Greate for junior engineers - Software Engineer Strava Employee Review

3.0
Mar 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* great work life balance * good opportunities to get your hands dirty as a junior engineer * very smart co-workers * benefits and PTO of 5 weeks a year

Cons

Lack of vision at the top, feels like the priority over the next 12-18 months is just social features. Leadership's focus on these safe, social features means there is little support for anything else on the product road map. Over my time there it was very very difficult to have an impact over the product as a whole. Only 1 of 8 senior managers (VP + C*O) is an engineer!!! Salary was okay at the start but failed to keep pace with the market or the experience gained over the first few years. In a way forcing you to leave.

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5.0
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Pros

Worked from home, great mentorship

Cons

Tedious busy work assigned to me

2.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

The main pros are that there are actually some really brilliant people who work here. They are intelligent, funny, and have an actual clear vision of how things should be done to deliver a great product to users.

Cons

The cons are that leadership only believes in and genuinely elevates white male voices. Sure, there are ERGs and prominent people of color at the company. But the real decisionmaking power is made by a combination of certain "golden boys" and their buddy, Claude. The ones driving the ship actually lack critical thinking skills.

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