Current openings at Strava

About This Role Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. 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. Our engineering organization is looking for a motivated and experienced Android engineer at the Senior Staff level to join Strava’s mobile team in San Francisco. A Sr. Staff Software Engineer at Strava is an individual contributor in a technical leadership position. You will be reporting to our Principal Engineer, working across our Product and Mobile foundation teams. We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to around half of your time on-site in our San Francisco office—roughly three days per week. What You’ll Do: Bring meaningful perspectives from across the industry to Strava Help define our mobile architecture through vision and execution Collaborate with all members of your product development team, product managers, engineers, designers and others to identify and execute on opportunities to further extend Strava’s best-in-class mobile offering. Use your expert knowledge and experience to guarantee technical excellence within your own work and the work of the team. Champion the evolution of Strava’s technological landscape, driving the adoption of advanced technologies and practices. Be a part of Strava’s Staff group, coordinating Android development across product teams Pro-actively mentor other engineers and provide technical leadership to the team. Support the consistent up-leveling of our engineers and engineering team, yourself included. Deliver your "best ever" feature work to directly impact tens of millions of engaged users. You Will Be Successful Here By: Providing Android technical leadership role across multiple teams with responsibility for aligning technical plans Working with our other Sr. Staff Engineers to build a technical roadmap that drives substantial business value Establishing strategic partnerships with cross-functional leaders across the organization Having a comprehensive view of the challenges within the engineering organization and using your experience and judgment to make decisions optimized for the wider organization Demonstrating empathy for athletes and their experience while using Strava. Building beautiful, smooth, delightful mobile experiences. Being willing to explore and learn new technologies outside of your comfort zone. What You’ll Bring to the Team: Advanced to Expert-level proficiency and hands-on experience in Android development using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose Knowledge and know-how of Android concepts such as: ViewModel, Room, Flows, and Coroutines in a production environment Experience working with large, modularized applications that use dependency injection tools and connect to back-end services. Experience using GraphQL. Stayed up to date and experiment with the latest Android technologies, breaking down their objective engineering value, to share and compare opinions with other engineers. A product-focused mindset. Our team works together to deliver projects that use technology to solve real business problems. Enjoyed working on mobile apps at all levels – from optimizing network requests to pixel-perfect animations. Coordinated with fellow Android and Server engineers to maintain clean code and considered common touchpoints and share best practices across the stack. Led technical initiatives and supported other technical leads on their own initiatives. Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, with an appreciation for the challenges posed by each within a fast evolving codebase with many contributors. Enjoyed mentoring engineers within your team and beyond. We'd love to talk to you about the future of Strava’s core technologies and your role in developing them. For more on Strava’s engineering team check out the Engineering Blog. It covers a wide range of topics, from how we rebuilt our leaderboard systems to personal perspectives on what it’s like to be an engineer at Strava. Compensation Overview 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 tiers 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. Compensation: $275,400 to $292,600. This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits. Your recruiter can share more details about the full compensation package, including the range specific to your location, during the hiring process. For more information on benefits, please click here. 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. California Consumer Protection Act Applicant Notice

About This Role Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. 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. As the Director, UX Research you will be responsible for leading the User Experience Research team and driving a deep understanding of user needs, behaviors, and motivations. You will partner with senior leadership and cross-functional partners, driving research that shapes company and product strategy and ensures decisions are informed by data and meaningful insights. You will manage a team of researchers and report directly to the Chief Design Officer. We are looking for a UX Research leader who can establish a vision and culture that empowers a team of talented researchers to deliver exceptional research. You will drive research across multiple user experiences (free and subscriber, novice to elite athletes, focused on running and cycling). You will drive the creation of research roadmaps in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders and determine the priorities for your team. The right candidate will coach their team from a deep understanding of UX research best practices, employ a variety of methodologies and embody a nimble, creative, and pragmatic approach that quickly unlocks new insights that have tangible impact to the product and business outcomes. We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to around half your time on-site in our San Francisco office —roughly three days per week. What You’ll Do: You think big and spearhead complex research initiatives that have a tangible impact on company and product strategy, user satisfaction and business outcomes. You lead high-visibility research projects, collaborating closely with key stakeholders such as Design, Product Management, Data Science, Analytics, and executives. You are a recognized expert within the organization utilizing your knowledge and experience to train and educate stakeholders on best practices. You champion and lead with deep empathy for our customers by seamlessly integrating insights from diverse sources, including primary and secondary research, industry news, and operational data. You lead the objective-setting and discovery process, including user persona development, critical user journey-mapping, and qualitative and quantitative methods. You are a role model, mentor, and motivator for your team. You are invested in developing talent and creating an inspiring environment and team culture. You forge high-trust relationships with colleagues, fostering collaboration and innovation and by doing so, you influence teams to act on research insights by providing clear, actionable recommendations and relevant business context. You develop processes that drive quality and efficiency to scale and deliver consistent, high quality research. You embrace diversity of perspective yet have a strong point of view that can cut through the clutter. You Will Be Successful Here Because You Can: Plan, Define and Implement our Research Roadmap: Define and create a quarterly and annual roadmap that aligns with our product roadmap and business priorities. Manage research plans, timelines, and budgets to ensure projects are completed on schedule. Conduct and Direct User Research: Plan and execute qualitative and quantitative research studies across a wide variety of needs: large scale surveys, usability, trust and safety, monetization, B2B, etc. Prepare detailed reports, personas, journey maps, and presentations to effectively communicate insights to stakeholders. Measure and Analyze Data: Interpret and synthesize research findings to generate actionable insights and recommendations for product improvements. Develop metrics (like but not limited to CSAT, NPS) to measure user satisfaction. Stay Updated: Keep abreast of the latest UX research methods, tools, and industry trends to continuously improve research practices. Conduct Competitive Analysis: Analyze competitors' products to understand market trends and identify opportunities for innovation. Facilitate Workshops: Lead workshops and brainstorming sessions to gather input from stakeholders and users. Oversee research operations: Manage third party agencies, participant recruiting and incentives, focus groups, unmoderated testing, etc. What You’ll Bring to the Team: 8+ years of UX Research experience in a corporate agile setting 2+ years at Director level Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social, Behavioral Sciences, or Human-Computer Interaction. Master’s or PhD degree preferred. Expertise in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods, including pathfinding work, usability studies, interviews, focus groups, surveys, card sorts, and heuristic reviews, large quantitative surveys. Data Science experience is a plus. Exceptional communication skills, adept at translating data into actionable insights both verbally and in writing Expertise in data-driven storytelling, transforming raw data into compelling narratives and visualizations Expert in taking user personas and working with Data Science to build customer cohorts Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative research tools like QuestionPro and UserTesting, as well as UX methodologies such as Design Thinking and Lean UX Commitment to ongoing learning and staying current with industry techniques and tools Strong organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team-building abilities Proven track record of effective collaboration with cross-functional teams Compensation Overview: 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 tiers 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. Compensation: $241,000- $283,000. This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits. Your recruiter can share more details about the full compensation package, including the range specific to your location, during the hiring process. For more information on benefits, please click here. 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. California Consumer Protection Act Applicant Notice