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Luis Carlos Antunes, Software Engineer at Google
Germany has the largest tech sector in Europe, spread across Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. What I like about it is the stability. Strong notice periods, good leave, and employee-friendly labour law. Google, Meta, Delivery Hero, and Databricks all have roles here. 345 German roles are live on the board.
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Senior Software Engineer, Real-Time Data Platform
NVIDIAGermany3 days ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems - Quora (Remote)
Quora5 locations3 days agoRemoteRemote
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Inference Optimization
Nebius6 locations5 days ago
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Engineering Manager | Remote | Europe
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Senior Software Engineer, Operations Foundations
WoltBerlin, Germany6 days ago
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Software engineering in Germany
Germany has Europe's largest economy and a technology sector spread across multiple cities. Berlin is the primary startup and scale-up hub, hosting Delivery Hero, Zalando, Personio, and SoundCloud. Munich is home to BMW's technology division, Allianz Technology, and Google's German engineering office. Hamburg has a strong e-commerce and media technology cluster. Senior software engineers in Germany typically earn between €75,000 and €120,000 in base salary, with global tech companies paying at the upper end. German employment law provides strong worker protections including notice periods of up to six months, a minimum of 20 days annual leave (most companies offer 28 to 30), and co-determination rights through works councils. The EU Blue Card provides a streamlined visa route for international engineers, and Germany introduced a new Skilled Immigration Act making it easier for non-EU tech workers to relocate.
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Gergely Orosz
The Pragmatic Engineer
Recently came across a neat site called NextLevelJobs.eu: which collects dev openings at "top tier" companies in the EU that offer top of the market (I'd call these Tier 2/3 in the trimodal model). It crawls these jobs at those companies and surfaces new listings.
Dejan B.
Senior Software Engineer
I take a look at nextleveljobs.eu every once in a while, and I like how simple and straightforward it is.
2024/09
Tom Cafferkey
Software Engineer at Atlassian
NextLevelJobs has been really useful for me. I was able to find, and land a new gig at a really respected company through it, and I can't wait to start. Ever since I have been recommending friends in similar positions to sign up if they're looking for their next great EU job.
Luis Carlos Antunes
Software Engineer at Google
I love how clean and straightforward nextleveljobs.eu is. It's a breath of fresh air compared to other job boards that are cluttered and overwhelming. Focusing specifically on tech positions is a huge plus for me, and the filters are incredibly helpful. I can find the perfect job in seconds. Plus, the team behind it is always open to feedback, which shows they truly care about the user experience.
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