Company Overview

Holafly is a high-growth scale-up revolutionising how businesses and travellers connect to the internet abroad. Since 2018, we’ve empowered travellers in over 200 destinations worldwide with secure and reliable eSIM solutions. With a team of 500+ professionals across multiple countries, we are scaling globally to support travellers with seamless, unlimited data connectivity.

We’re not just connecting people—we’re enabling freedom and peace of mind, ensuring our users stay connected from the second they land, wherever their journey takes them.

The team

You would be part of the IT Delivery team. For us, companionship and enjoyment when doing our work come first. We believe in continuous improvement, automation and collective knowledge without leaving human values behind. Always following best practices.

The role

As a Back-end Engineer, you will be the technical engine behind our global connectivity platform, ensuring our services are scalable and resilient. You will own the development of high-performance APIs, directly enabling millions of users to stay connected anywhere in the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and optimise mission-critical microservices using Python, Django, and Django REST Framework (DRF).

• Engineer Quality Frameworks by implementing robust unit testing (Pytest) and automated quality checks to ensure elite code standards.

• Architect scalable APIs from scratch, ensuring they can handle high-concurrency traffic during peak travel seasons.

• Eliminate technical debt by identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, including N+1 query issues and asynchronous task optimisation.

• Collaborate across borders with Product and QA teams to translate complex business logic into maintainable technical solutions.

• Champion best practices in the software life-cycle, from design patterns and documentation to comprehensive code reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend development with a mastery of Django and Django REST Framework (DRF).

• Strong expertise in Unit Testing and establishing quality-first development frameworks.

• Proven experience designing microservices architectures and integrating complex third-party ecosystem applications.

• Proficiency in asynchronous programming and managing high-load database queries.

Good to have

• Fluency or professional working proficiency in Spanish.

• Experience with Silk or other performance profiling tools.

Hybrid Modality

We focus on trust and performance. We are implementing a Two phased approach for our Hybrid Modality:

Phase 1: While the teams are establishing ways of working, building trust, and developing their rhythm, we ask that you’re present in the office Three days a week. In-person proximity is key to accelerating the forming stage.

Phase 2: Once teams are performing, we move to a more relaxed hybrid model. We ask for a minimum of one day per week in the office, centred around critical ceremonies such as sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

Benefits & Perks

• 25 Days of PTO

• 10% pension contribution

• € 3000 for Medical/Health coverage

• Self development budget of $ 500