Senior Server Engineer, Community Engagement

About This Role

Strava is the leading digital community for active people with more than 125 million athletes, in more than 190 countries.

The platform offers a holistic view of your active lifestyle, no matter where you live, which sport you love and / or what device you use.

Everyone belongs on Strava when they are pursuing an active life.

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This role is on the Community Engagement team. We are responsible for all of the ways Strava users connect to their community and tell their athletic stories on the platform.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will :

• Work with a team of engineers, designers, product managers, and analysts to help Strava users find and connect with their community.
• You have a passion for technical leadership and product development.
• You love to mentor other people in their technical growth while learning simultaneously.

You will be successful here by :

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

We’re excited about you because :

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

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.

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.

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 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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