Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Were putting together a talented team to build the #1 training platform for Runners

We help everyday runners become outstanding by building an incredible app providing world-class training coaching and community for everyone whether youre improving your 5k time or training for your first marathon.

Were growing extremely fast! In November 2023 we closed a $6.5M funding round led by JamJar with participation from Eka Ventures Venrex and Creator 2024 we were selected by Apple as one of three global finalists for the iPhone app of the year reflecting the innovation and impact of what weve built & in 2025 we were acquired by Strava!

Our ambition is huge: to become the go-to global leading training platform for millions of runners everywhere. Were growing with purpose and looking for people who want to build something meaningful with lasting impact. With the recent acquisition by Strava accelerating our journey now is a really magical time to join.

Were looking for a Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) to play a pivotal role in driving the technical success of Runna. This is a hands-on role where youll work across multiple squads providing architectural direction ensuring engineering excellence and enabling the successful delivery of features across the entire Runna platform. We have a jam packed roadmap with countless opportunities to champion new technologies work on meaningful problems that impact millions of runners and improve existing architecture to elevate the whole of our engineering team.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site 3 days per week in Runnas office based in London UK.

Youll be a multiplier for the engineering team; mentoring developers improving processes and guiding the evolution of our systems as we scale. Were looking for someone who is not only technically excellent but also a creative problem solver and collaborative leader who brings energy and clarity to fast-paced environments.

• Lead the architectural design and technical strategy across multiple product teams ensuring scalable secure and maintainable solutions.

• Champion how we adopt AI across our SDLC from agentic workflows and automated code review through to the tooling and guardrails that help the wider team ship faster without lowering the bar.

• Drive the end-to-end delivery of key initiatives working hands-on to build test and ship features across the full stack (mobile backend integrations).

• Coach and support engineers by providing technical guidance mentorship and code reviews without creating bottlenecks.

• Collaborate with Product Design and Engineering Leads to define the best solutions for user experience balancing speed quality and long-term technical goals.

• Own the release process and support a culture of reliable continuous deploymentwhile enabling teams to ship confidently and independently.

• Maintain and grow a high-performing engineering culture based on ownership knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement.

• 6 years of professional experience in software engineering with a focus on technical leadership and driving projects end-to-end.

• Deep expertise in TypeScript/JavaScript with a strong foundation across the full stack.

• Hands-on experience putting AI to work in a real engineering organisation whether thats agentic workflows automated code review or internal agents. You have a clear view of where it pays off and where it doesnt.

• Familiarity shipping LLM-backed features to production including prompt and context design in a user facing product.

• Broad AWS experience across serverless (Lambda API Gateway AppSync) containers (ECS/EKS) and managed services with no strong attachment to one deployment model.

• Skilled in defining and delivering features from initial architecture and design through to release testing and production support.

• Able to thrive in a highly skilled fast-paced engineering team. So far in 2026 we shipped:

  • 49 mobile app releases (iOS and Android)

  • 878 API releases

  • 552 modelling backend releases

• Proven ability to mentor engineers support team growth and guide complex projects from design to release.

• Comfortable with Infrastructure as Code tooling like Terraform CDK or CloudFormation.

• Able to thrive in autonomous roles taking ownership without heavy direction.

• Experience working with cross-platform frameworks such as React Native

• Have hands-on experience with SwiftUI or native mobile development.

• Are confident working with and improving CI/CD pipelines release cycles and deployment processes.

Below you can find a small reflection of our current tech stack:

• React Native (iOS and Android)

• Typescript

• GraphQL (Apollo Client)

• Fastlane

• SwiftUI (Apple Watch)

• Maestro E2E tests

• AWS (Serverless/Terraform)

• Lambdas (NodeJS & Python)

• ECS

• AppSync DynamoDB S3 SQS SNS EventBridge

• Snowflake

• Sentry

• GitHub Actions

• Intercom Mixpanel

• RevenueCat

• App Store Connect / Play Store

Were offering a salary of 110000 - 131000 per year depending on experience plus participation in Stravas long-term incentive (stock) programs. Overview of our benefits is below:

Were also committed to continually evolving our benefits to support you as we grow. Here is a brief overview what we currently offer in the UK

1. Flexible working we typically spend 3 days a week together in our Vauxhall office

2. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

3. Free Runna & Strava subscriptions for you and 3 of your friends (get ready to be your friends fave person or save them for holiday presents!)

4. Headspace membership

5. Money every year to spend on gear events and the gym!

6. Private health insurance with Bupa and workplace pension scheme

7. Modern Health is a mental wellness platform and app that combines technology with professional support to improve mental well-being and reduce stress

8. Carrot fertility support - this benefits provider can provide inclusive fertility hormonal health and family-forming benefits to our global employee population and takes the burden off what we know can be a stressful process.

9. Parenthood is an exciting challenging and beautiful thing. Our Family Care Leave is here to support parents as they welcome their new line with our commitment to inclusivity we provide leave to parents irrespective of gender or path to parenthood (e.g. natural childbirth surrogacy or adoption).

Please see more info on our amazing benefits here: Benefits at Runna

Our aim is to keep the interview process as straightforward and enjoyable as possible and will consist of the following stages:

1. Screening call with Talent team (30 minute video call)

2. 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 home technical task (max 1-2 hours to complete or if you have something interesting you recently built and would like to showcase then thats perfectly OK)

3. 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 of system design and some general architecture/tech questions)

4. Meet the team (in-person chat with founder(s) and rest of the team)

Please let us know if theres anything we can do to better accommodate you throughout the interview process - this can be from scheduling interviews around childcare commitments to accessibility requirements. We want you to show your best self in the process so please speak to your Talent Partner

Please apply through this link (this will take you to our Ashby career hub). Please note we are unable to accept any applications outside of Ashby. If you have any questions regarding the status of your application please email

Still have questions or want to know more Check out our Careers Page

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