What’s It Like to Be At Fitrockr?

Aug 4, 2025

Ever wondered what life at Fitrockr is like? Discover how we operate at the crossroads of wearable technology, health research, and cloud-based data processing.

“You’re crazy—this is impossible, the device API is not made for this!”

We still remember those exact words from the Garmin Product Team back in 2019 when we shared our plan to sync over 50 Garmin Vivosmart devices with a single (!) Android tablet.

That moment marked the start of a great partnership and an ambitious journey to push the boundaries of what’s possible in health-tech innovation.

Fast forward to today: 200+ customers, 300+ projects—and yes, we do successfully sync 50+ Garmin devices with a single Android tablet or smartphone 💪🏻😄

Building the Backbone of Research

At Fitrockr, our vision is to build a platform that empowers cutting-edge health research worldwide. From wearable data ingestion to advanced analytics, real-time streaming, surveys, and ecological momentary assessments—we’re not just pushing code. We’re engineering systems that collect, process, orchestrate, and analyze millions of health data points from devices like Garmin, Apple, Google, Omron, Withings, and more.

Our features enable universities, hospitals, defense organizations, and private companies to run large-scale wearable studies with confidence.

In the past year alone, the Fitrockr platform handled 211 million API data requests, 9 million device syncs, and supported an average of 15,000 daily participants.

The Challenges That Keep It Interesting

At the core of what we do is handling serious technical complexity—and honestly, that’s what makes it so exciting. It’s the beauty of the job and what keeps us motivated every day.

At the end of the day, we’re tech nerds—we love innovation, we love building cool stuff. But let’s be real: all that complex tech? It can also lead to some of the most frustrating moments in life.

Here are a few things that keep us busy:

– Making sure wearable data is correctly aligned across time zones and device sync intervals

– Handling huge exports—millions of data points delivered in seconds

– Integrating with third-party APIs & SDK from Garmin, Apple, Google, Withings, and others, each with their quirks

– Balancing research-grade accuracy with consumer-grade usability

Sometimes, organizations try to save money by building everything themselves instead of using our ready-made platform. Even if they’ve got the technical skills in-house, we always recommend thinking twice.

In the end, we’ll almost always be the faster and more cost-effective option compared to a DIY approach. But that’s a whole topic on its own—you can read more about it at Make or Buy Decision: Integrating a Wearable API yourself or pay for a plug-n-play solution.

The Technical Landscape

Fitrockr is a full-stack platform that covers everything from cloud services to mobile integration and real-time data streaming. For the tech-savvy among you, here’s a peek under the hood at what we work with:

– Angular Frontend (Research & Control Center)

– Native Android Apps

– Native iOS Apps

– Dockerized Spring Application (Java-based)

– Rest APIs

– NoSql-database (MongoDB)

Innovation and Market Demands

We’re proud of our product innovation strategy—because it’s as simple and effective as it gets: we listen to our customers.

No one understands the needs of our platform better than the people using it every day. That’s why we don’t just have one product manager—we have hundreds. And they’re all helping us shape the best product possible.

When we looked at our backlog, we found that over 80% of our features came directly from conversations with customers. That’s how we build what really matters.

Partners & Customers

We believe we’re in the best business in the world. Why? Because everyone we work with—partners and customers alike—is driven by innovation.

It’s a perfect “sandwich” position: on one side, we have some of the world’s most renowned wearable manufacturers. It’s no secret—we love Garmin, their people, and their wearables. This partnership gives us the foundation to build a seamless wearable-software fit for the market.

On the other side, we have incredible customers. Every one of them is chasing bold ideas and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with wearable health data. Their passion is contagious, and it fuels our own drive every single day.

Final Thoughts

Looking back at that last paragraph about our partners and customers… yeah, we admit it—this article kind of turned into a love letter 🫣😂

But honestly, it just shows how much we love what we do!

Thanks for taking the time to read.

— Your Fitrockr Team ❤️

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Fitrockr is a leading health and fitness data analytics platform that empowers organizations to connect, manage and analyze data from wearables. Designed for research, clinical studies, healthcare, coaching and fitness gamification, Fitrockr enables seamless integration of biometric and activity data, providing deep insights through advanced analytics, dashboards, reports and raw data downloads. Automated alerting, push notifications, surveys and outcome assessments support data collection. With a focus on data privacy, security, and local hosting options, Fitrockr supports global institutions in transforming raw health data into actionable outcomes. Learn more at www.fitrockr.com.