Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12906019

by kevlar1818 • 10 years ago

367 218 10 years ago

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Just wondering. No real reason to ask. (Completely serious question, however)

Gabriel_Martin• 10 years ago

I'm looking now too.

mattnumbe10• 10 years ago

I recruit in Japan and we use DaiJob, Indeed, and GaijinPot. There are also quite a few on linkedIn (they seem to pay a lot better as well)

jakebasile6• 10 years ago

Is the cultural difference between the United States' more cutthroat form of employment and the "salaryman" idea in Japan an issue in the transition? Does it apply to our industry?

mattnumbe10• 10 years ago

I'd say its in transition on the whole, but especially in IT. Massive companies like Sony, Toyota, Nissan, etc. still have a lifetime employment structure, but once you get hired to any company here, it's still real hard to get fired. Answering your question would really take a small essay because the answer is yes and no for SO many reasons.

EDIT: I think I misread your question the first time. It can be difficult mostly because firms here are used to having employees who are generalists, work in every part of the company through the years, and become upper management who have a much needed knowledge of the whole company. In the west in general, we focus on one area and change companies to grow our skills in that field. This is a problem because its really hard to change companies in Japan and Japanese employers often want you to learn new skills to work in different areas of the company. In short, it's difficult to become a specialist in Japan without sacrifice (usually salary). But there are many new technology companies that are trying to change that pattern.

devmop2• 10 years ago

Do you have any advice on finding good recruitment firms out there? I've gotten too used to firms turning up on LinkedIn with piles of jobs.

mattnumbe10• 10 years ago

Recruitment firms are really picky here, most won't even consider you if you don't have JLPT N2 or above. They search for their candidates similar to the way US firms do (from what I've heard). Having key words on your linkedIn profile showing that either your interested in moving here, have a background working with Japanese people, or have the language abilities plus (nearly any) software skills, there's a good chance you'll get contacted.

cheiVia0• 10 years ago

Is "GaijinPot" really what it is called?

mattnumbe10• 10 years ago

yes, really sad. DaiJob is also a really dumb name if you pronounce it in katakana.

franciscop• 10 years ago

Yes, I've been there few times searching for help about Japan

snowcrshd2• 10 years ago

How difficult would it be to get a job in Japan without knowing the language?

It must be imperative in daily life, but how about in the work environment?

mattnumbe10• 10 years ago

Its actually the opposite. It is completely unnecessary for every day life. I know plenty of people here that don't speak any Japanese and get by just fine. As far as working goes, it depends on the type of job you want. Most of the people I know with low Japanese skills are English teachers. Most engineering jobs require business level reading/writing/speaking since you often work in teams.

binoyjohn2• 10 years ago

Any specific country ? Even though there is huge shortage for skilled IT labor in USA, you have a better chance of finding another job in Australia / New Zealand region.

afarrell2• 10 years ago

I recently made the move (US->UK) and am happy to give people advice. My email is in my profile.

jakebasile6• 10 years ago

Would you be willing to write a general post on it? I don't agree or disagree with the idea of emigrating due to the election but it would be engaging to read - I don't see much stuff from people moving that direction.

afarrell2• 10 years ago

I've currently got a draft of it 1/3rd done. But I am better at talking and answering questions than at writing.

du_bing• 10 years ago

Write you an email, hoping for some advice, thanks, afarrell.

thisone• 10 years ago

remember to tell people about the long arm of the US tax law. So many other ex-pats I know are like FBAR-whaaaa?

sreejithr• 10 years ago

The country you currently live in defines what this "Abroad" is. At least specify if you're American or non-American.

codingdave• 10 years ago

Lets take a wild guess -- Which one of those groups suddenly wants to flee their country?

pcurve• 10 years ago

Are there any country outside U.S. that pay more for software job? I've looked before, but I didn't find any, so you'll have to figure out a way to quantify quality of live improvement in dollar figures.

rtpg• 10 years ago

you probably won't find a better way than in the US to get a lot of money. But it's possible to be a software engineer with a good salary abroad.

