🇩🇪 Moving to Germany for Work

Resources to help you get started.

Hey there 👋

This is a free edition of The Global Move newsletter.

For those of you considering moving to Germany – especially for work – I’ve put together a quick list of helpful resources to get you started.

Here you go:

✅ Destination research

To relocate wisely, start by doing some research.

• Visa options: official Visa Navigator tool + https://relocate.me/visas/germany

• Opportunity Card (allows qualified non-EU nationals to live in Germany for up to one year to look for a job or start a business): https://chancenkarte.com

• Foreign university degree recognition check (required for the EU Blue Card and certain work visas): https://anabin.kmk.org + how-to guide

• Germany’s tax system: https://www.expatica.com/de/finance/taxes/taxes-in-germany-103978

• Take-home pay calculator: https://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info

• Cost of living: https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/germany

• Healthcare + insurance options: https://relocate.me/healthcare/germany

• Average salary info: https://relocate.me/salaries/germany-average-salary

• Developer salaries in Germany: https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/germany and https://techpays.eu/europe/germany

• Germany’s official portal for global skilled workers: https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en

• Helpful guides on settling in Berlin and navigating German bureaucracy: https://allaboutberlin.com

• Ask questions about life in Germany: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany and https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAGerman

✅ Job search (companies hiring from outside Germany)

If you’re looking to relocate for a tech job, many companies in Germany actively hire international talent and provide visa and relocation support.

Some of those companies include:

• Applike Group – https://applike-group.com/jobs

• Contentful – https://www.contentful.com/careers

• Kaufland e-commerce – https://kaufland-ecommerce.com/en/career/jobs

• Crewmeister – https://crewmeister.com/de/your-career

• FINN – https://jobs.lever.co/finn

• Payrails – https://www.payrails.com/careers

• Raisin – https://www.raisin.com/careers

• ABOUT YOU – https://corporate.aboutyou.de/en/career

• Cinemo – https://www.cinemo.com/about/careers

• trivago – https://careers.trivago.com/join

• N26 – https://n26.com/en-eu/careers

• Orbem – https://orbem.ai/career-open-positions/all-roles

• Irreducible – https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/irreducible

• Alteos – https://alteos.jobs.personio.de

• HelloFresh – https://careers.hellofresh.com/global/en

• QuantCo – http://jobs.lever.co/quantco

• Peopleware – https://jobs.peopleware.com/l/en

✅ Job search (local job boards)

Finally, here are some local websites to explore opportunities:

• XING (professional networking platform with job listings across Germany) – https://www.xing.com/jobs/search

• Stepstone (one of Germany’s largest job boards with roles across industries) – https://www.stepstone.de/en

• GermanTechJobs (a job board specifically for tech professionals looking to work in Germany) – https://germantechjobs.de

• Berlin Startup Jobs (a top platform for startup jobs in Berlin, from engineering to marketing) – https://berlinstartupjobs.com

• Official job portal of Germany’s Federal Employment Agency – https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche

• Arbeitnow (a tech-focused job board with visa sponsorship and remote filters) – https://www.arbeitnow.com

• Indeed Germany (one of the top job search platforms in Germany in terms of traffic and job listings) – https://de.indeed.com

✅ VC and startup news

• https://sifted.eu/countries/germany

• https://www.eu-startups.com/category/germany-startups

• https://techfundingnews.com/tag/germany

Hope you get some good use out of this list!

If you know any other helpful Germany-related resources, please share them in the comments.

Also, let me know which country 🌍 you’d like to see covered next.

Best,

Andrew