Senior Identity and Access Management Engineer

About this role

Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today.

This role is on the Strava Security Team, which exists to protect Strava’s people, business, and data through integrated, proactive security practices.

We work across all security domains, including, but not limited to, product security, vulnerability management, incident response, infrastructure, network, governance, and enterprise security.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to around half your time on-site in our San Francisco office—roughly three days per week.

What You’ll Do:

• Are passionate about securing a platform that supports millions of athletes and the infrastructure that enables their experience
• Enjoy designing and implementing scalable IAM controls—like least privilege, JIT, and PAM—across cloud and production environments
• Will have a high-leverage impact on Strava’s security posture by reducing the attack surface through access control rigor and automation
• Are excited to build the guardrails and workflows that enable engineers to move fast without compromising on access security
• Will collaborate with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align IAM strategy with operational and compliance requirements
• Be highly self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership over production access controls and IAM architecture
• Work on designing, implementing, and continuously improving access control policies across AWS, GitHub, and Okta
• Build automation and workflows for JIT access, role provisioning, and access reviews that scale with the business
• Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to embed IAM controls into CI/CD and runtime environments
• Seek engineering-first solutions that balance security, usability, and developer velocity

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• Experience designing and operating IAM systems in modern cloud-native environments, especially AWS, GitHub, and Okta
• Understanding of the principles of least privilege, RBAC/ABAC, and secure-by-default access patterns in production systems
• Have hands-on experience implementing JIT access, session monitoring, privilege escalation boundaries, or PAM solutions
• Have partnered with platform engineering and SRE teams to integrate IAM into infrastructure-as-code and deployment workflows
• Are comfortable scripting in Python, Bash, or similar to automate access provisioning, reviews, and alerting
• Are adaptable, pragmatic, and able to balance enforcement with enablement
• Communicate clearly and proactively, building trust and alignment across distributed, cross-functional teams

Compensation Overview

At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.

Compensation: $172,000 - $183,000. The base salary posted is within the compensation range for this role. This range reflects base pay only and does not include, equity, or benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

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Why Join Us?

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 bri