Scala & Finagle at Strava

This month, Jeff Pollard will be presenting. Jeff is a platform engineer at Strava, and has helped roll out numerous microservices written in Scala.

Seven years ago, Strava engineering introduced Finagle (and with it, Scala) into its tech stack as the primary way to build backend services. This has proven to be a pivotal decision, enabling a proliferation of backend services and the transition to a microservices-based architecture. More recently, we've formalized this growth into a set of long-term platform architecture principals, with a focus on Finagle and Scala as the backbone of this design.

This talk will cover Strava's usage of Finagle and Scala, how it enables us to build backend services that are fast, efficient, and scalable, and how Scala and Finagle fit in with our long-term platform architecture vision and growth.

Schedule:
6-6:30: Dinner and networking
6:30-7:30: Presentation and Q&A
7:30-8:00: Social time/wrap up.

Please RSVP so that we can get an accurate headcount for the food and beverages. All visitors to the office will need to sign in/sign an NDA on an iPad at the entrance before attending the event.

We're looking for presenters for upcoming meetups! If you'd like to present something, please reach out to the organizers!