If you're looking at maximizing dollars, it's hard. But no amount of salary in the Bay Area will give you decent public transit.

jiahen3• 10 years ago

most of the Asia country has less personal income tax. So that will cover the salary difference.

toomuchtodo• 10 years ago

You still pay US income taxes while an expat as long as you have your citizenship.

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/u-s-...

"Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside."

Your best scenario is to work remotely for a US company while living in a low cost of living country.

thejosh• 10 years ago

Australia is pretty good if you live in a good spot.

erklik• 10 years ago

Yet is extremely more expensive in terms of cost of living.

It cheaper to fly to Los Angeles, buy Adobe Suite ( the old one when discs were still around) and arrive back to Australia rather than buying it in Australia.

acveilleux• 10 years ago

There's tons of jobs in Canada that pay better then software jobs in North Dakota... But in pure dollar amount, you're not going to beat a Google or Facebook job in SV. Best you could do is work remotely for an SV company.

That said, remember that if you're an actual american citizen, they will tax your foreign income and a programmer with a lot of experience can hit revenues where they actually have to remit money to the IRS in addition to the cost of compliance (which can itself be significant.)

PeterisP• 10 years ago

Expect to be paid less but that money will go further - e.g. if comparing with Silicon Valley, there are many places worldwide where you'll be able to afford a much larger, nicer home and more services while earning a much smaller dollar amount.

In general, there's a scale/tradeoff of this, and California is on one extreme of that scale - there won't be any country that will pay even more, with the possible exception of some Saudi contracts or similar niches.

jiahen3• 10 years ago

This is a good resources if you want to work in Asia. https://www.techinasia.com/jobs

jiahen3• 10 years ago

but rising temperature on equator will be a problem. Not to mention rising sea level.

aminorex3• 10 years ago

Buy real estate soon to be ocean shore?

benjaminRRR• 10 years ago

Good resource, I just posted for an opening with our team in Bangkok.

monster2control• 10 years ago

No real reason, other than Trump becoming our next president maybe?

pimeys2• 10 years ago

We're looking maybe one or too developers to a senior team in Berlin. C++/Clojure/Rust.

zerr4• 10 years ago

The bad thing in Berlin is that 60K is a ceiling for senior engineers...

jakee• 10 years ago

Compared to the Bay Area you'll pay 1/2-1/4th of the rent/mortgage and soon 1 EUR will be 2 USD, so I'd say it might not be so clear cut. Add in cheaper childcare and medical expenses. Also California taxes might actually be higher than German taxes (or at least in the same ballpark).

pimeys2• 10 years ago

Definitely not the ceiling. I've been working here for five years and always earned more. Also if you're married they'll sum you and your partner's income and lower your taxes if your partner earns less. Good way to study or do non-paid work while the other earns for both of you.

Berlin is very liberal and open-minded, but learning Deutsch is a must...

bendmorris• 10 years ago

A man was walking along a river bank when he saw another man on the opposite side. "Hello!" he called out, "how do you get to the other side of the river?"

The man called out in response, "you are on the other side of the river!"

kranner• 10 years ago

A similar joke I've heard has the opposite moral, so to speak:

The man on the other side responds: "Don't ask me. I was born here."

dzhiurgis2• 10 years ago

I call this "there must be a name for this type of paradox" paradox.

amelius• 10 years ago

Perhaps this is helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-kbBamg_U

dokument• 10 years ago

Want to know the reason that grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Because, it is fertilized with bullshit.

wiredfool• 10 years ago

In Ireland, the grass is greener because it's always raining.

jonalmeida2• 10 years ago

OP specifically said it was a serious question, so this comes off as patronising..

coldpizza• 10 years ago

I didn't think it was patronising;

I think it was just pointing out a semantic flaw in the post: OP forgot to say where he lives, so we don't know what "abroad" is in his case.

ascotan• 10 years ago

Did the man have a wolf a, a sheep and a cabbage?

dcposch• 10 years ago

Appreciate the sentiment, but I think it's a false equivalence.

