This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits. Your recruiter can share more details about the full compensation package during the hiring process.

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future.

For more information, please contact your talent partner.

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 the Role

We’re seeking a Senior Server Engineer to join the B2B team and help us build innovative sponsored experiences that delight millions of athletes while driving revenue that is strategically critical for Strava’s continued growth and success.

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:

• Develop new and creative products that appeal to Strava’s end-users and B2B partners alike

• Continuously enhance the Challenges product to drive consumer and B2B growth

• Partner deeply with product to shape features together through iteration and experimentation

• Help set the technical direction on server for the B2B space and help shape the team’s culture

• Mentor engineers across the organization—sharing not just technical knowledge but the behaviors, habits, and decision-making frameworks that help engineers grow and succeed.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• You have 5+ years of professional software development experience or equivalent expertise in server engineering.

• You have strong knowledge of distributed systems, relational databases, and building for scale in mainstream backend system languages.

• You excel at giving and receiving high-quality feedback. You foster a culture of continuous improvement in the teams you're a part of.

• You are comfortable using data to make decisions, bring others along, and understand the impact of your work.

• You care deeply about operational excellence and server architecture that enables teams to move quickly.

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.

Compensation Range: $180K - $200K