modern developer tooling.
  • Strong understanding of generative artificial intelligence and the AI developer ecosystem, including model capabilities, limitations, and real-world use cases.
  • Demonstrated track record of driving measurable developer adoption through technical content, open source, GitHub, integrations, developer tooling, community, or other developer-growth channels.
  • Ability to present, run live demonstrations, lead workshops, and explain complex technical concepts clearly to technical audiences.
  • Credible public developer footprint through GitHub or open-source contributions, technical content, talks, demonstrations, or other public developer work.
  • Willingness and ability to attend regular in-person developer events and community activities in San Francisco.
Responsibilities
  • Grow Runware across the developer ecosystem by identifying where it should have a stronger presence and expanding distribution through GitHub, open source, developer communities, frameworks, integrations, plugins, package registries, MCP, marketplaces, and other relevant developer channels.
  • Create technical content and developer tooling, including demos, tutorials, quickstarts, example applications, software development kits, starter templates, integrations, and videos that make Runware easy to discover, understand, and integrate.
  • Represent Runware in the developer community by attending and leading workshops, hackathons, meetups, conferences, and other developer events, and by delivering live demonstrations, technical sessions, and product walkthroughs.
  • Engage directly with developers to help them integrate Runware, troubleshoot issues, explore use cases, and turn feedback into actionable insights for Product and Engineering.
  • Partner across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to translate Runware’s technology and launches into developer-facing demonstrations and narratives and provide technical credibility when working with customers and the broader ecosystem.
  • Drive measurable developer adoption by understanding which channels and initiatives move developers from discovery to integration and active usage, and continuously invest in what works.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous experience in AI infrastructure, generative AI, inference, or another AI-native developer platform.
  • Experience growing an open-source project, GitHub presence, or developer community from an early stage.
  • Experience getting developer products adopted through third-party frameworks, package registries, marketplaces, MCP, plugins, or other developer ecosystems.
  • Experience launching technical products through developer channels such as Hacker News, Product Hunt, Reddit, YouTube, or similar communities.

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

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$66M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Runware raised $50 million in December 2025 from Dawn Capital, Insight, and a16z Speedrun.
  • Runware says 10 pods run across three regions, with 160 sites available.
  • Runware serves Higgsfield AI and Wix while reporting 99.94% API uptime in September 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Runware’s July 2026 outage exposed dependence on upstream data-center providers.
  • WaveSpeed AI, Fal.ai, and Replicate attack Runware’s budget positioning by 2026.
  • Rapid pod rollout through H2 2026 risks capital intensity, deployment errors, and missed capacity targets.

What makes Runware unique

  • Runware’s Sonic Inference Pod ships 1MW inference pods in 20-foot containers.
  • Runware controls custom hardware, closed-loop cooling, and its proprietary Sonic Inference Engine®.
  • Runware offers 400,000-plus models with serverless deployment and second-level metering.

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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

3%

2 year growth

16%
TechCrunch
Aug 4th, 2026
Runware raises $50M to build portable data center pods for AI inference

Runware has launched the Sonic Inference Pod, a modular, transportable data centre designed to provide flexible AI compute capacity. The company believes distributed compute positioned closer to end users will win long-term over massive hyperscaler projects. The pods use closed-loop cooling rather than water and can be built in days, compared to months or years for traditional data centres. Runware can add capacity quickly by deploying new pods rather than expanding fixed facilities. The company currently has 10 pods deployed across the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, with 160 sites available. Runware raised $50 million in Series A funding in December to provide infrastructure for image generation. CEO Flaviu Radulescu acknowledged AI power consumption will increase regardless of supplier, but emphasised the pods avoid transmission losses and new grid capacity requirements.

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.

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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