I was in Amsterdam for a week in June and I'm in SF today. I love both cities, but the difference is palpable. The US is experiencing a wave of xenophobia and outright hate right now.

I totally understand not wanting to be part of it.

Amsterdam is beautiful. It has more bikes than cars, transit that makes the Bay look embarrassing, and in my subjective experience, super nice people.

It's also a real city with a lot of interesting projects happening.

I'm very tempted

et-al2• 10 years ago

The US is experiencing a wave of xenophobia and outright hate right now.

Were there actually any reported hate crimes, or is this just rumors and confirmation bias? People are definitely on edge today, but I felt it more from the Clinton supporters.

(I know of the swastika graffiti in Philly, but that could have been from either side.)

mutru• 10 years ago

StackOverflow Jobs site is used quite a bit at least in Europe. https://stackoverflow.com/jobs

It's relatively easy to Google for expat websites for any specific country. The salaries are generally lower, but so is the cost of housing.

Our company Smartly.io is also hiring. 3-year-old startup, 100 employees, 30+ engineers, profitable, some real scalability issues to be solved (already 200+ servers), and based in Helsinki. :)

petethepig• 10 years ago

Hacker News? "Who's hiring?" & "Who wants to be hired?" posts every month.

jrockway2• 10 years ago

You still have to pay for Trump's wall.

For me, it's not worth moving. I was born here, and as a result I'm somewhat responsible for the actions my country takes as a whole. Moving doesn't change that. The grass looks greener on the other side, but other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech. No matter where you move, you're trading one bag of shit for another.

It's weird.

jakebasile6• 10 years ago

I'm mostly just curious. There is a lot written about immigration to the US but not too much about emigration from it. I agree that moving away doesn't really solve the problem and that despite our flaws I believe we have an advantage in many respects.

Democracy isn't perfect, and sometimes it means you lose. It means you need to talk to people who disagree with you and persuade them, and I think this cycle shows that the left hasn't been doing too well on that front.

jrockway2• 10 years ago

Yeah, democracy seemed to work OK. The average american wants it to be illegal to not be a God-loving hetereosexual white man. And they elected someone who will make sure that laws get passed to move the country in that direction.

The problem in this case is that that's terrible.

throwawayReply• 10 years ago

Unlike most countries, the U.S. still taxes non-resident citizens which probably does something to put people off emigrating the US.

mcjiggerlog2• 10 years ago

other countries aren't really doing that well with human rights, LGBT issues, affordable housing, or constitutionally-protected free speech

Bit of a weird statement. There are a lot of countries in the world and plenty of them do far better than the US on these issues.

akerro5• 10 years ago

Not in all topics. I lived in 3 EU countries so far, and I'm preparing for another changes, probably the last one. I don't care about LGBT issues as it doesn't affect me. I mostly care about living standard, access to nature (parks, reservoirs, sea/mountains), high quality roads for motorcycling and IT infrastructure.

Countries I considered:

Malta - similar wages as in Poland, but smaller market, housing problem as in Germany, rent prices as in the UK. Great nature, I like nature.

Germany - language barrier, housing problems (in Berlin 30 people visit a house or flat to rent and landlord decides who will get it). Nice pay/(rent price + living costs) - I still could afford more in Berlin than in Bristol and Cardiff.

Austria - language barrier (not really German), even when job offer and interview is in English, job requires fluent German, as everyone in the office speaks German, so you don't want to be alienated at the very beginning.

Switzerland - extremely high living costs, you won't be able to afford to buy a flat/house after 5years of living there, I felt really poor when I realized I will financially struggle even to move there and rent a flat for few first months.

France, Paris - visited it and that's a no-go zone for me. Couldn't buy a ticket at international train station in English and German as cashiers speak only French. City is a ruin after allowing all refugees live on a street.

