Ready for your next adventure?
At Hostelworld our mission is to help travellers make lasting memories, meet like-minded friends and become a place where unforgettable experiences are born.
Community is at the heart of our product and our team, with colleagues from 31 nationalities coming together through a shared passion for travel.
If you love travel, connecting with people from all walks of life, and want to build a better world, we want to hear from you!
How we work
We understand the power of travel; the joy to be found by broadening our horizons through experiencing new places and meeting people from different cultures. We understand that for many travellers the journey and the people encountered along the way are far more important than the destination.
It’s the same for our team. We get stuff done while also enjoying how we deliver cool things – our journey together matters!
When at work, we want our people to gain as much experience as possible, to learn and grow, to feel like they are part of something, and to make meaningful connections with others they meet along their way.
Open Roles
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Head of Security & Corporate IT
Technology · Porto · Hybrid
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IT Security Specialist
Technology · Porto · Hybrid
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IT Services Lead
Technology · Porto · Hybrid
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Senior Site Reliability FinOps Engineer
Technology · Porto · Hybrid
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Software Engineer in Test
Technology · Porto, Lisbon · Hybrid
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Senior Marketing Data Analyst
Growth · Lisbon, Porto · Hybrid
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Senior Data Engineer
Technology · Lisbon, Porto · Fully Remote
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Senior API Developer
Technology · Lisbon, Porto · Fully Remote
What we offer
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We invest in you 😍
From day one, we ensure your salary and benefits are competitive for your role and location. We reward great performance through our employee bonus schemes. We also want to help you grow and advance in your career, investing in you through our learning and development and career advancement opportunities.
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We value your time ⌛
We want you to enjoy as much time as possible pursuing your passions and hanging out with your loved ones. Equality is important to us, so we’ve made sure we have something for everyone. We offer enhanced annual leave, volunteering days, paid family leave, fertility and surrogacy leave, the list goes on. On top of that, our Working from Abroad Policy means you can continue to travel and meet the world.
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We care about your wellbeing 💖
We're a community, bringing people together from around the globe who look out for their colleagues. We believe in taking a holistic approach to wellbeing, offering a range of wellbeing benefits like 3 paid wellbeing days a year, flexible working, a menopause policy, EAP, free webinars, and career break opportunities.
We're an international team
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Our Culture Code
As we've evolved over the last 25 years we've nurtured a pretty cool company culture. We have a clear sense of who we are and what it takes to be successful. Across 2024, we embarked on the journey to develop a Culture Code that truly reflects who we are as a company. This wasn’t about producing ‘just another corporate document.’ We wanted to create a genuine, living reflection of our shared beliefs and values and the unique culture we’ve built together. We didn’t want to build a Code to sit on a shelf. We wanted it to speak directly to the people who make up our company, capturing the essence of who we are and who we strive to be.
We're building a better world
We're committed to making the world a more sustainable, ethical and better place to be for future generations. Our ESG strategy helps us create positive impact internally with our team, and externally for the planet and local communities we visit.
About Hostelworld Group
Hostelworld is the world’s leading Social Travel platform - a social network powered OTA built to help travellers find their people.
Our mission is simple: we connect like‑minded travellers so they can create unforgettable moments together. Most people go hostelling to meet others, and we’ve built a global ecosystem that makes those connections happen.
Since launching our social network in 2022, we’ve welcomed more than 2.6 million social members who aren’t just booking trips — they’re messaging, meeting up, sharing stories and becoming passionate advocates for our brand. This vibrant community generates rich, authentic content and powerful social proof that fuels our growth.
Our focus on helping travellers find people to hang out with has created a new category in travel. We’re not a traditional OTA: our mobile‑native social features create a sticky, high‑engagement experience, and the proprietary data generated by our community gives us a competitive advantage that is extremely hard to replicate. This “social flywheel” helps us understand traveller behaviour, personalise experiences and deliver a differentiated product that keeps users coming back.
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Ireland, we are approximately 270 employees strong, with hostel partners in more than 180 countries. Alongside our focus on connection, we are committed to building a better world — from advancing sustainability in the hostelling sector to giving travellers the tools to make more informed and climate‑conscious choices.
At Hostelworld, we’re shaping the future of travel by putting people, community and shared experiences at the heart of everything we do.
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