Engineering Manager, Strava
Map
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
Job no longer available
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create the most committed, close, and engaged athlete community on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- Have extensive experience leading engineering teams to deliver on ambitious goals
- Have worked on customer-facing applications or functionality at scale, ideally in the Graphics space or an adjacent space
- Are not unfamiliar with C++ development practices and challenges
What the job involves
- Strava is hiring an Engineering Manager to build and lead our Map Rendering Engine (MRE) team within our Map Platform organization
- This is an opportunity to be part of a team that is focused on developing rich and immersive map experiences that help our users plan, navigate and relive their activities
- As an Engineering Manager for the MRE team, you will be responsible for the execution of the Map Platform strategy and the management of the team
- Build and lead a team of engineers focused on various areas within our 2D and 3D map visualization across multiple platforms
- Define, design, and deliver new map rendering capabilities that enable product development teams to efficiently deliver new product features and functionality
- Grow and cultivate a collaborative, cross functional and high performing culture that prioritizes engineering excellence
- Work closely with other members of the Map Platform department and engineering leaders on company wide initiatives such as the technology vision, hiring, and scaling company processes and best practices
- Collaborating across multiple engineering teams to elaborate the MRE team’s roadmap and capacity planning
- Leading team discussions ahead of development cycles and ensuring all supporting materials are updated (Confluence, JIRA, GDoc)
- Ensuring proper communication and visibility of ongoing projects and upcoming tasks across the Map Platform organization
- Setting clear delivery goals and holding the team accountable to them
- Demonstrating empathy for our users and their experience while using Strava
- Coaching the engineers on the team and supporting their career development at all different levels and career stages
- Managing conflicting priorities between Product and Engineering
- Embracing an inclusive, collaborative environment that elevates a diverse set of voices and experiences
- You will manage a team of skilled engineers and support their career development
- You will deliver well-designed, high-quality products at scale
- You will hire amazing people to join our team
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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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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