Now, I'm looking into Japan, Australia, Canada and Czech Republic. As op said, you're always dealing one bag of shit for another.

kevinofe• 10 years ago

It is true that unless you are only in USA for 30 days of the year, you will still have to pay income tax in USA. I've been in Asia this year, working as remote freelancer and because I had to come back for about 6 weeks to deal with some business stuff, I won't be able to claim the foreign income tax excludion. I'll also have to pay the ACA penalty (still cheaper) because I cancelled my health insurance after leaving USA. But living in Asia has been a great experience and I would recommend it. However, time zones between here and west coast are weird. I'm either waking up at 5am or staying up til 12am if I have to do a call.

sean_patel• 10 years ago

I found a couple that seem ok. They let you filter by country and job type.

http://jobs.goabroad.com/

http://www.overseasjobs.com/

binoyjohn2• 10 years ago

Indeed.com of the specific country is the easiest way to find open positions in your target country.

Easy Expat < This site contains international classified advertisements, discussion forums, and job listings for expatriates all over the world.

erikbye5• 10 years ago

Norway: http://m.finn.no/job/fulltime/search.html?occupation=0.23&fi...

281 java positions, 182 c#, 91 c++

New ones coming in every day.

There is a lot of demand here for skilled developers, most positions are not for startups, but established business.

Software developer salary is typically lower than in the US, but then again, cost of living (as far as apartment rent goes(in Oslo)) is lower than in SV. C#/Java back-end salary usually range from 600,000 NOK (73 188 dollar, at the low end, not much experience, poor resume) to 1,000,000 NOK (121 980 dollar, senior).

The average developer salary in Oslo is at 106k (dollar). National average is 82k, most attractive jobs, and salaries, tend to be in Oslo.

ayberk• 10 years ago

What about the language barrier? Would English be enough?

erikbye5• 10 years ago

At least in the beginning, and for many companies. International hires is common. There are quite a few offices where English is the official language, as well. You can see that a lot of ads on the site is in English.

chillax• 10 years ago

for consulting learning norwegian would probably be an advantage.

dzhiurgis2• 10 years ago

Looking at the brackets in original post it's mostly Lisp

staticelf3• 10 years ago

I am from Sweden and basically everyone here (except some immigrants) speak english very fluently. You would have no issues living in any Nordic country with only English.

I worked at a pretty international company before where there was several individuals whom had lived in Sweden for several years without even bothering to learn the language.

Don't be that guy or gal though, Swedes don't like it when you live here for years without learning anything. Norway is the same, same with Finland and Denmark.

You are welcome, if you ever consider moving I could probably give you some tips of potential employers!

kmfrk• 10 years ago

The Nordic countries and Finland have the highest proficiency in English as a foreign language, so you'll have no problem communicating with them.

And the Duolingo app has Norwegian, too. :)

Broken_Hippo2• 10 years ago

Sometimes English is enough to get through a workplace at times - a lot of tech jobs have English speaking workplaces, for example. Outside of some industries, however, learning the language is nearly required. Socially, however, you'll likely find you'll want to learn the local language.

English does get you pretty far, however, and a lot of folks speak English to varying degrees.

bpicolo2• 10 years ago

Rent is about the only thing in Norway that's cheaper, though. (And it's far more expensive in Oslo than most of the US, no?)

That said, loved Norway when I visited

erikbye5• 10 years ago

NA being so diverse I'm not sure which city I should compare to, but compared to the larger cities I'm not sure it's considerably more expensive, in terms of rent alone. E.g., NY is more expensive than Oslo.

Rent prices in Oslo haven't boomed in paralell with the real estate market, so it's not that bad. And opting for something outside the city-centre, but still just a short commute (10-20 min by train/metro), is always an option.

Those of you who live in SF, how accurate are the rent numbers here? For Oslo they seem about right.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...

