Senior Engineer, Strava
Android
$160-170k
3 days a week in office
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
Be an early applicant
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-170k
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create the most committed, close, and engaged athlete community on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- Solid Android engineering fundamentals, including Kotlin, Jetpack, and modern Android architecture patterns
- A product mindset — you engage with PMs and designers as a partner, not just a ticket taker
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly working with backend engineers on shared implementations
- The ability to assess technical trade-offs and advocate for solutions that serve both users and the codebase
- A track record of delivering features end-to-end with accuracy and ownership
- Experience with social or community features (feeds, groups, challenges, notifications) is a plus
- Prior experience at a company with a large-scale consumer Android app is a plus
- Familiarity with Android performance optimization at scale is a plus
What the job involves
- The Community Engagement team at Strava builds the features that help athletes connect, compete, and stay engaged with the communities they care about — clubs, challenges, social feeds, and the interactions that make Strava more than a fitness tracker. This team sits at the heart of what makes Strava meaningful to its 180M+ users
- As a Senior Engineer I on the CE team, you'll own Android delivery for some of Strava's most-used community surfaces
- You'll work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to build implementations that are strong for users and sound under the hood
- This role carries real ownership — you'll be shaping how features get built, not just executing on decisions made elsewhere
- Design and ship Android features for Strava's community and social surfaces, from technical planning through delivery
- Partner with server engineers on shared implementations, contributing to solutions that work well at every layer of the stack
- Collaborate with PMs and designers as a full participant in planning — helping shape scope, flag trade-offs, and advocate for technically sound approaches
- Contribute to code reviews and help raise the technical bar on the team
- Deliver medium-to-large scope projects accurately and on time, with minimal oversight
- Begin mentoring junior engineers on the team as you grow your leadership presence
Our take
Strava has created an online network where runners, swimmers and cyclists can record fitness activities, and compare and compete with their community. It offers both a free and premium subscription service with added features. The company also partners with local councils and urban planners who purchase valuable journey data from Strava which can be used to map out cities and develop safer cycle paths.
The platform helps members discover and plan workouts, as well as offering a leaderboard which is updated using GPS as users compete for the top spot on particular fitness segments.
With over 125 million athletes and growing, Strava released several new product rollouts in 2024, including an AI-enabled leaderboard. A partnership with the wearable fitness tracker Oura will mean Strava software is available on wearables, taking the company into fresh competition with the likes of Peloton and Apple. In 2025, the company secured new funding in a round led by Sequoia Capital, growing its value to $2.2 billion.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2020
$110m
SERIES F
Oct 2014
$18m
LATE VC
Total funding: $151.4m
Company benefits
- Competitive base salary & stock options
- 100% company paid benefits for employees and families
- Flexible paid time off
- $2,000 annual professional development stipend
- Paid time off for volunteering
- 401(k) plan - with company matching
- $1000 annual gear stipend
- $500 annual gym or coaching reimbursement
- On-site fitness rooms with showers, lockers, and towel service
- Weekly team workouts – including remote employees
- Safe and secure bike storage on-site
- Weekly all hands meetings
- Employee resource groups
- Anti-racism nonprofit company matching program
- Free lunch on Wednesdays on-site
- Regular team happy hours
- Team offsites and company retreats
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Generous industry discounts on gear and activities
- Race entries to events we sponsor
- Snacks and stocked kitchens on-site
- Strava gear
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
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