Senior Tech Recruiter

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

We're an Amsterdam-based team of 90+ (and counting) with 25+ nationalities amongst us! A varied bunch of “Citizens of The World” with a range of cool skills and hundreds of thousands of kilometers under our travel belts. And we have something important in common (other than our very well-worn passports):

We want to change the way people travel.

And that's exactly what we're doing, with the travel app to plan, track, and relive trips in a smart and beautiful way.

Polarsteps has over 19 million users already, but, for us, this is just the beginning. We have big plans for the future and so we need even more brilliant and kind minds to help us on our journey.

Want to know more about us? Here you go.

A great team is vital to our success, making our recruitment efforts essential to achieving our goals.

You'll help scale the company and shape our culture by bringing in new talent. You'll work closely with teams and hiring managers to understand their needs, source and interview the right candidates, develop new strategies, build strong relationships, and continuously improve our processes.

Beyond attracting top talent, you care deeply about providing an excellent candidate experience and collaborating with our teams to ensure a smooth and successful hiring process.

This role reports to our Lead Recruiter and collaborates with People & Ops and various (C-level) hiring managers.

As a recruitment team we:

• Care deeply about quality and go the extra mile to find the right talent

• Build genuine, human connections with candidates to ensure a great experience

• Stay curious, informed, and always look for ways to improve how we work

• Embrace the fun challenge of scaling with purpose, by living our Values.

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

• Own the end-to-end recruitment process for complex technical roles, managing multiple hiring stages simultaneously.

• Thrive in a dynamic scale-up environment with high standards, enjoying the impact of your work.

• Develop and fine-tune successful sourcing and hiring strategies.

• Source and map the best candidates to maintain high-quality pipelines.

• Handle offer management and salary negotiations, anticipate risks, and manage expectations.

• Work on ad-hoc recruitment projects and initiatives like optimizing our ATS workflows, improving processes, exploring new (AI) tools, Employer Branding initiatives and events.

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

• 6+ years of recruitment experience, including 2+ years in Technical Recruitment and 2+ years of in-house end-to-end recruitment.

• Experience hiring for a product-driven tech start/scale-up, ideally building a consumer app.

• A curious mind and passion for recruitment, constantly seeking to improve.

• A proactive, solution-oriented attitude with strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.

• Deep care for providing the best candidate and hiring manager experience.

• Excellent communication skills in English.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience using AI/automation in recruitment.

• Experience with Ashby.

Some cool things to make the journey extra sweet.

• A yearly free flight or train ride to a random location! Give our Teleporter a spin here.

• A shiny MacBook to work your magic on.

• Hybrid working. Split your time between the office and your home as you see fit.

• An extensive home office set-up, everything from noise-canceling headphones to a standing desk.

• 30 days of vacation (for adventures or sitting on the couch, it's up to you)

• Two paid Culture Days for days that are important to you but not recognized by the official Dutch calendar.

• The option to switch up your zoom background by working from another country for up to 8 weeks a year.

• A personal development budget for that curious mind of yours!

• A pension plan to help you save for those around-the-world retirement trips.

• Delicious daily team lunches.

• Awesome monthly parties, as well as team trips away.

• A lively office in downtown Amsterdam, with travel costs reimbursed.

• Free Polarsteps Travel Books to contain all your far-flung adventures.

At Polarsteps, we believe the best products are built by people as diverse as the travelers using our apps! That's why we specifically encourage people underrepresented in the tech industry to apply for a role with us. Because we believe that diversity, be it age, race, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, or gender identity, makes both the world and the workplace better.

Think this is the path for you? Find out more about how we hire.