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All-in-one guide to getting a tech job abroad ๐ŸŒŽ

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International Tech Job Search Handbook

Relocation to a foreign country for work can be very exciting and lead to unique opportunities that couldn't be accessed in your home country. At the same time, it's a real challenge - I know it firsthand. Your mind becomes inundated with questions:

  • How to prepare a resume?
  • Where to find companies that hire foreign talent?
  • What relocation assistance is typically provided?
  • How to get a work visa?

And the list goes on!

Hopefully, this handbook will give you the necessary guidance. Topics covered include resume preparation, job search, salary negotiation, relocation packages, and more.

๐Ÿ“ Resume preparation

A well-written and concise resume is an essential ingredient of a successful job hunt. Here's a list of articles, resources & tools to help you:

๐Ÿ‘€ Job search (useful reads)

๐Ÿ”– Niche job boards that have a filter for relocation

  • Relocate.me: The site is built around and focused entirely on tech jobs that offer relocation.
  • Wellfound (formerly AngelList): If you go to the Filters tab, you will find a section named "Immigration + Network." There is an option to "only show companies that can sponsor a visa." Tick the box.
  • Landing.Jobs: The main country that they feature is Portugal, but you can find tech jobs in other parts of Europe as well. When searching for jobs, make sure to select the gilter for "Visa & work permit."
  • SwissDevJobs: For those looking to move to Switzerland, SwissDev Jobs is a great place to turn. The website allows you to easily locate developer jobs anywhere in Switzerland. In order to filter it to only jobs with relocation, you simply need to check the filter box for "Visa sponsorship for non-EU residents."
  • TokyoDev: The site is dedicated to helping international developers start and grow their career in Japan. Among other things, you will find a list of job offerings from local employers that are open to hiring foreign, English-speaking techies.
  • Japan Dev: A hand-curated job board for tech roles in Japan.
  • Arbeitnow: Europe-based positions with relocation assistance/visa sponsorship & salary info.

๐Ÿ”– Other places to check during the search

  • "Who's hiring?" monthly thread on Hacker News. Here's a link to the latest one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29782099. Use the search feature (Command/Ctrl + F) to find job offerings with the keyword "visa."
  • @Relocateme Telegram channel with daily actual job alerts
  • Big list of local job boards
  • LinkedIn: When searching, you should add "relocation," "visa support," or "visa sponsorship" into the keywords tab, and select the city/country/region that's your choice for relocation. Here's an example.

Note: You can apply the same approach - typing "relocation" followed by your target job title in the search bar - to other sites (e.g., Indeed or Glassdoor) that, like LinkedIn, have no filter for relocation. Of course, you will find some jobs that don't offer relocation or are not quite what you are looking for, but overall using relevant keywords does a good job at filtering them out.

๐Ÿ”– International recruitment agencies

  • Agile Search. Matches developers from all over the world with the best job opportunities and companies in the Nordics.
  • Global {M} โ€“ jobs with European tech companies
  • Global Skills Hub โ€“ remote and relocation jobs with Canada's top tech companies
  • Nederlia โ€“ tech & product roles at starups and scaleups in Europe
  • Ravecruitment โ€“ IT jobs in the Netherlands
  • Relocateme.eu โ€“ software engineer jobs with European startups and well-established tech companies
  • Toughbyte โ€“ dev job opportunities in EU countries
  • Zero to One Search โ€“ IT jobs in Germany

