Senior Engineer II, Privacy and Identity

Strava; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Strava in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join the Privacy and Identity team, building secure access and privacy features across iOS, Android, and web. You will work on sign-up, login, password management, and account recovery with a strong product engineering foundation.

This role spans mobile, web, and server work, with a willingness to learn quickly in a high-trust domain. Our flexible hybrid model requires on-site presence in SF three days per week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with fullstack range across mobile and backend/server systems.
• Comfort ramping up on systems that keep user accounts secure; identity-specific experience not required.
• Ability to break down complex, ambiguous problems into multi-component solutions.
• Product mindset balancing user experience with data protection and abuse prevention.
• Strong collaboration with product, security, and legal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features across account sign-up, login, password management, and account recovery for iOS/Android and backend services.
• Design and implement intuitive privacy controls for athlete data and experience.
• Partner with Product, Security, Trust & Safety, and Legal to meet compliance needs.
• Drive consistency in login, privacy, and account experiences across platforms.
• Use data to monitor login success, recovery flows, and engagement with privacy controls.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and on-call rotations.
• Break down problems into well-scoped, multi-component solutions and weigh trade-offs.

Skills

Fullstack development

Mobile development (iOS/Android)

Authentication protocols (OAuth, SSO)

Privacy & data protection

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

About Strava

Strava is the app for active people. 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.

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

The Privacy and Identity team owns how every athlete securely accesses their Strava experience and builds the tools that help them understand and manage their privacy on Strava, from account security to giving people clear visibility into and control over their data across iOS, Android, and web.

We're looking for a fullstack engineer to help build and improve the systems that keep athlete accounts secure and easy to access. You'll work across mobile, web, and server, contributing to sign-up, login, password management, account recovery, and privacy controls. This role will span work across platforms and key product surfaces. No prior identity or authentication experience is required, just strong product engineering fundamentals and a willingness to learn quickly in a high-trust domain..

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

• Build and ship features across account sign-up, login, password management, and account recovery, working across both mobile (iOS/Android) and backend services

• Design and implement clear, intuitive privacy controls that make it easy for athletes to understand and manage their experience and data on Strava

• Partner with Product, Security, Trust & Safety, and Legal to build features that meet compliance and platform integrity needs

• Help drive consistency in login, privacy, and account experiences across iOS, Android, and web

• Use data to monitor and improve login success rates, recovery flows, and engagement with privacy controls

• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and on-call rotations

• Break down ambiguous problems into well-scoped, multi-component solutions and weigh technical trade-offs

What You'll Bring to the Team

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with fullstack range spanning mobile (iOS or Android) and backend/server systems

• Comfort ramping up on systems that keep user accounts secure and easy to access; no prior identity-specific experience required

• Experience breaking down complex, ambiguous problems into multi-component solutions

• A product mindset: the ability to balance user experience with data protection and abuse prevention

• Strong collaboration skills, with comfort partnering across product, security, and legal stakeholders

• Experience with authentication protocols (OAuth, SSO) or in privacy- or compliance-sensitive domains is a plus

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.

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