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With over 200 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.\nOur 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.\nAbout This Role\nStrava's Core Services Platform teams build the scalable foundations behind the features athletes use most. We’re hiring for teams which build the foundational technology behind Strava features like the feed and photo/video sharing, as well as capabilities like experimentation and notifications. We're looking for a Staff Engineer to set the technical direction for this domain and act as tech lead for a small pod of engineers.\nThis is a role for someone who wants to own the technical vision for how Strava's social features work under the hood. 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You’re interested in more than just putting your head down on an assigned project.\n\nWe're not looking for 100% coverage on all of these - if you match most of them, we'd love to hear from you:\nExperience with feed systems, social graphs, or recommendation/ranking systems.\n\nExperience with large-scale system migrations (e.g., moving a critical service from one language/framework to another).\n\nFamiliarity with server-driven UI patterns.\n\nFor information on benefits, please click here.\nWhy Join Us?\nMovement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.\nOur 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.\nWhen 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.\nStrava 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.\nStrava is an equal opportunity employer. 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