Director of Engineering, Trust & Safety
StravaFitness Tracking company
San Francisco, United StatesDirector
Sequoia Capital
TCV
Dragoneer Investment Group
Jackson Square Ventures
Go4it Capital
Madrone Capital Partners
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead engineering for Trust & Safety systems, focusing on AI/ML for content moderation.
- •As the engineering leader for Trust & Safety, you own the systems that keep Strava's community safe and compliant.
- •You'll drive technology strategy for core services and product experiences, often built with AI/ML strategies.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead a team of engineers supporting Trust & Safety at Strava and guide their career development.
- •Partner with AI/ML to set the technical strategy for how Strava applies LLM-based auto-moderation to detect and act on harmful content at scale.
- •Identify and drive the capabilities and tech investments that build a durable foundation for trust and safety.
- •Partner closely with Product, Policy, Legal, Design, and Ops to deliver on Trust & Safety's most critical priorities.
- •Requirements Track record delivering trust and safety initiatives for a consumer-facing application with user-generated content.
- •Experience leading and managing multiple teams of engineers, including managing managers.
- •Hands-on fluency with AI/ML approaches to content moderation and detection (e.g., LLM-based classifiers).
- •Experience partnering with Product and other cross-functional stakeholders. 5+ years of experience in Trust & Safety and 5+ years of management experience, including at least 2 years managing managers.
- •Full stack experience with 10+ years of systems engineering experience.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementLLMsPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsReactAWSGoogle CloudAzureDocker
Nice-to-have skills
KubernetesSQLPostgreSQLMySQLRedisElasticsearchGitLinuxJiraConfluence
Domain expertise
aiproductivity
Tech stack
PythonLLMsJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsReactAWSGoogle CloudAzureDockerKubernetesSQLPostgreSQLMySQLRedisElasticsearchGitLinuxJiraConfluenceREST API
