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How Despegar hires

Truth index
A 88/100
Median time to fill
42 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
50%
Reposted roles
0%

Despegar scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 8 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 50% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 42 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Despegar is a Latin American online travel company that sells flights, hotels, vacation packages, car rentals and activities through its Despegar and Decolar websites and apps. It serves travelers across Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and other countries in the region and also runs B2B travel distribution for agencies and partners. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

News

News prosus.com 10 months ago
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Press release businesswire 1 year ago
Despegar.com Announces 4Q24 and FY24 Financial Results
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Press release Nasdaq 1 year ago
Despegar.com Announces 4Q24 and FY24 Financial Results
Despegar.com, Corp., Latin America' s leading travel technology company, today announced unaudited financial results for the three-months ended December 31, 2024 and full year 2024. Financial results are expressed in U.S. dollars and are presented in acco
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Press release Nasdaq 2 years ago
Despegar.com Announces 3Q24 Financial Results
Despegar.com, Corp., Latin America' s leading travel technology company, today announced unaudited financial results for the three-months ended September 30, 2024. Financial results are expressed in U.S. dollars and are presented in accordance with U.S. g
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Press release businesswire 2 years ago
Despegar.com Announces 1Q24 Financial Results
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Press release businesswire 3 years ago
Despegar.com Appoints Chief Financial Officer
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Press release businesswire 3 years ago
Despegar.com Announces Organizational Changes
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News SeekingAlpha 3 years ago
Despegar Stock: 2x Higher Profitability As Industry Normalizes (NYSE:DESP)
Despegar has fallen by more than eighty percent since its IPO in 2017. Why are we bullish DESP stock? Click here to find out.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Despegar over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
59
Postings analysed
69
Stack modernity
86/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL58%
Python22%
Java14%
JavaScript14%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js7%
Spring Boot6%
Angular6%
Playwright1%
Databases
Redis7%
MariaDB6%
BigQuery1%
Google BigQuery1%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI38%
Metabase14%
Looker7%
Kibana6%
AI & ML
Claude6%
ChatGPT3%
Gemini3%
LLM3%
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
86/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
66
29 opened / 41 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
49 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
29%
Industrial Engineering
11% ▼
Analytics
10% ▲
Early Careers
10% ▼
Marketing
7% ▲
Field & Service
5%
Actively hiring for Sales (+13 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Madrid Oct 2026
New location: Mexico Oct 2026
Added ServiceNow to stack Oct 2026
Added Jira to stack Oct 2026
Added LDAP to stack Oct 2026
New location: Colombia Oct 2026
Added Ruby to stack Oct 2026
Added AutoCAD to stack Sep 2026
New location: Peru Sep 2026
Added Iterable to stack Sep 2026
Added Braze to stack Sep 2026
New location: Tecámac Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
9
Countries
5
Busiest office
Buenos Aires
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Buenos Aires Argentina
HQ
23 open roles 29 posted in 90 days 48% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Backend, Sales, Product
seen since Mar 2026 job postings
Alphaville Brazil
Sales office
15 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Sales, Industrial Engineering, Analytics
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Cancún Mexico
Support & operations
9 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering, Analytics
seen since Apr 2025 job postings
Mexico City Mexico
Sales office
9 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff $20k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Finance, HR
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
Bogotá Colombia
Sales office
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales, Legal, Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
São Paulo Brazil
Sales office
2 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Taboão da Serra Brazil
Support & operations
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
São Bernardo do Campo Brazil
Sales office
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Madrid Spain
Sales office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Montevideo, Uruguay 4 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Santiago, Chile 4 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Tecámac, Mexico 2 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Recife, Brazil 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Medellín, Colombia 1 open roles · last posting Jan 2026
León, Mexico 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Coacalco, Mexico 1 open roles · last posting Jan 2026
Quilpué, Chile 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Chiclayo, Peru 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Querétaro, Mexico last posting Oct 2025

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