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All-in-one guide to getting a tech job abroad 🌎

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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.

📝 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:

👀 Job search (useful reads)

🔖 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.
  • 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.

🔖 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.

🔖 International recruitment agencies

🏢 Companies hiring internationally

Company name Locations Careers page
ADASA Brisbane 🇦🇺 https://www.adasasystems.com/en/careers.html
Akur8 Paris 🇫🇷 https://akur8.com/careers
Applike Group Hamburg 🇩🇪 https://applike-group.com/jobs
BandLab Singapore 🇸🇬 https://apply.workable.com/bandlabtechnologies
Bending Spoons Milan 🇮🇹 https://bendingspoons.com/careers.html
BlaBlaCar Paris 🇫🇷 https://blog.blablacar.com/dreamjobs
Bol.com Utrecht 🇳🇱 https://careers.bol.com/en/jobs
ByteDance Singapore 🇸🇬 https://jobs.bytedance.com/en
Canva Sydney 🇦🇺 https://www.canva.com/careers
Catawiki Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://www.catawiki.com/en/jobs
ChannelEngine Leiden 🇳🇱 https://jobs.channelengine.com
Choco Berlin 🇩🇪 https://choco.com/careers
Contentful Berlin 🇩🇪 https://www.contentful.com/careers
Coolblue Rotterdam 🇳🇱 https://www.careersatcoolblue.com
Defined.ai Lisbon 🇵🇹 https://www.defined.ai/careers
Delivery Hero Berlin 🇩🇪 https://careers.deliveryhero.com/global/en
Docler Holding Luxembourg 🇱🇺 https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/DoclerHolding
DocPlanner Barcelona 🇪🇸
Warsaw 🇵🇱
https://www.docplanner.com/career
Doodle Berlin 🇩🇪
Zurich 🇨🇭
https://doodle.teamtailor.com/jobs
Dott Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Paris 🇫🇷
https://ridedott.com/careers
doWhile Gothenburg 🇸🇪 https://join.dowhile.se/jobs
e-bot7 Munich 🇩🇪 https://e-bot7.com/careers
Exness Limassol 🇨🇾 https://exness.bamboohr.com/jobs
EdApp Sydney 🇦🇺 https://www.edapp.com/careers
ERIKS Digital Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://careers.eriksdigital.com
Evotec Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Goettingen) 🇩🇪 https://www.evotec.com/en/career
Finceptiv Tallinn 🇪🇪 https://www.finceptiv.com/careers
FINN Munich 🇩🇪 https://www.finn.auto/careers
Form3 London 🇬🇧 https://www.form3.tech/careers
fotograf.de / GotPhoto Berlin 🇩🇪 https://fotograf.jobs.personio.de
Glia Tallinn 🇪🇪 https://www.glia.com/jobs
Gnosis Berlin 🇩🇪 https://gnosis.io/careers
Greentube Vienna 🇦🇹 https://www.greentube.com/careers
Greyp Bikes Croatia (Sveta Nedelja) 🇭🇷 https://greyp-bikes.talentlyft.com
HENNGE Tokyo 🇯🇵 https://recruit.hennge.com/en/mid-career
Highsnobiety Berlin 🇩🇪 https://company.highsnobiety.com/jobs
HousingAnywhere Rotterdam 🇳🇱 https://careers.housinganywhere.com
Hubs Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://www.hubs.com/jobs
JOIN Berlin 🇩🇪 https://join.com/companies/join
KidsLoop South Korea (Seoul) 🇰🇷 https://kidsloop.co.id/about-us/?lang=en
Klarna Germany (Berlin, Giessen) 🇩🇪
Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenburg) 🇸🇪
https://jobs.lever.co/klarna/?team=Engineering
Kramp Hub Utrecht 🇳🇱 https://www.kramphub.nl/jobs
Legartis Zurich 🇨🇭 https://www.legartis.ai/careers