๐Ÿข Companies hiring internationally

Company name Location(s) Careers page
ARHS Group Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ https://www.arhs-group.com/careers
Akur8 Paris ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท https://akur8.com/careers
Applike Group Hamburg ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://applike-group.com/jobs
BandLab Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ https://apply.workable.com/bandlabtechnologies
BlaBlaCar Paris ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท https://blog.blablacar.com/dreamjobs
Blinkist Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.blinkist.com/en/jobs
Bol.com Utrecht ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://careers.bol.com/en/jobs
Catawiki Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://catawiki.careers/vacancies
CloudLinux Remote ๐ŸŒ https://www.cloudlinux.com/about-us-company-jobs
Coolblue Rotterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://www.careersatcoolblue.com
Creative Fabrica Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/creativefabrica
Cube Dev San Francisco ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ https://cube.dev/careers
e-bot7 Munich ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://e-bot7.com/careers
Elements Almere ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://www.elements.nl/en/careers
ePages Hamburg ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://epages.com/en/career
EPAM United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ https://www.epam.com/careers/job-listings
EVBox Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://evbox.com/en/about/careers
Exness Limassol ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ https://exness.bamboohr.com/jobs
FINN Munich ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.finn.auto/careers
Flow Traders Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
https://www.flowtraders.com/careers
foodspring Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.researchgate.net/careers
GeoPhy The Hague ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://geophy.com/careers
Gnosis Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://gnosis.io/careers
Greentube Vienna ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น https://www.greentube.com/careers
HENNGE Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต https://recruit.hennge.com/en/mid-career
Highsnobiety Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://company.highsnobiety.com/jobs
HomeToGo Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Lithuania (Kaunas, Vilnius) ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น
https://www.hometogo.com/careers
HousingAnywhere Rotterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://careers.housinganywhere.com
Intropic London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://jobs.lever.co/intropic
JOIN Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://join.com/companies/join
Journi Vienna ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น https://www.journiapp.com/careers
Jumbo Veghel ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://jobs.jumbo.com/en/tech
Just Eat Takeaway.com Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
https://careers.justeattakeaway.com/global/en
Lemonade Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://makers.lemonade.com
Lightspeed Auckland ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ https://boards.greenhouse.io/lightspeedhq
LINE Fukuoka Fukuoka ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต https://linefukuoka.co.jp/en/career/engineer
LOOP Austria (Salzburg, Vienna) ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น https://www.agentur-loop.com/careers
Manychat Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
Yerevan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
https://careers.manychat.com/#vacancies
Mercari Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต https://careers.mercari.com
Mollie Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Lisbon ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
https://jobs.mollie.com
Monzo London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://monzo.com/careers
movingimage Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.movingimage.com/careers/#jobs
Mujin Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต https://jobs.lever.co/mujininc
Multiverse Computing San Sebastian ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ https://multiversecomputing.com/join-us
NavVis Munich ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.navvis.com/company/careers
Neocom Munich ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.neocom.ai/careers#section-job-openings
Oda Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Oslo ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด
https://careers.oda.com/jobs
OJ Electronics Sรธnderborg ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://ojelectronics.com/career
Optum Ireland (Dublin, Letterkenny) ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช https://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/optum-ireland
Oxbotica Oxford ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://www.oxbotica.com/our-people
PayPay Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต https://boards.greenhouse.io/paypay
PhotoRoom Paris ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท https://jobs.lever.co/photoroom
Picnic Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://picnic.app/careers/all-jobs
QuadSAT Odense ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://quadsat.com/career
Queue-it Copenhagen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://careers.queue-it.com/jobs
Reaktor Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Lisbon ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
https://www.reaktor.com/careers
Runtastic Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น https://www.runtastic.com/career/jobs
Scout24 Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช http://jobs.scout24.com
Seldon UK (London, Cambridge) ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://www.seldon.io/careers
Shape Copenhagen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://shape.dk/careers
Shape Games Copenhagen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://careers.shapegames.com/jobs
SimScale Munich ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.simscale.com/jobs
Skyscanner UK (London, Scotland) ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://www.skyscanner.net/jobs/current-jobs/
Smallpdf Zurich ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ https://smallpdf.com/careers
Smartly.io Helsinki ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ https://www.smartly.io/careers
SmartNews Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต https://apply.workable.com/smartnews
Solsten Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://boards.greenhouse.io/solsten
Solvians Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt, Gรถttingen) ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://www.solvians.com/career
SoundCloud Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
United States (LA, NYC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
https://careers.soundcloud.com
Stream Amsterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://boards.greenhouse.io/stream
Sumo Digital United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://www.sumo-digital.com/careers
Swisscom Rotterdam ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ https://swisscom.bamboohr.com/jobs
Tactile Games Copenhagen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://tactilegames.com/careers
Talkwalker Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ https://www.talkwalker.com/careers
The LEGO Group Denmark (Billund, Copenhagen) ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ https://www.lego.com/da-dk/careers/search
Tractable London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
https://tractable.ai/careers
TuSimple United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ https://www.tusimple.com/careers
Uphold Portugal (Porto, Braga) ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น https://uphold.com/careers
Vimcar Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://careers.vimcar.com/en
Volkswagen Digital Solutions Lisbon ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น https://www.vwds.pt/careers
Wallapop Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/wallapop
Wayve London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://wayve.ai/join-us
WiseTech Global Sydney ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ https://www.wisetechglobal.com/join-us/current-openings
Wise London ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง https://www.wise.jobs/search/?t=engineering&o=&sort=newest
WorldQuant Yerevan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
Budapest ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ
https://www.worldquant.com/career-listing
Xeneta Oslo ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด https://xeneta.pinpointhq.com
Xovis Switzerland (Zollikofen, Zurich) ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ https://www.xovis.com/careers
Zenly Paris ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท https://zen.ly/jobs
Ziegert Group Berlin ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช https://ziegert-group.com/en/careers
Zivid Oslo ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด https://www.zivid.com/career-join-zivid
Zound Industries Stockholm ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช https://ziegert-group.com/en/careers

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Job interviews

๐Ÿ’ฐ Compensation negotiation

๐Ÿ—บ Work permits & visas

โœˆ๏ธ Relocation

๐Ÿ’ฌ Expat stories