GPS pet tracker hardware and app platform for dog and cat owners
Tractive manufactures GPS-enabled wearables for pets, paired with iOS/Android apps for location tracking and activity monitoring. The tech stack spans firmware (C, Bluetooth Low Energy, GPS), backend services (Ruby on Rails, Java, Spring Boot on AWS), and analytics (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Tableau). Active projects center on firmware optimization, web shop scaling, and third-party integrations—typical of a hardware company maturing its software layer. Hiring velocity is accelerating, with engineering driving 23 of 44 open roles, signaling investment in platform reliability and new feature development.
Tractive designs and sells GPS tracking collars and activity monitors for dogs and cats, serving millions of pet owners globally. The product ecosystem includes hardware wearables, cloud infrastructure to process location and health data, and consumer-facing mobile apps. The company operates a direct e-commerce channel (web shop) alongside its core product business. Based in Austria with 201–500 employees, Tractive was founded in 2012 and remains privately held. Current focus spans reducing churn, improving web shop performance under high traffic, scaling influencer marketing campaigns, and optimizing power consumption and accuracy in next-generation firmware.
Backend: Ruby on Rails, Java, Spring Boot, AWS (ECS, Fargate). Data: Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Tableau. Frontend: React, Angular, Vue, TypeScript. Hardware: C, GPS, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi. Recently adopting Claude and Cursor for development.
Pasching/Linz, Austria. The company hires in Austria and the United States.
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