The world's first eSIM store: 30 million travelers, a $1B+ valuation, and a fully remote team of 400 across 60+ countries.
Airalo has raised about $287M and is valued at over $1 billion, the first unicorn in the eSIM category. The company started with a seed round of about $1.9M in 2019 backed by Antler and Sequoia Capital India, then announced a $5.4M Series A on 21 October 2021 led by Rakuten Ventures with Sequoia Capital India's Surge, Antler, Singtel Innov8, Wayra (Telefónica), LG Technology Ventures, GO Ventures, Ground Control, Plug and Play and I2BF, after 15x customer growth in two years. A $60M Series B announced on 1 August 2023 was led by e& capital, with Antler Elevate, Liberty Global, Orange, T.Capital, Rakuten Capital, Singtel Innov8, Telefónica Ventures, Peak XV's Surge, KPN Ventures and I2BF, taking the total to $67.3M. The $220M Series C on 10 July 2025 was led by CVC Capital Partners, which put in $185M through CVC Asia Fund VI, with Peak XV and Antler Elevate covering the remaining $35M. No 2026 round has been announced as of September 2026.
Airalo is an eSIM marketplace for travelers. You buy a prepaid data plan for a country, a region or the whole world in the app, download it to your phone and skip roaming fees and airport SIM counters. Plans cover 200+ countries and regions, and the app is available in 22 languages with a 4.7 rating on the App Store and 4.6 on Google Play. The company was founded in 2019 in Antler's Singapore residency and calls itself the world's first eSIM store.
Scale has compounded fast. Airalo passed 20 million customers in July 2025 and 30 million in June 2026, and its Unlimited plans, launched in Q3 2025, are now in 150 destinations and have grown 193% since launch. Beyond the consumer app it runs Airalo Partners, a B2B and B2B2C channel with over 5,000 partners by August 2025, and Airalo for Business, an enterprise platform for managing team connectivity. The next layer is infrastructure: postings describe a Build Team standing up full MVNO systems and a networks team negotiating host-operator deals so Airalo can run its own local networks, plus a newer consumer product, Airalo One, meant to be installed once and used at home as well as abroad.
Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir, CEO and co-founder. Turkish serial entrepreneur who started at 19, built Wossco, a global ship-supply business, from 2012 to 2016, then moved to Singapore in 2018 and founded Sim4crew, a global MVNO for seafarers that reached about $3M in a year and a half and now keeps 50,000 seafarers connected. Studied business administration at Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Based in Dubai.
Abraham Burak, COO and co-founder. Canadian who came to Canada as a refugee and rebuilt his life through law. Bachelor of Laws from Fudan University in Shanghai, an MA in social sciences from the University of Chicago, further study in international law in Geneva and at The Hague Academy, and a PhD in political science at Georgetown that he left in 2019 to co-found Airalo; completed a JD at the University of Ottawa in 2023. Handled Airalo's customer support himself in the early days and was named to Tatler Asia's Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow in 2022. Based in Toronto.
Airalo is a fully remote company with no offices, founded in Singapore in 2019 and incorporated in Delaware, that hires most roles in three hubs: Spain, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, with current openings also in Mexico, Brazil, the Philippines and the wider Latin America and APAC regions. Its roughly 400 people work from more than 60 countries; UK staff alone are spread across London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Birmingham. The founders are based in Toronto and Dubai, and the company's earlier team bases were Toronto, Istanbul and Singapore.
