Lead Data Scientist, Inference
Strava
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San Francisco, CA · Posted November 3, 2026
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About the job
...to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward. About This Role The Data Science team at Strava works across the organization to find solutions to the highest-leverage, and often the most challenging, problems...