Server Engineer, Core Services Platform

About This Role

Strava is the app for active people. With over 135 million athletes in more than 190 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today and Join the Strava Club.

This role is on the Core Services Platform team, a team responsible for the underlying services that power goal setting, progress tracking and discovering new locations to be active. This team partners closely with product development teams across the company, enabling and discovering the features that will be on the roadmap: either immediately or long into the future. We apply a product-forward mindset to complicated discovery work. Together we create the most engaging ways that athletes can interact with their data – then inform where they could go next.

This role will be based in our San Francisco office with a hybrid in-office work requirement of at least 3 days per week. 

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Collaborate with fellow engineers, analysts and product managers to deliver experiences that will enable their athletic goals and discover where their next activities could be.
• Demonstrate commitment to innovation and providing capabilities, unlocking new opportunities for the products of the future.
• Take ownership of the systems we interact with by improving reliability, performance and cost opportunities along the way.

You will be successful here by:

• Demonstrating empathy for athletes and their experience while using Strava
• Own your work and partner with cross-functional peers to ensure services are adequately scoped and implemented.
• Contributing to an inclusive and collaborative team culture.
• Be willing to explore and learn new technologies outside of your comfort zone.

We’re excited about you because:

• Have built services in a production environment, using languages like (but not limited to) Ruby, Java, Scala, Python, Go, etc.
• Have experience with relational or NoSQL databases in production (we use MySQL, Redis, and Cassandra)
• Have experience with open-source distributed systems technologies (we use Kafka, Finagle, Kubernetes, and Docker)
• Have experience working with Elasticsearch and GraphQL 

Compensation Overview

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.

Compensation: $145,000 - $210,000. The base salary posted is within the compensation range for this role. This range reflects base pay only and does not include, equity, or benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process. 

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About Strava

Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes who we are and what we do. We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to connect athletes to what motivates them and help them find their personal best. With billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and adventurous vision: to be the record of the world’s athletic activities and the technology that makes every effort count.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage diverse teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Despite challenges in the world around us, we are continuing to grow camaraderie and positivity within our culture, and we are unified in our commitment to becoming an antiracist company. We are differentiated by our truly people-first approach, our compassionate leadership, and our belief that we can bring joy and inspiration to athletes’ lives — now more than ever. All to say, it’s a great time to join Strava!

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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