Lemonade Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://makers.lemonade.com
Lightspeed Sydney 🇦🇺 https://www.lightspeedhq.com/careers/overview
LINKIT Utrecht 🇳🇱 https://www.linkit.nl/en/vacancies
Luko Paris 🇫🇷 https://careers.luko.eu
Meister Vienna 🇦🇹 https://www.meisterlabs.com/jobs
Mercari Tokyo 🇯🇵 https://careers.mercari.com
Miro Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Berlin 🇩🇪
https://miro.com/careers
Mollie Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Lisbon 🇵🇹
https://jobs.mollie.com
Monzo London 🇬🇧 https://monzo.com/careers
Mujin Tokyo 🇯🇵 https://www.mujin.co.jp/en/recruit
New10 Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://new10.com/vacatures/en
Oda Berlin 🇩🇪
Oslo 🇳🇴
https://careers.oda.com/jobs
PayPay Tokyo 🇯🇵 https://boards.greenhouse.io/paypay
Personio Munich 🇩🇪 https://www.personio.com/about-personio/careers
PhotoRoom Paris 🇫🇷 https://jobs.lever.co/photoroom
Picnic Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://picnic.app/careers/all-jobs
Podium North Tallinn 🇪🇪 https://www.linkedin.com/company/podium-north/jobs
Polarsteps Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://careers.polarsteps.com
Qonto Paris 🇫🇷 https://qonto.com/en/careers
QuadSAT Odense 🇩🇰 https://quadsat.com/career
Queue-it Copenhagen 🇩🇰 https://careers.queue-it.com/jobs
Reaktor Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://www.reaktor.com/careers
ResearchGate Berlin 🇩🇪 https://www.researchgate.net/careers
Runtastic Austria 🇦🇹 https://www.runtastic.com/career/jobs
Savage Interactive Hobart 🇦🇺 https://savage.si/#jobs
SEEN Oslo 🇳🇴 https://apply.workable.com/seenio
Seldon UK (London, Cambridge) 🇬🇧 https://www.seldon.io/careers
Sellforte Espoo 🇫🇮 https://careers.sellforte.com
Shape Copenhagen 🇩🇰 https://shape.dk/careers
Smallpdf Zurich 🇨🇭 https://smallpdf.com/careers
SmartNews Tokyo 🇯🇵 https://apply.workable.com/smartnews
Solsten Berlin 🇩🇪 https://boards.greenhouse.io/solsten
Stream Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://getstream.io/team
Swisscom Rotterdam 🇳🇱 https://swisscom.bamboohr.com/jobs
Synergy Sports Vienna 🇦🇹
Warsaw 🇵🇱
https://synergysports.com/careers
Talkwalker Luxembourg 🇱🇺 https://www.talkwalker.com/careers
Talon.One Berlin 🇩🇪 https://www.talon.one/jobs
ToolTime Berlin 🇩🇪 https://www.tooltime.de/jobs
Truecaller Stockholm 🇸🇪 https://careers.truecaller.com
UpTeam Prague 🇨🇿 https://upteam.com/careers
VanMoof Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Taipei 🇹🇼
https://www.vanmoof.com/careers
Veriff Tallin 🇪🇪
Barcelona 🇪🇸
https://www.veriff.com/careers
Vimcar Berlin 🇩🇪 https://careers.vimcar.com/en
Visma Riga 🇱🇻 https://www.visma.lv/vakances
Wayve London 🇬🇧 https://wayve.ai/join-us
WiseTech Global Sydney 🇦🇺 https://www.wisetechglobal.com/join-us/current-openings
Wonderkind Amsterdam 🇳🇱 https://wonderkind.recruitee.com
XM Cyprus (Limassol, Nicosia) 🇨🇾
Athens 🇬🇷
https://www.xm.com/careers
Xovis Switzerland (Zollikofen, Zurich) 🇨🇭 https://www.xovis.com/careers
Zenjob Berlin 🇩🇪 https://boards.greenhouse.io/zenjob
Zenly Paris 🇫🇷 https://zen.ly/jobs
Ziegert Group Berlin 🇩🇪 https://ziegert-group.com/en/careers

🗣️ Job interviews

💰 Compensation negotiation

🗺 Work permits & visas

✈️ Relocation

💬 Expat stories