Join the world's largest sports community and lead Strava's engineering team to new heights
Overview
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Denver, CO
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Organisation summary: Strava stands as the premier social network for athletes, connecting millions of users across 190 countries through its mobile apps and website. The company's mission is to motivate athletes and support their quest for personal bests, capturing billions of activity uploads worldwide. Strava offers a dynamic and inclusive workplace, backed by major investors and driven by a commitment to diversity, mental health, and anti-racism. With a culture of striving, Strava is an exceptional place to grow and contribute to a team that values joy and inspiration in athletes' lives.
Role Summary:Lead and advocate for client engineers across Android, iOS, and Frontend Web platforms.Strategize and oversee the development of frameworks and tools to advance product and business goals.Foster an inclusive team culture, focusing on impactful collaboration and career development.Engage with cross-functional leaders on initiatives like hiring and internal programs.
Role Requirements:Proven leadership managing teams of 6+ engineers.Experience with internal customer collaboration and long-term tech decision making.Expertise in client technology stacks like Kotlin, Swift, or React, and related frameworks.Ability to balance foundational work with incremental enhancements.A record of boosting developer productivity through effective tooling and architecture.
This hybrid role is based in Denver, CO, and Strava invites passionate individuals to shape the future of its core technologies. For insights into Strava's engineering ethos, visit the Engineering Blog.
About This Role
Strava is the leading social platform for athletes and the largest sports community in the world, with over 125 million athletes in 190 countries. If you sweat you’re an athlete, and Strava’s mobile apps and website connect millions of active people every day!
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:
- Lead a team of client engineers supporting Android, iOS and Frontend Web technologies at Strava
- Advocate for foundational work that elevates product and business needs for the long-term
- Drive the strategy for Frameworks and Tools including build systems, design systems, localization systems and platform specific frameworks
- Build an inclusive and impactful team culture within your team.
- Work closely with other engineering leaders on team wide initiatives such as hiring, the intern program and career development
You will be successful here by:
- Engaging in work with an empathetic and business-aligned leadership mindset
- Working closely with internal stakeholders and understanding their needs
- Coaching the engineers on the team and supporting their career development, at all different levels and career stages.
- Applying exceptional judgment to challenging situations.
- Embracing an inclusive, collaborative environment that elevates a diverse set of voices and experiences.
We’re excited about you because you:
- Have experience leading and managing teams of 6+ engineers
- Have experience working with internal customers and partnering with staff+ engineers to make long term technology decisions
- Have expertise in at least one of the client technology stacks: Android (Kotlin), iOS (Swift) or Web (React, Server Side Rendering and Micro Front Ends)
- Are able to balance the tension between long term foundational work and incremental improvements to make internal customers’ lives better
- Have a track record of improving developer productivity through tooling and architecture strategies
This is a hybrid role based in Denver, CO.
For more information on compensation and benefits, please clickhere.
We'd love to talk to you about the future of Strava’s core technologies and your role in developing them. For more on Strava’s engineering team check out the Engineering Blog. It covers a wide range of topics, from how we rebuilt our leaderboard systems to personal perspectives on what it’s like to be an engineer at Strava.
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. And with billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and audacious 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. And 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, 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.
In light of the global pandemic, Strava is currently working in a fully remote capacity. As always, we remain committed to fully supporting our employees, especially their mental health and wellbeing, through these challenging times. 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.