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Own host mobile operator partnerships and launch new local MVNO markets for a travel eSIM business; English required, occasional international travel; 5+ years mobile telco commercial/wholesale experience, closed 2+ MVNO agreements, MVNO architectures, OSS/BSS, eSIM, mobile core, regulation; bonus: MBA, extra languages
Remote in UK, Spain, Italy, France, or Poland only
Own telecom roaming QA for an eSIM travel product; remote Europe only, English required; telecom QA/network testing, LTE/EPC, Wireshark, Python or similar, CI/CD; bonus: 5G/VoLTE roaming, GSMA IR docs
Remote Europe only, including UK and Ireland
Reports to Chief Product Officer as peer to Consumer Product and B2B Product leaders; owns research and design across all consumer and B2B surfaces including acquisition, conversion, retention, core systems, reseller/corporate/partner onboarding, Airalo One, and new bets; sets 2-year design strategy and priorities; combines research and design into one function, running the design guild and research team; owns in-product brand with Marketing while Marketing owns campaigns/positioning; accountable for design system, accessibility, typography/color, motion/haptics, in-app photography, and product tone; first-year focus includes brand evolution tied to flagship connectivity launch, making the app feel native on iOS and Android, defining design-system direction without dedicated design engineers, clarifying design/product management boundaries, making research drive roadmap, building career frameworks, and shaping/hiring the team; must have led design for a scaled business across a whole product, especially consumer, with B2B/professional product experience strongly advantageous; must have led or closely partnered with research, written and won adoption for design strategy, stayed close enough to work for screen-level judgment, grown designers into leads/managers, and make the business case for design; English required; background check may be required at end of process with consent
Remote only from Spain, the UK, or the UAE.
Own localized adaptation and system integration of a global MVNO core; translate country-specific telecom regulations into functional requirements for core network engineers; work with local MNOs, regulators, central databases, and partners on interconnectivity, MNP, lawful interception, voice/SMS routing, reporting, acceptance criteria, and compliance sign-off across multiple countries; must have 7+ years as Technical Business Analyst or Solution Architect, ideally in telecom/tech; must be able to turn complex regulatory documents into engineering tasks and write user stories, functional specs, Jira tickets, and flowcharts; must be comfortable with SIP, SMS routing, and MNP databases; bonus: MVNO/mobile core, GSMA, eSIM, lawful interception/compliance reporting; English required; background check may be required at end of process
Remote LATAM only; open in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia
Backend role on a global travel eSIM platform serving 20M+ users; lead design of high-performance distributed systems, improve scalability/efficiency, drive transition to SOA, enforce SOLID/design patterns/testing standards, mentor mid-level engineers, optimize caching/databases, and partner with Product and DevOps on technical roadmaps; requires 7+ years backend PHP, 4+ years Laravel or equivalent senior Symfony background, distributed systems and event-driven messaging experience, SQL/NoSQL at scale, AWS, Docker, CI/CD, fluent English, and ability to use AI tools effectively; bonus: SaaS/PaaS, SOA/microservices, eSIM/GSMA, traveltech, custom SDKs; on-call rotation required with paid standby/overtime, no on-call for first 6 months; must already reside in and be fully eligible to work in Spain; background check may be required at final stage
Remote anywhere in Spain only; must already reside in and be eligible to work in Spain
Own and scale global marketing partnerships from strategy and partner selection through activation, measurement, and optimization; focuses on co-marketing, affiliate/channel, ecosystem/platform, and loyalty/travel collaborations; reports to Director of Growth Strategy & Operations; partner GTM planning and end-to-end cross-channel partner campaign execution; define KPIs and measurement for incremental revenue, CAC efficiency, conversion, activation, engagement, and retention; build operational processes for briefs, approvals, tracking, and post-mortems; work cross-functionally with Partnerships/BD, Product, Brand/Comms, Legal, Finance, and Data; opportunity to grow into people leadership as the function scales; requires 5+ years in growth marketing/partner marketing/partnerships with measurable outcomes; must be fluent in English; bonus: travel, eSIM, telecom, fintech, marketplace, subscription/mobile app experience; bonus: affiliate networks/partner tools, experimentation/A/B testing, attribution basics, integrated partner campaigns, prior people leadership
Remote only in Spain, the UK, or the UAE
Owns partner acquisition, channel expansion, and B2B/B2B2C growth across Latin America, with Mexico as the initial focus; reports to the Partnerships Director for North America & LatAm; leads territory mapping, targeted outreach, full sales cycle, complex negotiations, onboarding, and regional pricing/packaging input; works across corporate travel, enterprise consumer, and reseller channels; 7+ years of enterprise or channel sales experience preferred in travel, telecom, Fortune 500, or digital marketplaces; must have experience closing complex deals with C-suite and multi-stakeholder teams; must be fluent in English and Spanish; Portuguese is a plus; travel across the Americas required; must already reside in and be fully eligible to work in Mexico; background check may be required at final stage
Remote Mexico only; candidates must reside in and be authorized to work in Mexico
Candidates must have 7+ years of enterprise or channel sales experience, preferably in travel, telecom, or digital marketplaces. Professional fluency in English and Spanish is required, along with the ability to work remotely and travel within the Americas.
