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People
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Overview

Polarsteps automatically tracks a traveller's route and turns it into a shareable journal and printed book. Its app works offline and has been used by millions of travellers. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam.

News

News NL Times 1 month ago
Dozens of Dutch soldiers can be tracked, addresses exposed using Polarsteps app
Dozens of military service members can be accurately tracked through the social travel app called Polarsteps, an investigation platform Follow the Money found. The Ministry of Defence immediately blacklisted the app following questions from Follow the Mon
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News TechRadar 10 months ago
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Polar-stepping out of my comfort zone
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News Niek van Leeuwen 2 years ago
Analyzing Polarsteps Data of a Six Month Southeast Asia Trip
Analysis of Polarsteps location data gathered during a six month trip through Southeast
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Polarsteps over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
53
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
Objective-C
Swift
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
Combine
SwiftUI
UIKit
Jetpack Compose
Databases
PostgreSQL
Realm
SQLite
Cloud & platforms
GitHub Actions
AWS
Adjust
Amazon S3
AI & ML
ChatGPT
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Full Polarsteps tech stack 53 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$90k
Typical range
$89k – $129k
Open positions
5
5 Jobs
Middle 20%
Senior 60%
Staff 20%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $92k $92k
Senior 3 $90k $89k – $90k
Staff 1 $129k $129k
Highest paying role iOS People Lead $129k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Polarsteps By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
86/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
6
5 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
8 days
faster than 76% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Mobile
38% ▲
Frontend
13% ▲
DevOps
13% ▲
Product
13% ▲
Design
13% ▼
Management
13% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added JavaScript to stack Oct 2026
Added TypeScript to stack Oct 2026
Added React.js to stack Oct 2026
Added Playwright to stack Oct 2026
Added Node JS to stack Oct 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026
Added Looker to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Netherlands
HQ
6 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 83% engineering 50-200 est. staff $98k Avg Salary
hires for Mobile, Data Science, Frontend
seen since Apr 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $59k – $102k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Amsterdam
Python
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
DevOps
Terraform
OpenTofu
ArgoCD
AWS
Kubernetes
Amazon S3
Amazon ECS
VPN
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$76k – $90k per year (gross) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Amsterdam
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
React.js
Management
Agile
QA
Playwright
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$112k – $129k per year (gross) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Amsterdam
Swift
Objective-C
Swift Concurrency
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Mobile
UIKit
SwiftUI
Combine
GCD
Fastlane
DevOps
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
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$78k – $90k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Amsterdam
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$77k – $92k per year (gross) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Amsterdam
Swift
Objective-C
Swift Concurrency
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Mobile
UIKit
SwiftUI
Combine
Realm
GCD
Fastlane
DevOps
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
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$75k – $89k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Amsterdam
Python
SQL
Adjust
Analytics
A/B Testing
Metabase
Looker
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