Software Engineer, Full Stack (Senior)
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
01-04-2025
Job Specifications
We're putting together a talented team to build the #1 training platform for Runners
We help everyday runners become outstanding by providing world-class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you're improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon. To date we have built iOS, Android and Apple watch apps that help people achieve their goals by coaching them through the full journey and syncing to their favourite fitness devices.
We're growing extremely fast and in November 2023 closed a new £5M funding round led by JamJar with participation from Eka Ventures, Venrex and Creator Ventures. And in 2024, we were selected by Apple as one of three global finalists for the 2024 iPhone App of the Year reflecting the innovation and impact of what we've built.
We want to grow as fast as we can into the future and are looking for individuals who will help us get there. For more about our background and growth check out our Careers Page!
We're now looking ahead to the future and the people who want to help us build and scale Runna. Our aim is to reach millions of subscribers in the next 5 years and be the go-to training platform for any runner. Now is a magical time to join, we're still small, and everyone makes a foundational difference.
Who We're Looking For
We are looking for talented, creative and positive team players to join our highly-skilled Cross-Functional Engineering Team to help deliver new features for our iOS, Android and Apple watch applications and third-party integrations (Garmin, Strava, Coros, Fitbit Suuntu etc). You will work closely with our founders and CTO to help shape the future of Runna, who will support you all along this exciting journey.
As a Software Engineer, your role will include:
Architect, build, test and deliver new features across the full stack
Work with the Product team to identify the most suitable solution for the best customer experience
Always be on hand to help other team members when they need help on technical matters
Help us operate more efficiently, by building and maintaining our developer tooling and CI/CD pipeline
We rotate the responsibility of releases across each team member, so you will get the opportunity to lead the process and deploy changes to production
Requirements
What experience we're looking for
If you don't quite meet all of the below skills, we'd still love to hear from you as we might be able to tweak the role slightly or offer you a position better suited for you. You can apply directly below or contact us if you're still unsure.
Your key skills:
Strong TypeScript/JavaScript experience
Able to work in a highly skilled engineering team in a fast-paced, iterative environment
4+ years experience in your main expertise area (Frontend, Backend etc)
Comfortable picking up new things and working on technologies outside your comfort zone
Are skilled in delivering features end-to-end, from architecture design and building through to releasing, testing and supporting
Enthusiasm for our ways of working which include:
Iterative development, continuous deployment and test automation
Knowledge sharing, pair programming, collaborative design & development
Shared code ownership & cross-functional teams
Bonus points if you:
Are experienced in delivering features full-stack
Are experienced in Python or SwiftUI
Are experienced in deployment, releasing cycles or CI/CD
Have experience with React Native (worked on large scale applications)
Have experience with Serverless architectures
Have experience with AWS
Experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling (e.g. CDK, CloudFormation, etc.)
Have experience in open source contributions, including reporting bugs/issues in GitHub, testing new releases, or contributing to code
Have a strong interest in the health/fitness technologies
Our tech stack
Check out our tech radar here which we are constantly iterating, and below you can find a small reflection of our current tech stack:
Frontend:
React Native (iOS and Android)
Typescript
GraphQL (Apollo Client)
Fastlane
SwiftUI (Apple Watch)
Maestro E2E tests
Backend:
Serverless (AWS)
Lambdas (NodeJS & Python)
AWS AppSync
DynamoDB, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, SageMaker
Postman API tests
All the other good stuff:
Sentry
GitHub Actions
Intercom, Mixpanel
RevenueCat
App Store Connect / Play Store
Figma
Software Engineer Interview Process
Our aim is to keep the interview process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible, and will consist of the following stages:
Kick off! (apply below) - please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make for you!
Getting to Know You + Live Coding (45-minute video call, first 25 mins will be an introductory chat followed by two live coding exercises from https://leetcode.com/)
Take home technical task (max 1-2 hours to complete, or if you have something interesting you recently built and would like to showcase then that's perfectly OK)
1.5-hour technical interview (the first half of the call will be used to discuss the take-home technical task from the previous stage and the second half will consist some general architecture/tech questions)
Meet the team (in-person chat with founder(s) and rest of the team)
Once the process is finished, we promise to let you know our decision as soon as possible.
Benefits
We offer a salary of £80,000 - £95,000 (depending on experience), plus equity in the form of Runna stock options.
Based on years of direct, relevant experience. Software Engineer I £42.5k, Software Engineer II £47.5-60k, Software Engineer III £60-80k, Software Engineer IV £80k-95k, Software Engineer V £95k+
We'll be growing our package of benefits over time. We currently offer:
Flexible working (we typically work 2-3 days in our office in Vauxhall)
Salary reviews every 6 months or whenever we raise more investment
25 days of holiday plus bank holidays
A workplace pension scheme where if you pay 5% we pay 3%
A brand new Macbook, a running watch of your choice, and anything else you need to do your best work
Private health insurance
Enhanced family care policy (3 months fully paid leave when a new Runna joins the family, fertility support & other benefits)
An hour slot each week (during work time) to do a Runna workout
At Runna we have a limited number of employment visas that we are able to sponsor and are limited by govt. guidelines so cannot guarantee a visa sponsorship to all applicants. Please do apply though as we will consider all applicants.
About the Company
Runna is the #1 rated running coaching app in the world. Our mission is to make running training effective, enjoyable and easy for everyone Take your running to the next level with Runna. We provide world-class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you're improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon. Know more
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