Remote Mexico only; candidates must already reside and be eligible to work in Mexico.
Own global brand strategy across B2C, B2B, and B2B2C product lines; marketing leadership team role reporting to the CMO with ownership of brand P&L discussions; lead multi-disciplinary brand, creative, and brand systems teams across regions/time zones; set brand direction, product launch strategy, and go-to-market plans across global markets; oversee brand performance, governance, tone of voice, and health reporting; direct agencies and internal teams on toolkits and local execution; own content marketing strategy across email, social, blog, and other owned channels; requires 10+ years in brand/marketing and 7+ years leading/scaling brand or marketing teams; needs experience in product-led hyper-growth environments and influencing CMO/C-suite and cross-functional strategy; English required; background check may be required at final stage
Remote anywhere in the UK
Requires 5+ years of hands-on experience in mobile core networks and Full MVNO integrations, along with 2+ years of team leadership experience. Candidates must possess deep technical expertise in signalling stacks, packet/voice core components, and regulatory frameworks.
Remote across Europe, including UK and Ireland; also available across Western, Southern, Central, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
Candidates must have 7+ years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst or Solution Architect within the telecom or tech industry. Proficiency in synthesizing complex regulatory documents into actionable engineering tasks and strong communication skills in English are essential.
Remote APAC only; explicitly available in Singapore and the Philippines.
Candidates must have 7+ years of experience in data science, quantitative economics, or applied research with a focus on pricing or marketplace dynamics. An advanced degree in Econometrics, Statistics, Operations Research, or a related field is required, along with strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
Remote across supported European locations only: United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Malta, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria.
Requires at least 3 years of experience in the mobile telco industry and 6 years in enterprise software deployment and integration. Candidates must possess a sound understanding of eSIM and mobile roaming technologies alongside strong project management methodology skills.
Remote APAC only; explicitly open in Singapore and the Philippines across supported APAC locations.
Backend role on a global travel eSIM platform serving 30M+ users; lead design of high-performance distributed systems, improve scalability/efficiency, drive transition to service-oriented architecture, enforce SOLID/design/testing standards, coach mid-level engineers, optimize caching/databases, and partner with Product and DevOps on technical roadmaps; requires 7+ years backend PHP and 4+ years Laravel or equivalent senior Symfony background; must have distributed systems, event-driven/messaging patterns, SQL/NoSQL performance tuning, AWS, Docker, clean code, automated testing, CI/CD, and effective use of AI tools in engineering tasks; bonus: SaaS/PaaS, SOA/microservices, eSIM/GSMA, traveltech, custom SDKs; English required; on-call rotation required with no on-call for first 6 months; background check may be required; must already reside in and be fully eligible to work in the UK
Remote anywhere in the UK; must already reside in and be fully eligible to work in the UK
Candidates must have 7+ years of experience as a Technical Business Analyst or Solution Architect within the telecom or tech industry. Proficiency in synthesizing complex regulatory documents into actionable engineering tasks and strong communication skills in English are required.
Remote across supported locations in Europe, including the UK and Ireland.
Requires at least 3 years of experience in the mobile telco industry and 6 years in enterprise software deployment and integration. Candidates must possess a strong understanding of eSIM technology, mobile roaming, and diverse project management methodologies.
