Server Engineer – Comms, Experimentation

Strava

Server Engineer at Strava developing comms and experimentation platforms. Collaborating with senior engineers to build scalable backend systems for athlete engagement.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $155,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaMySQLPostgresPythonScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Grow your expertise, working with experienced engineers on distributed systems, event streaming, and communications infrastructure at scale
Drive measurable impact, building features that enable Marketing campaigns and product experiments that reach millions of athletes
Own your work end-to-end, building capabilities from design to implementation to production deployment and monitoring.
Grow your platform engineering skills, building reusable capabilities rather than one-off solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

1-3 years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems or services
Strong fundamentals in at least one programming language (Java, Scala, Python, Go, or similar)
Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) or distributed data stores
Are eager to learn, ask great questions, and aren't afraid to work on unfamiliar problems
Work well with others, communicate clearly, and actively seek feedback.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScalaPythonGorelational databasesMySQLPostgreSQLdistributed data storesbackend systemssoftware engineering

Soft Skills

eager to learncommunicationcollaborationfeedback seekingproblem-solving