Senior Manager of Data Engineering, Strava
$255-271k
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
$255-271k
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
- You have 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform, or a related quantitative domain
- You have 3+ years of experience leading and mentoring high-performing data engineering teams
- You are an advanced user of SQL and have developed production-grade data pipelines using languages like Python, Scala, or Java
- You have deep experience implementing and maintaining modern ETL/ELT orchestration systems (e.g., Airflow, dbt) and cloud data infrastructure (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS, GCP)
- You have a strong track record of driving data quality, governance, and the implementation of tools for data cataloging and monitoring
- You understand underlying infrastructure and engineering best practices (e.g., Kubernetes, CI/CD, software development lifecycle) with the ability to influence architectural decisions
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Manager, Data Engineering to lead a team focused on building and optimizing data pipelines and data models that enable best-in-class data science, analytics, and self-service business intelligence
- You will be instrumental in realizing our vision that key decisions and products at Strava are greatly enriched with data to benefit athletes and the business
- This role requires a balance of people leadership, technical oversight, and individual contribution to set the strategic direction for our core data assets
- You will partner tightly with Analytics, Data Science, and Data Platform teams across the company
- Act as the player-coach for our Data Engineering function, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership
- Define the long-term vision and technical roadmap for Strava’s core data platform, including the development of scalable, robust, and efficient ETL/ELT pipelines
- Drive initiatives to significantly improve the quality, integrity, and availability of Strava’s data assets, implementing best-in-class monitoring and alerting systems
- Collaborate with Analytics, Data Science, and Product teams to enable advanced data consumption, experimentation, and self-service business intelligence across the company
- Represent the Data Engineering team in cross-functional strategic planning and collaborate with the broader data community to elevate our technological craftsmanship and data governance standards
- You Will Be Successful Here By:
- Translating the company's business objectives into a compelling technical strategy for the Data Engineering team, ensuring all data infrastructure supports business relevance
- Prioritizing and driving execution of projects that significantly improve the scalability, efficiency, and extensibility of our data models and systems
- Serving as a key technical and organizational mentor for your team, guiding them on complex architectural decisions and best practices for modern data development
- Proactively anticipating the data needs of a rapidly growing platform, fostering a culture that prioritizes data integrity, security, and privacy
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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