If the rent prices for SF specified here reflects reality, then any other living cost in Oslo is easily offset, comparatively.

wallzz2• 10 years ago

I visited Oslo last week, and I have to say that its one of the best cities I have ever been to, people are very welcoming, streets are clean, everything is almost perfect.

simonswords82• 10 years ago

Have you been to any other European cities at all for comparison? For example I think Barcelona is a very clean and welcoming city, so is Amsterdam come to think of it.

timClicks• 10 years ago

The standard website for New Zealand listings is seek.co.nz.

If you are interested in the startup scene, the best recruiters would probably be Talent Army

carlchenet• 10 years ago

If you're looking for a job in France (only in French though): https://www.linuxjobs.fr

Thomas_9• 10 years ago

Nothing when I type the keyword C# ...

koevet• 10 years ago

http://jobserve.com

Very good for medium-long term consulting gigs in Europe

Poleris• 10 years ago

I'm part of a recruitment firm that specializes in overseas jobs, mostly Asia as we're based in HK. (Our name is Terminal 1 even.)

Please contact me (email in profile) if you're interested in moving out here.

askedrelic• 10 years ago

Yelp is hiring backend/fullstack engineers in Hamburg, Germany. https://www.yelp.com/careers/job-openings?location=Hamburg%2...

I moved here last year, as an internal transfer. It's been pretty good overall.

jakub_g• 10 years ago

Came across this lately for DE/NL jobs:

http://relocateme.eu/jobs/

Also StackOverflow Jobs has a number of openings across whole world, many of them with salaries.

However some big companies with lazy HRs mainly put job offers on their own websites and nowhere else.

Lexandrit2• 10 years ago

I've also heard about these cool guys from RelocateMe. Apart from a diverse number of IT jobs (http://relocateme.eu/jobs/), they also provide comprehensive relocation support to candidates and their families.

smcl• 10 years ago

If you're interested in moving to Switzerland then the lad who wrote the post below is semi-frequently on HN iirc. I had a brief email back-and-forth with him which was pretty useful and informative (though I ended up staying put).

https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...

felipebrnd• 10 years ago

Many companies in Europe: http://landing.jobs

jventura• 10 years ago

I was going to write landing.jobs as well.. :)

lifeisstillgood• 10 years ago

In Europe simply buy a train ticket and go.

I am assuming however this is leaving the US for ... not-US locations

My suggestion would be to stay where you are, look for remote work opportunities that will give you the ability to losslessly change jobs until you found the work culture that suits.

And it also gives you opportunity to get involved in your local or state politics where you can make a genuine difference.

Just as Europe has a free-to-move labour force (for now!) the US has strong and increasingly independent States that look more and more like the engines of progressive change. California just approved marijuana for example.

Let the countries of the world deal with any changing trade and defence agreements. It's why they have diplomats.

NB - I am not meaning to be as patronising as I may be coming across

mrborgen• 10 years ago

The company I work for, Xeneta (startup in sea freight industry), is hiring developers in Norway: https://www.xeneta.com/careers

Otherwise, apply for jobs in Norwegian startups through this site:

https://startupmatcher.com/

hitcontract• 10 years ago

There is a platform https://hitcontract.lt/ for IT jobs/contracts in Scandinavian and Baltic countries. If registered you may get all the projects that suits your skills and experience precisely. Also, project managers can invite you to their projects. It's absolutely free for Developers. Please have a look.

jsingleton• 10 years ago

I'd firstly pick a country and then look at job boards for that location. For example, assuming you mean abroad relative to the US, then I run https://cleanwebjobs.com, which is mostly UK based.

beatricek• 10 years ago

I'm with a MarTech company based in Berlin and we're having a few vacancies atm.

We're also happy to support with relocation.

https://crossengage-jobs.personio.de/?language=en#all

SundayInJapan• 10 years ago

If you are interested in AI and want to work in an international environment in a startup in Japan, this company (in which I work) is probably your best bet: http://www.reactive.co.jp/home-en

We are focused on AI and deep learning, and we are hiring research scientists, research software engineers, devops engineers, etc.

jbm• 10 years ago

And if you are interested in a soul crushing job with Salesforce.com that pays peanuts, I have positions at Coca-Cola East Japan.

