Senior Server Engineer, Trust & Safety

Strava is seeking a Senior Server Engineer to join their Trust and Safety engineering team. The team builds tools, systems, and features that protect the integrity of the platform and ensure a safe, trusted experience for the global community. The role involves developing core Trust and Safety capabilities such as user reporting, content moderation, content and behavior detection, and abuse prevention systems. Responsibilities include delivering back-end services in large, reliable, and scalable distributed systems, collaborating with cross-functional partners (product, design, analytics, operations), providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and contributing to a flexible, hybrid work environment. Candidates should have 7+ years of experience building services in production environments using languages like Ruby, Java, Scala, Python, Go, or similar, strong knowledge of relational or NoSQL databases (MySQL, Redis, Cassandra), familiarity with open-source distributed systems technologies (Kafka, Finagle, Kubernetes, Docker), and experience or interest in Trust and Safety systems and infrastructure. The position follows a flexible hybrid model with about half the time on-site in Denver, CO office.