# Rune Botten

> Senior Software Engineer | AI Developer Experience @ Sanity.io | Building mcp.sanity.io

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rune

I build developer tools at the intersection of AI and content infrastructure. At Sanity, I built the remote MCP server (mcp.sanity.io) from scratch, which became one of the company's fastest-growing features.

I've been a developer for over 17 years. A few years ago I moved into product management because I saw generative AI starting to commoditize the writing of code, and wanted to sharpen my instincts for what to build, not just how. I came back to engineering at the most exciting possible time: agents, Claude Code, and a genuine paradigm shift in how software is made. Figuring out how we use and scale good engineering with AI agents is what drives me now.

Along the way, solutions engineering taught me what customers actually need, and product taught me how to prioritize and ship under constraints. Engineering is where I'm most natural, and the combination lets me build things that are technically sound and strategically important.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Sanity
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA
Tech lead for AI Developer Experience from inception. Built Sanity's remote MCP server (mcp.sanity.io) from scratch, now a top growth driver used by 40+ AI clients including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and v0. Also built a Kubernetes-based agent runtime and shipped CLI and other API improvements for agent DX.

### Senior Product Manager @ Sanity
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, CA
Led Studio Developer Experience product, also covering interim Engineering Manager responsibilities. Shipped auto-updating Studios, unblocking feature delivery to self-deployed customers. Also shipped schema and content migration tooling, search improvements, and performance tracking to help engineers avoid regressions.

### Principal Solutions Engineer @ Sanity
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, CA
Worked directly with Sanity's largest customers on architecture and technical strategy. Instrumental in landing several of the company's biggest enterprise deals. Contributed customer signal back to product and engineering, shaping platform direction. Gave a conference talk on structured content that people still reference years later.

### Solutions Engineer @ Sanity
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA
Helped grow Sanity's enterprise revenue from early-stage to multi-million ARR alongside a single account executive. Pre- and post-sales technical advisory for enterprise customers adopting Sanity.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Various
Jan 2008 – Jan 2019 | Greater Oslo Region
Oslo, Norway. Mix of permanent roles and independent consulting across mobile, web, and backend development. Employers and clients included NRK (Norwegian public broadcaster), SpareBank 1 (major Norwegian bank), Scandinavian Design Group, and Bengler. Built native apps, backend systems, and proof-of-concepts ranging from startups to national institutions.


## Education
### Computer Science
University of Oslo

### Year Course in Physics, Mathematics
Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/runebotten
- Website: http://github.com/runeb

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Source: https://flows.cv/rune
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rune/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-01