(But yeah, I've used the guys at Reactive and they are great too - nice office as well)

lacampbell6• 10 years ago

I'm curious too. I live in New Zealand. How can I get a software job abroad - say in the United States?

retube• 10 years ago

By most accounts you're like in literally the best place on planet earth right now, why would you want to move?

mabbo2• 10 years ago

why would you want to move

Because he's joking and making fun of the fact that the original post presumes everyone lives in America and sees 'Abroad' as elsewhere.

lacampbell6• 10 years ago

America has several advantages:

- higher salaries

- electronics, groceries, cars etc are all much cheaper

- lower rent if you compare towns and cities of similar sizes

- world leaders in computing for the past 50 years

Have you been to NZ? Why do you think it's so great? Do you like poorly built, overpriced housing, expensive groceries, lower wages and anti-American sentiment?

planetjones• 10 years ago

For EU citizens you could just go on Jobserve.com and find an IT job in the UK or Switzerland (or maybe else where) that interests you and apply. Many jobs will only take people with the right to work, but there may be others who would sponsor a permit from outside the EU.

chill15• 10 years ago

You could try freelance work for clients remotely. That would give you a lot of freedom to choose where to live.

I am an American living, working (as a freelance programmer) in Czech Republic -- good economy (especially Prague), low crime rate, low cost of living. Happy to answer questions.

Scea91• 10 years ago

Nice to see praise of my city. As a research software engineer I am in the top 1 % percent here so it is definitely a good career choice here.

However, the cost of living is skyrocketing now in Prague compared to the rest of the country and our wages. For the cost of my small flat (60 m^2) I could buy two nice big houses in a smaller city just 60 km from here.

yonibot• 10 years ago

Any advice on landing remote freelance gigs? I assume you don't use lowest-common-denominator sites like eLance.

chill15• 10 years ago

Correct, eLance and other similar websites are an absolute waste of time unless you are ok with competing only on price and you have a very low cost of living.

* Build a web presence that funnels potential leads to you (blog, portfolio, resume, stackoverflow profile with activity like posting questions/answers, programming/freelance subreddits, github contributions and projects).

* Build your personal network via meetups, conferences, etc.

* Toptal [1] is the best platform for finding gigs that I've used, but it could be better. It has short-, medium-, and long-term contracts. Not the best possible rates and it's possible to waste some time with interviews, but it's still a lot better than elance and others.

* Gun.io [2] is something that looks interesting, but I have never gotten a contract through it. So could be hit or miss.

[1] https://www.toptal.com/

[2] https://gun.io/

tedmiston7• 10 years ago

I started doing full-time freelance a few months ago (really independent contracting, not project-based freelance). My initial clients came from companies in my network who I'd met with before and know needed dev work. There's also been some traction with referrals, but working with someone who already knows you and is familiar with your work simplifies a lot.

[And I'll second that the dev marketplace sites are a waste of time. Anyone I've mentioned it to has echoed similar thoughts except for the one-off non-technical person who wants to get a simple job, like converting a json file to an Excel spreadsheet, etc done for cheap.]

tristor2• 10 years ago

I lived in Prague for a short while as a digital nomad. It's a great city and I'm considering coming back more long-term and buying property there. Not only is the economy great, but it's a very walkable city with fantastic public transportation and is generally very clean. All of this was helpful in making each day I woke up a happy day, something that's hard to capture and definitely not the norm for most cities in the world.

So if you do get your remote work job, this is another +1 for Prague being amazing.

tedmiston7• 10 years ago

Any chance you checked out the coworking scene while you were there?

boggydepot• 10 years ago

Is there a good supply of digital nomad jobs for 'java backend' folks like me? Or is it mostly front-end/design?

