Engineering Manager, Identity Platform

Engineering Manager For The Identity Team

Strava is seeking an engineering manager for the identity team — operating 60/40 as hands-on engineer and technical leader. You'll own authentication and authorization systems covering login, signup, abuse prevention, and core identity services across iOS, Android, and web. This is a platform engineering role, not a security or IAM specialist position.

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:

• Own the technical roadmap for Strava's identity platform: sign-up (Apple/Google Sign-In), login, MFA, password management, and account recovery
• Design and scale a unified identity foundation across Strava Group's app portfolio, adopting modern standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, WebAuthn, passkeys)
• Build and maintain secure, scalable authorization and access control systems (RBAC/ABAC) used by millions of athletes
• Partner with Product, Security, Trust & Safety, and Legal to ensure compliance and platform integrity
• Drive consistency across iOS, Android, and web identity experiences
• Monitor and improve authentication success rates, recovery flows, and account security
• Lead with strong technical judgment, balancing hands-on contribution with clear technical leadership
• Establish best practices, operational excellence, and a culture of inclusion and mentorship

What You'll Bring to the Team:

• 2-3 years of management/people leadership experience.
• Experience building and operating authentication, authorization, and account security systems at scale
• Familiarity with modern identity protocols and cross-app token management, session continuity, and MFA
• A track record of leading teams through complex identity challenges (passkeys, RBAC/ABAC, platform consistency)
• Ability to balance user experience with robust abuse protection
• A holistic view of identity as a foundation for trust, safety, privacy, and growth

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.

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