Remote across Europe and the UK; explicitly includes Ireland and European subregions.
The role requires 4+ years of experience in product or commercial analytics with strong proficiency in SQL and Python/R. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in experimentation, data instrumentation, and the ability to connect product metrics to business outcomes.
Remote Spain and United Kingdom only.
The role requires 7+ years of experience in performance marketing for mobile apps with deep expertise in Meta and Google UAC. Candidates must possess strong analytical skills, experience managing large budgets, and a deep understanding of mobile attribution and iOS measurement.
Remote Spain or UK only; requires English for meetings/async. Fully remote by design.
Requires over 10 years of finance experience with a proven track record of leading end-to-end ERP implementations and large-scale transformations. Candidates should be qualified accountants (CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or have a Big 4 consulting background.
Remote Spain or UK only. Must be based in Spain or the UK; fully remote otherwise.
Requires 8+ years of experience in public affairs or regulatory affairs within the tech or telecoms sector. Candidates must have a proven track record of influencing regulatory outcomes and the ability to operate autonomously in a remote environment.
Remote Spain, UK, or UAE only; contract varies by country. English required. No other regions stated.
Own user retention strategy for a consumer travel/eSIM product; analyze behavior, engagement, churn, CLTV, and repeat purchase data; run targeted CRM retention campaigns with personalized messaging and behavioral triggers; build customer segmentation and optimize journeys; run A/B tests on retention initiatives; requires 4+ years in user retention in performance-focused businesses; must have hands-on CRM/retention tooling experience (e.g. Clevertap, Braze, MoEngage) and strong retention use-case knowledge; bonus: tech/travel/telecom background, Clevertap, understanding of acquisition-retention interplay; English required; background check may be required at end of process
Remote in Spain or the UK only
Airalo is a rare combination: a category leader with unicorn scale that is still small enough to feel close to the work. Its hub guide for the UK says it plainly: "Most people joining us from the UK are looking for more ownership and fewer layers. Not just 'impact', but the ability to actually ship work without waiting on multiple approvals." At around 400 people the company describes itself as "past early chaos" but with decisions that do not get stuck in hierarchy, and postings promise "trust, ownership, and the freedom for people to do great work without unnecessary layers or bureaucracy".
The work spans consumer product, telecom infrastructure and international expansion at once. Current openings range from Senior PHP Engineers evolving a Laravel platform with over 30 million users toward service-oriented architecture, to a Core Network Lead building full MVNO systems, to Solutions Architects and business development managers opening Mexico, LATAM and APAC.
Pay is printed on the postings under a policy Airalo calls "roaming-free recruitment. Just as we provide clear connectivity for travelers, we provide clear salary ranges for our candidates." Each range is broken out per country, in local currency, and the UK guide says the company is working toward publishing ranges on every UK role ahead of the UK's upcoming pay transparency rules. Where a range is not yet listed, the recruiter shares it early in the process.
Airalo names four values: ownership, empathy, authenticity and iteration. CEO Bahadir Ozdemir describes the team as "a bunch of common people putting out uncommon results" and says he runs the company with "the vision of a unicorn, but the traditional metrics of a mama-papa shop", rejecting the spend-everything startup playbook. That frugality has history: when travel stopped in 2020 the company was down to $36,000 in the bank before Rakuten's Series A money carried it through.
The origin story is one of deliberate self-disruption. Ozdemir was selling physical global SIM cards to seafarers when Apple shipped the first eSIM iPhones in 2018. "If somebody came up with an Amazon of eSIMs, nobody would buy my physical global SIM card anymore... and if someone is going to launch an Amazon for eSIMs, that should be us," he told Antler. He later described it to Inc42 as the moment he "decided to disrupt myself".