If so, I guess, my only option is to be an expert on some js stack huh?

eyeinthepyramid• 10 years ago

What kind of visa are you on? Was it hard to get?

chill15• 10 years ago

The easiest and best option for me was temporary residency, because my partner is Czech. But if you are not in a long-term relationship with a Czech citizen then I recommend a business visa. Here's a fairly straight-forward resource for what is required:

http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/czech-republic-visa/

drumdance2• 10 years ago

Just curious, what's your rate in Prague? Is it a comparable bargain for US companies to hire you?

jpkeisala• 10 years ago

Do you speak the language? I image in Czech Republic english is not very common. Have you had any challenges with the language barrier?

dorianm• 10 years ago

Who is Hiring posts offers jobs for a wide range of countries

hemulin2• 10 years ago

whoishiring.io

hemulin2• 10 years ago

If I remember correctly, it started as a pet project of some guy who wanted to tech himself some techniques. It is a great aggregation of sources that is first filtered by geo (also holds remote positions), and then can be filtered deeper on other criteria such as skills/languages or visa-supporting employers.

Highly recommended.

mabbo2• 10 years ago

Someone should post a 'Who is Hiring Outside of America' thread.

catwell• 10 years ago

Networking.

Seriously, ask your social network contacts in the countries that interest you. Demand for good developers is high everywhere, odds are there are openings at their companies.

Don't just go and browse job offers on random websites, that's inefficient and a lot of good offers are not there anyway. Another option would be to subscribe to something like https://www.talent.io/. Or, if you know some, just get in touch with headhunters in the country. They often have very good offers nobody knows about.

yitchelle• 10 years ago

The head hunters in European countries are particularly good at placing engineers across borders. I have worked with English head hunters placing engineers in Germany.

Pirate-of-SV• 10 years ago

For Sweden: LinkedIn and Stack Overflow Careers will take you pretty far in the job search.

slimano2• 10 years ago

If you're looking for a job in Paris, Lyon, London or Berlin -> https://www.talent.io/

Just signup, get a call with a talent advocate so they know what you're looking for, then you'll receive from 5 to 15 tailored job offers in less than 2 weeks. That's the easiest way around.

slimano2• 10 years ago

If you're looking for a job in Paris, Lyon, London or Berlin -> https://www.talent.io/

Just signup, get a call with a talent advocate so they know what you're looking for, and as soon as the next monday you're in. You will receive from 5 to 15 tailored job offers in less than 2 weeks. That's the easiest way around.

xando• 10 years ago

https://whoishiring.io has jobs aggregated from few sources including Hacker News Who is Hiring thread.

s_dev• 10 years ago

I made this for anyone looking to become a dev in Ireland: https://www.reddit.com/r/DevelEire/wiki/index

zemanel• 10 years ago

I've found a job abroad (im from portugal) twice, once in UK and recently netherlands, both through LinkedIn Jobs (coincidently or not). Had other contacts through HN Who's Hiring posts as well.

Ps: SanomaNL is hiring in the Netherlands (senior fronted/backend python but Golang is creeping up/devops): https://github.com/sanoma/jobs/blob/master/README.md

gnipgnip• 10 years ago

How are the immigration processes in various countries ?

US is awful visa-wise, considering that much of the cap is filled up in a day by Indian body shops; ensuring thus that one can at best start in October, and set out on this magical journey 6-12 months ahead.

kirushik2• 10 years ago

We at SUSE Linux will be happy to relocate all the suitable specialists (development, QA, support, management... 66 positions are open) to Germany or Czech: https://jobs.suse.com

You can filter by location, we have a couple of positions in Provo, Utah as well...

