Director of Engineering, Trust

Strava is the leading social platform for athletes and the largest sports community in the world, with over 100 million athletes in 195 countries. If you sweat you’re an athlete, and Strava’s mobile apps and website connect millions of active people every day

As the leader of the Trust and Safety Engineering Team, you ensure our ongoing focus on preserving the trust of our community. This team delivers a set of tools, capabilities, and features that keep Strava in compliance with privacy and portability laws, enable detection and remediation of spam and abuse, and keep user data private. Our systems are used by other engineers and community management team members at Strava and are part of the fabric that keeps Strava functioning for our community members.

This role is based in our San Francisco, CA office with a hybrid in-office work requirement of at least 3 days per week.

For more information on compensation and benefits, please clickhere .

• Lead a team of server engineers supporting Trust and Safety concerns at Strava.
• Identify and drive the strategy for the capabilities and tech investment work that builds a great foundation for trust and safety for the long-term
• Partner closely with product, legal and operations teams to deliver on the most critical priorities for the business.
• Build an inclusive and impactful team culture within your team.
• Work closely with other engineering leaders on team wide initiatives such as hiring, the intern program and career development

• Engaging in work with an empathetic and business-aligned leadership mindset
• Working closely with internal stakeholders and understanding their needs
• Coaching the engineers on the team and supporting their career development, at all different levels and career stages.
• Applying exceptional judgment to challenging situations.
• Embracing an inclusive, collaborative environment that elevates a diverse set of voices and experiences.

• Have a track record of delivering trust and safety initiatives for a user facing application with a user generated content component.
• Have experience leading and managing multiple teams of engineers with experience managing managers and staff+ engineers.
• Have experience working with product and other stakeholders to balance short term deliverables with long term technology investment.
• Have 5+ years of experience working in Trust and Safety and 5+ years of management experience, with at least 2 years of experience leading managers.

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.

Strava is Swedish for “strive,” which epitomizes who we are and what we do. We’re a passionate and committed team, unified by our mission to connect athletes to what motivates them and help them find their personal best. And with billions of activity uploads from all over the world, we have a humbling and audacious vision: to be the record of the world’s athletic activities and the technology that makes every effort count.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. And 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, 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 diverse teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

We are continuing to grow camaraderie and positivity within our culture and we are unified in our commitment to becoming an antiracist company . We are differentiated by our truly people-first approach, our compassionate leadership, and our belief that we can bring joy and inspiration to athletes’ lives — now more than ever. All to say, it’s a great time to join Strava

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