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iOS People Lead

Hybrid

Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.

Hybrid · Amsterdam

Employer listed it 12 days ago · Added 10 days ago

First listed 12 days ago and still open.

Salary

€100k to €115k per year

Location

Hybrid · Amsterdam

Timezone

Not stated

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Lead

What the advert says

Quoted word for word from the employer's advert. Where it says nothing, we say so.

Working hours: 8% holiday allowance (based on 40 hours/week).
Where you can work from: Hybrid working, our way.
Contract: Not mentioned in the advert
Experience asked for: Not mentioned in the advert
Pay: Salary range: Between EUR 100.000 - 115.000 gross per year incl.

Remote flexibility

Hybrid

This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around Amsterdam, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.

What the employer says

Source listing states candidate location: "Amsterdam, Hybrid"
Listing mentions "Hybrid" and 2 days a week in the office

What Nomaders makes of it

Not suitable if you plan to move between countries

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Questions worth asking: Nomaders interpretation

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The advert does not say whether this is employment or a contractor arrangement. Ask, as it affects tax and benefits.

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About the role

Looking for a new adventure? You’ve come to the right place.

We're an Amsterdam-based team of 100 (and counting), with 25+ nationalities and hundreds of thousands of kilometers under our collective travel belts. What we have in common, beyond very well-worn passports, is this: We want to change the way people travel . That's exactly what we're doing, with the app that lets you plan, track, and relive every trip. Polarsteps has over 20 million users already. For us, this is just the beginning.

Want to know more about us? Here you go.

Your expedition: iOS at Polarsteps

We’re a small team, doing big things.

If you haven't seen our app yet, go ahead and check it out, you'll see that we care (a lot) about providing a seamless, top-quality user experience for every one of our travellers. And it is this that has got us ratings of 4.8* and 4.7* on the app stores (where we’ve been featured multiple times). But it doesn’t stop there, not only did Google create this awesome video about us but we’ve been mentioned in two of Apple’s WWDC keynote speeches. And we're one of the top 26 apps for 2026 according to Apple!

We’ve got an impressive past but we’re even more excited for the future, and the impact you can make from day one is huge, with everything you ship affecting millions of users.

Even with that in mind, we believe in truly giving our team members the freedom they need to craft to perfection while encouraging a practical mindset to avoid under or over-engineering mishaps.

We are seeing an enthusiastic and accelerated growth of the travel industry, and with that comes both opportunities and growing pains (especially in the complex, multi-layered travel domain). So, if on top of the challenges inherent to feature development, you enjoy thinking about the performance and scalability aspects of a platform, you're in for a lot of fun with us.

Your itinerary

What your journey at Polarsteps will look like day-to-day.

You will:

Lead and mentor a team of highly qualified, high performing iOS engineers.

Through your leadership strengths, make a difference in creating a high performing team that is highly engaged and collaborative.

Partner with Jimmy, our iOS Tech Lead, to balance technical excellence with strong people leadership across the iOS team.

Work with our iOS engineers on all things related to our app.

Spend approximately 40% of your time leading our iOS discipline, and 60% in the role of a senior engineer working on our app.

Have daily interactions with product managers, designers, other engineers, and the rest of our team - we believe in a deeply collaborative environment.

Proactively improve our app's maintainability, resiliency, and extensibility, addressing technical debt when needed or even better, preventing it when it makes sense.

The equipment in your backpack

What we’re hoping you’ll bring with you.

You’ve led teams of 3/4 or more engineers for 2 or more years.

True “on the ground” experience with leading and mentoring engineers: helping your teammates grow, thrive, and do their best work, while keeping the team atmosphere collaborative and positive.

You’ve seen the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful side of people leadership, and you are excited to continue in that journey.

Requirements

The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.

Benefits

No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.

How to apply

1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
2Tailor your CV to the role at Polarsteps, mentioning your remote working experience.
3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

Found 11d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.

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