Is Strava a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Strava have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 18 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Strava employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Strava now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Strava .

Does Strava pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Strava with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 18 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.9% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Strava.

What Strava locations are top rated by Software Engineer employees?

San Francisco is the top rated Strava location by Software Engineer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Strava?

Software Engineer (17) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Engineering Manager (2) , Machine Learning Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Strava according to real employee reviews?

"Rank and file has some really great people" ((in 15 reviews)); "Great company perks and benefits." ((in 11 reviews)); "Great work life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "Great team, benefits and product" ((in 8 reviews)); "Amazing smart and focused coworkers." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Strava according to real employee reviews?

"senior leadership really does not know what they are doing." ((in 9 reviews)); "Management is a bit scatterbrained and clique" ((in 5 reviews)); "There are more competitive salaries out there, but I'm so happy working here that it's not worth it to leave" ((in 4 reviews))

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Strava Software Engineer reviews

4.1

77% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)

Mike Martin

100% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Software Engineer employees have rated Strava with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 18 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Strava is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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18 reviews

5.0

Dec 13, 2025

Full on, but generally good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of capable people and strong growth

Cons

Regular hard push to get releases out

3.0

Oct 18, 2025

Former employee

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employees are great to work with. Learned a lot

Cons

Leadership changed and so did messaging to employees

4.0

Mar 16, 2025

Great perks

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-access to pro deals -large discounts on sports gear -unusual management - founders are still involved and have a no-ad attitude

Cons

-pressure to run or cycle -not necessarily a con, but be prepared to be around a bunch of gear heads and bike nerds

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