Software Engineering Intern, Server

About the position

Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 190 countries, Strava is where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, we help you find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today. Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward. Strava is looking for software engineering interns for a range of disciplines. As an Engineering Intern at Strava, you will be embedded in a team working on real projects that ship to our athletes and within the company, treated like a full-time member of the engineering team. You'll collaborate with cross functional teams that help us support and deliver to our athletes faster, while keeping them inspired and motivated. We’ll give you experienced mentors and all the tools you need to make a meaningful impact on our product. To see examples of what past interns have contributed, read our Engineering Blog! This application closes on Monday, April 14th.

Responsibilities

• Build the next generation of the Strava experience alongside a team of passionate and talented engineers
• Collaborate with our internal partners in product, design, marketing, analytics, and support
• Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge
• Share your knowledge by giving lunch & learns, writing blog posts, and giving tech talks

Requirements

• Experience with a modern programming language
• Familiarity with version control (we use Github)
• Demonstrable code in projects or Github
• Disciplined approach to testing your code
• Pursuing a CS degree at an undergraduate institution with graduation dates for university students: May 2025, December 2025, or May 2026

Nice-to-haves

• Awareness of general coding best practices, documentation, and testing
• Experience with at least one programming language such as Ruby, Java, Scala or Python
• Experience building mobile applications using Java and/or Kotlin
• Experience with relational data stores such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Exposure to key-value, columnar, or time series data stores such as Cassandra, Redis, or Elasticsearch
• Experience building production-quality systems to work with large amounts of data
• Experience with AWS or another cloud provider such as Azure or GCP
• Experience deploying software with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Mesos

Benefits

• Housing Stipend for Summer
• Paid internship at $40.00 per hour
• Length of program: 10-12 weeks (Summer 2025 roughly June through August)
• Working Hours: 40 hours per week