Staff Backend Engineer & Product Engineering Lead

TOGETHXR; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Strava is looking for a Staff Engineer to lead the development of backend systems for athlete-facing features. You will collaborate with product managers and designers, focusing on shipping quality products and shaping the technical direction of your team.

This role requires 10+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in relevant programming languages, and strong leadership in a tech lead capacity. Strava promotes a hybrid work model with 3 days on-site in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional backend/server engineering experience, with a track record of shipping consumer products.
• Experience acting as a tech lead — facilitating team processes and driving execution.
• Strong system design skills for distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship backend systems for athlete-facing features.
• Act as tech lead for engineering pods, coordinating delivery.
• Partner with product managers and designers to shape product features.

Skills

Backend/server engineering experience

Tech lead experience

Strong system design skills

Proficiency in Scala, Go, Python

Familiarity with distributed systems technologies

Experience with relational and NoSQL databases

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Strava is looking for a Staff Engineer to lead the development of backend systems for athlete-facing features. You will collaborate with product managers and designers, focusing on shipping quality products and shaping the technical direction of your team.

This role requires 10+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in relevant programming languages, and strong leadership in a tech lead capacity. Strava promotes a hybrid work model with 3 days on-site in San Francisco.