Senior Server Engineer, Trust & Safety

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 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

We're seeking a Senior Server Engineer to join our Trust and Safety engineering team. This team builds the tools, systems, and features that protect the integrity of our platform and ensure a safe, trusted experience for our global community. In this role, your work will have a direct and lasting impact, shaping the foundation of a platform where people can connect, share, and thrive with confidence.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our Denver office - three days per week.

What You'll Do:

• Develop core Trust and Safety capabilities, such as user reporting and content moderation, content and behavior detection, and abuse prevention systems.
• Deliver back-end services in large, reliable, and scalable distributed systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as: product, design, analytics, and operations to deliver impactful and scalable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers within a collaborative, supportive team.
• Use your in-depth knowledge of software to help drive technical conversations with peers from different backgrounds, across different teams.
• Contribute to a close-knit community in a flexible, hybrid work environment.

What You'll Bring to the Team:

• 4+ years of proven experience building services in a production environment, using languages like Ruby, Java, Scala, Python, Go, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of relational or NoSQL databases for production, such as MySQL, Redis, or Cassandra.
• Familiarity with open-source distributed systems technologies, such as Kafka, Finagle, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Experience or interest in developing Trust and Safety systems and infrastructure.

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Why Join Us?

Movement brings us together. At Strava, we're building the world's largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.

Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you're shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.

When you join Strava, you're not just joining a company-you're joining a movement. If you're ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let's build something incredible together.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes' days even better. Just as we're deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we're dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We're backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we're expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.