Strava

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SeniorEngineerII,ActivitiesPlatform

$198–235k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Engineer II, Activities Platform at Strava. Skills: Backend services, Data pipelines, Production infrastructure, Platform capabilities. Evolve systems for activity data. Design and build backend services”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver platform capabilities; Create reliable and performant ways for athletes to interact with data

Industry & Context.

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Problems you'll solve

Break down ambiguous problems

Eligibility Requirements

Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation, More than half of your time on-site in San Francisco office

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of professional software development experience, backend/server engineering experience, Experience with distributed systems, Hands-on experience with data stores such as SQL or column stores, Proficiency in at least one of Strava's backend languages (Ruby, Scala, Go, Java), Experience with distributed systems technologies like Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure (AWS)

Nice to Have

Comfort picking up other backend languages

What You'll Do.

Evolve systems for activity data

Design and build backend services

Handle millions of activity uploads

Operate and improve production infrastructure

Partner with product teams

Contribute to technical design reviews

Write and review design docs

Set technical direction

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with product teams across Strava; Communicate clearly with engineers and cross-functional partners

Communication Scope

Communicate clearly

Process & Methodology

Drive projects through to delivery

Full Job Description

ABOUT STRAVA Strava is the app for active people. With over 180 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey https://www.strava.com/subscription with Strava today. Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward. About This Role Strava is hiring a Senior Engineer to join the Activities Platform team within Core Services. This team is responsible for the underlying services that power activity uploads, data processing, media, and activity storage; they own the foundational data layer that nearly every feature at Strava is built on. The team partners closely with product development teams, enabling and discovering the capabilities that will be on the roadmap: either immediately or long into the future. We apply a product-forward mindset to complicated platform and infrastructure work. Together we create the most reliable and performant ways for athletes to interact with their data — then inform what comes next. We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our San Francisco office — three days per week. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Own and evolve the systems that power activity data at Strava — from upload ingestion through processing, storage, and serving - Design and build backend services that handle millions of activity uploads and the data pipelines that flow from them - Operate and improve critical production infrastructure, including participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation - Partner with product teams across Strava to scope and deliver platform capabilities that unblock their roadmaps - Contribute to technical design reviews, write and review design docs, and help set t

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