Design Engineer

Job summary

Responsibilities

We are looking for a passionate Design Engineer to join Runway Labs — our research and exploration team pushing the frontier of AI video and General World Models. This is not a role focused on Runway core consumer products; instead, you’ll be embedded in a fast-moving lab environment where the…

• Prototype and implement novel user experiences at the intersection of AI video, world models, and emerging generative media
• Design and build agentic tools and interfaces that allow researchers and creatives to interact with and direct AI systems in real time
• Explore new application areas for AI video and general world models — from simulation and interactive media to research tooling
• Stretch the limits of front-end engineering to broaden what’s possible in research and experimentation contexts
• Create internal tools and frameworks used across design and engineering teams at Runway Labs

What they're looking for

• Genuine curiosity about AI video, world models, agentic engineering and generative media and an intuition for how to design meaningful interactions with these systems
• Experience designing flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity UIs for web and agentic products
• Experience building agentic tools or interfaces — i.e., systems where AI takes actions, reasons over state, or drives multi-step workflows
• Strong understanding of visual and interaction design, as well as usability testing
• Comfort working in ambiguous, research oriented environments where the problem space is still being defined