AI is used openly and with stated limits. The UK hub guide calls Airalo "a people-first business" that uses Notion AI and Google Gemini for drafting, summarising and research, bans confidential company, customer or personal data in public AI tools, and states that "there's always a human in the loop, and you are always the final author of your work." Engineering postings expect the same fluency from candidates: the ability "to prompt, validate, and iterate with AI to build better software faster". In a July 2026 leadership AMA, the People team named continuous, all-directions feedback as the thing it would most like to strengthen, alongside the rollout of Sana as the company's new learning platform.
Airalo's published process has four rounds. Round 1 is a 30 to 45 minute screening with a Talent Acquisition partner on skills, motivations and background. Round 2 is a 45 to 60 minute technical and team-fit interview with the hiring manager or future teammates. Some roles add a case study round, a 60 to 90 minute presentation tailored to the role. The final round is a 45 to 60 minute "culture-add" interview with the hiring manager and additional team members. The careers page says you hear back within one week of applying, and the recruiter walks through the exact steps for your role during the first screen. Background checks can be requested late in the process, with your consent.
Recruiters use AI-assisted tools to organise applications and draft interview notes, but every hiring decision is made by a human and candidates who reach interviews can opt out of AI-generated notes. English is the working language day to day, in meetings and in writing, and postings ask for comfort with async collaboration across time zones. Airalo also runs a Quality of Hire program that scores new hires on input from both the manager and the hire, uses retention as a key signal, and feeds a quarterly loop back into how roles are hired.
Airalo prints per-country ranges on its postings. As of September 2026 in the United Kingdom: Senior PHP Engineer £91,600 to £135,000, Staff Data Scientist, Pricing £93,200 to £139,800, Solutions Architect £80,000 to £115,000, Senior Project Delivery Specialist £71,600 to £102,900, Principal Performance Marketing Specialist £80,800 to £116,000, Head of Public Affairs £98,000 to £133,000, Senior Director, Brand £117,500 to £158,500, and VP of Research and Design £168,000 to £252,000. The same roles carry lower ranges elsewhere: the Senior PHP Engineer is €79,200 to €114,000 in Spain, the VP of Research and Design is €154,000 to €185,000 in Spain or AED 684,400 to 1,026,600 in the UAE, and Mexico roles are listed in pesos (Strategic Business Development Manager MXN 880,000 to 1,320,000). Placement within a range depends on your location and local cost of living.
Airalo hires full-time, permanent staff. In the UK that is a local contract; in Spain it is a contrato indefinido through Deel, Airalo's employer of record there; in the UAE it is a permanent contract through Deel as well. Postings for Mexico, the Philippines and APAC are also listed as full-time and permanent.
Airalo's backend is PHP on Laravel (Symfony experience is welcomed), moving toward a service-oriented architecture with event-driven messaging such as SQS or Pub/Sub, SQL and NoSQL databases, AWS, Docker and CI/CD. The networks side works with HSS/HLR, PCRF and OCS functions, GSMA roaming procedures (IR.21, IR.24, IR.35, IR.38, IR.92) and OSS/BSS integration for full MVNO builds. Internally the company runs on Slack, Notion, Notion AI, Google Gemini, Sana for learning and Lever for hiring.
Airalo sells prepaid eSIM data plans by the country, region or globe, and since Q3 2025 also Unlimited plans, buying wholesale access from local mobile operators while keeping the purchase, billing and customer relationship itself. Business revenue comes from Airalo Partners, a B2B and B2B2C reseller channel, and Airalo for Business, where companies manage employees' travel data with budget controls that Airalo says can cut roaming costs by up to 90%. The consumer app has ranked as the number one travel app in several countries' app stores.
Airalo gives every employee a work-from-anywhere stipend on their start date, an annual wellness credit, a $500 annual training and development budget for courses and books with extra training days added as leave, Airmoney for personal eSIM use, and the tools and hardware to work remotely. UK employees also get private health insurance covering medical, dental, optical and mental health.
Not right now. All 21 live postings are senior, staff, lead, director or VP level, and the engineering roles ask for 7+ years of backend experience. There are no internship or graduate listings on the careers page.
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