Staff Engineer: Social Platform Tech Lead

TOGETHXR; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TOGETHXR is looking for a Staff Engineer to set the technical direction for Strava's social platform services. The ideal candidate will lead modernization efforts and manage a pod of engineers, ensuring the technical capabilities align with product needs.

With over 10 years of backend engineering experience and strong system design skills, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of Strava's social features. This role involves a hybrid work model in Denver, allowing a flexible environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional backend/server engineering experience, with a track record of setting technical direction.
• Experience leading technical projects involving multiple engineers: scoping work, breaking it down, coordinating delivery across a team.
• Strong system design skills for distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for Strava's social platform services.
• Act as tech lead for a small pod of engineers.
• Drive modernization efforts for critical platform services.

Skills

Backend/server engineering experience

Technical project leadership

System design for distributed systems

Proficiency in Ruby, Scala, Go or Java

Experience with distributed systems technologies

Experience with relational and NoSQL databases

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

MySQL

Redis

Cassandra

Job description

TOGETHXR is looking for a Staff Engineer to set the technical direction for Strava's social platform services. The ideal candidate will lead modernization efforts and manage a pod of engineers, ensuring the technical capabilities align with product needs.

With over 10 years of backend engineering experience and strong system design skills, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of Strava's social features. This role involves a hybrid work model in Denver, allowing a flexible environment.