Director of Engineering, Strava
Achieve & Explore
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
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
- Have a track record of delivering impactful and critical products within tight constraints and deadlines, while maintaining a high level of quality in what is shipped
- Have experience leading and managing multiple teams of engineers with experience managing managers and staff+ engineers
- Have experience in coaching and mentoring engineers in your teams resulting in their growth through the career ladder
- Have experience working with product and other stakeholders to balance short term deliverables with long term technology investment
- Have 5+ years of experience working in consumer product environments and 5+ years of management experience, with at least 2 years of experience leading managers
What the job involves
- You will be responsible for two product engineering teams, Achieve and Explore
- Achieve’s charter is to help active people achieve their athletic goals
- They own features like our Progress and Training experiences, the Activity Page and Athlete Intelligence
- Explore’s charter is to help our athletes explore the world around them. They own features like Routes, Segments and how our users interact with Maps
- Lead two product engineering teams, inclusive of two engineering managers and mobile and server engineers
- Be responsible for the launching of features and novel experiences that bring increased value to our users
- Partner closely with product, design, analytics and other cross functional partners to ensure the success of your teams
- 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
- Engaging in work with an empathetic and business-aligned leadership mindset
- Working closely with internal stakeholders and understanding their needs
- Having a focus on shipping velocity
- 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
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 Strava into fresh competition with the likes of Peloton and Apple.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-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 values
- Antiracism
- Authenticity
- Balance
- Craftsmanship
- Camaraderie
- Commitment
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Mark Gainey
(Chairman)Having studied at Harvard, Mark started their career as a TA Associates Associate before co-founding Kana Communications and several Board Membership roles. They co-founded Strava in 2007, serving since as Chairman.
Michael Horvath
(CEO & Board Member)Michael co-founded Kana with Mark before working as an Economics Professor at Stanford and Dartmouth. They worked for 4 years as CFO of GlycoFi before co-founding Strava, serving initially as CEO and since 2017 as a Board Member.
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