Teichopsia3• 10 years ago

As a self taught, inexperienced programmer, I hope you don't mind answering a question. Looking through the list of jobs it seems that I could perform the Junior QA. However, since I am probably suffering from imposter syndrome, I'm somewhat unsure. A bit about my background: My interest is in full stack development. I'm comfortable with python, html5 and am currently re-learning CSS, which I have found harder to understand than programming, but I am getting there. My workflow is mostly through the CLI (basic commands) and have some experience with git. I've toyed around with a few languages, racket and js come to mind. I could conclude by asking, if I'm currently not fit for that position, what else would I need to learn?

jgaxn• 10 years ago

As a self-taught, formerly inexperienced programmer, my advice to you is to apply. In the early stages of a programming career, you want to try to get a job you're underqualified for. That's where you will grow the most. Don't be scared off by what it says in the job posting. I've never met all the qualifications of any job I've ever gotten.

zwetan• 10 years ago

I think the problem is not about finding resources but about culture of the country and their work culture

I'm French, long time ago as long as I was looking from France to work in the UK, about 9 out of 10 recruiters ignored me.

Once I landed in London and did the same search of jobs, interviews piled on me.

I'm not saying you can not find anything from remote and online, just saying it seems much much easier to find something once you are already in the country.

mikereedell• 10 years ago

Similar thing happened to me with a much shorter move: central NJ to Philadelphia suburbs. Once I started using an address local to my job search I had no issues getting interviews. Before that was rough and the distance was only 100 miles.

coolvision• 10 years ago

https://jobbatical.com/ is great, not just for short contracts, i found an amazing permanent job with it.

themckman2• 10 years ago

I was able to find a job rather quickly on berlinstartupjobs.com if you'd like to consider Germany as an option.

Germany is a rather good option for working abroad as getting a visa is pretty easy if you have a college degree and make a certain amount of money. They're pretty liberal about handing out something called the EU Blue Card. That's what I had when I was over there. You don't even need to do anything before you get there. All the paperwork happens when you're in the country. The trickiest part of the whole process is making sure you end up at a place when you get there that you can register at with the local government as you have to show your registration confirmation as part of the Blue Card process. If you can get registered and receive mail wherever you stay initially everything is pretty easy.

rifung• 10 years ago

My girlfriend found a job in Sydney when we were living in the US through Hired

lazerwalker• 10 years ago

If you're upset with the way things seem to be going with US politics, I would urge you to not flee and look for a software engineering job in another country, but rather look for domestic software jobs that will put your skills to good use.

Maybe this means civic tech organizations like Code for America that explicitly work on public sector projects. Maybe it means working for a political advocacy group like the EFF, or someone working on privacy-related projects to help protect our civil liberties. Either way, helping improve things domestically seems like a nobler option than running away.

paulus_magnus2• 10 years ago

http://www.jobserve.com/

They will start you just about any Western Europe country on your first job / contract. After that rely on your network as agencies advertising there are not 1st tier in the supplier chain

deeteecee• 10 years ago

When I worked in Japan, they did already have job search boards setup for software developers setup (forkwell.com). I would imagine some of the other countries might have something similar.

ibrotzky• 10 years ago

We can help, www.vanhack.com, our focus is helping international tech talent get jobs in Canada.

Check out our jobs board: app.vanhack.com/jobboard and shoot me an email with any questions: ilya@vanhack.com

soci• 10 years ago

All Startup Jobs in Barcelona (Europe) here: www.jobsbcn.com

Startup Jobs in Madrid here: www.jobsmad.com

rudyrigot• 10 years ago

TechMeAbroad is a website that is basically what you're asking for.

sylvainkalache• 10 years ago

There is such thing: www.techmeabroad.com

It only lists Tech job offers from companies willing to recruit internationally and to sponsor working visa if necessary. It's free. I co-created that website. Enjoy :)

mlent• 10 years ago

I have written a bit about working abroad, working remotely from abroad, and how to emigrate to germany and finding jobs in Berlin. Let me know if you find any of this information useful!

http://notanomadblog.com/categories/work-abroad/

Specifically, this posts on working remotely from abroad, but most of the resources listed also have jobs in-person, too.

http://notanomadblog.com/how-to-move-abroad-by-working-remot...

Lexandrit2• 10 years ago

Look through this article http://relocateme.eu/blog/life-hacks-for-software-developers.... I find it really helpful. It's like a special resource guide for job relocation to Europe (where and how to look for).

Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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