Join Strava as a Senior Engineer II to enhance athlete account security and privacy across mobile and web platforms.
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What you'll build
- Build and ship features across account sign-up, login, password management, and account recovery
- Design and implement privacy controls for athletes
- Partner with Product, Security, Trust & Safety, and Legal
- Drive consistency in login and account experiences
- Use data to monitor and improve login success rates
Must have
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Fullstack range spanning mobile and backend/server systems
- Experience breaking down complex problems into multi-component solutions
- Strong collaboration skills
Nice to have
- Experience with authentication protocols
- Experience in privacy- or compliance-sensitive domains
Practical constraints
- More than half of your time on-site in San Francisco office, three days per week
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Engineer II for Privacy and Identity at Strava focuses on developing and enhancing systems that ensure secure access to athlete accounts while providing intuitive privacy controls. The position requires a fullstack engineering background, with experience in mobile and backend systems, though prior identity or authentication expertise is not mandatory. This role is ideal for someone with over five years of software engineering experience who can navigate complex problems and collaborate effectively across various teams. Strava's flexible hybrid work model supports a collaborative environment, emphasizing the importance of security and user experience.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Engineer II, Privacy and Identity role remote?
- It's hybrid — Strava expects some on-site time in San Francisco, California, United States.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Engineer II, Privacy and Identity role.
- Where is the role based?
- Strava is hiring for this position in San Francisco, California, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Android, Backend, OAuth, SSO, iOS.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Strava targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Engineer II, Privacy and Identity role at Strava.
From the original posting
About This Role
The Privacy and Identity team owns how every athlete securely accesses their Strava experience and builds the tools that help them understand and manage their privacy on Strava, from account security to giving people clear visibility into and control over their data across iOS, Android, and web.
We're looking for a fullstack engineer to help build and improve the systems that keep athlete accounts secure and easy to access. You'll work across mobile, web, and server, contributing to sign-up, login, password management, account recovery, and privacy controls. This role will span work across platforms and key product surfaces. No prior identity or authentication experience is required, just strong product engineering fundamentals and a willingness to learn quickly in a high-trust domain..
We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our San Francisco office, three days per week.
What You'll Do
Build and ship features across account sign-up, login, password management, and account recovery, working across both mobile (iOS/Android) and backend services
Design and implement clear, intuitive privacy controls that make it easy for athletes to understand and manage their experience and data on Strava
Partner with Product, Security, Trust & Safety, and Legal to build features that meet compliance and platform integrity needs
Help drive consistency in login, privacy, and account experiences across iOS, Android, and web
Use data to monitor and improve login success rates, recovery flows, and engagement with privacy controls
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and on-call rotations
Break down ambiguous problems into well-scoped, multi-component solutions and weigh technical trade-offs
What You'll Bring to the Team
5+ years of software engineering experience, with fullstack range spanning mobile (iOS or Android) and backend/server systems
Comfort ramping up on systems that keep user accounts secure and easy to access; no prior identity-specific experience required
Experience breaking down complex, ambiguous problems into multi-component solutions
A product mindset: the ability to balance user experience with data protection and abuse prevention
Strong collaboration skills, with comfort partnering across product, security, and legal stakeholders
Experience with authentication protocols (OAuth, SSO) or in privacy- or compliance-sensitive domains is a plus
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Why Join Us?
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