Who’s planning a move to Germany 🇩🇪 or already going through the process?

We suggest you check out a service called Caselink.

It’s built by a diverse team of migrants and native Germans with experience spanning 10,000+ relocation cases.

They offer support with visa and immigration processes (including the EU Blue Card and Job Seeker Visa), as well as settling in — from local registration (Anmeldung) to housing search and health insurance.

Their AI-powered platform handles document verification, form pre-filling, and error checks in seconds instead of days — which translates directly into faster turnaround times and more affordable rates.

Given Germany’s well-known bureaucracy and challenging housing market, using a service like this can be a real lifesaver.

Learn more about Caselink here 👉 https://www.caselink.solutions

#ServiceRecommendation #Relocation #Germany

We made a list of 70+ tech companies hiring globally 🌍 for remote roles.

Check it out here 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/big-list-of-tech-companies-hiring

To build this list, our team used remote job boards, relevant public lists, Boolean search, and paid job search APIs. We manually reviewed each company’s careers or ATS page, job posting wording, application form, and LinkedIn profile (particularly the employee list) to determine whether its remote roles are truly global.

Each company listed currently has at least one open remote tech role that can be done from anywhere or from a large portion of the world.

Important:

• The first 15 companies on the list are publicly visible. The full list is available with a monthly or annual subscription to our Substack.

• We’ll review and update the list every 1–2 months. Subscribing (free or paid) ensures you won’t miss future updates.

We’d like to introduce you to Halter from New Zealand 🇳🇿 - now hiring on Relocate.me!

Halter is building the digital operating system for agriculture, bringing physical AI to the farm and transforming real-world challenges in pastoral farming into digital workflows managed in one app.

Backing from world-class investors, a US$2 billion valuation, recurring revenue with growth of over 2.5x through 2025 alone, and a high-performing, diverse team - these are just some of the indicators of Halter’s success.

The company is actively hiring for tech roles in Auckland, with visa sponsorship and relocation support available.

Here are some of its current openings:

👉 Machine Learning Engineer (All Levels)
👉 Software Engineering Manager
👉 Lead Mobile Engineer

And many more roles are available on Halter’s careers page: https://www.halterhq.com/careers

Consider applying - Halter is where you can do truly meaningful work.

#auckland #newzealand #machinelearning #python #engineeringmanagement #mobile #ios #reactnative

What’s the right way to approach the salary expectations question when relocating?

Trying to negotiate a US salary in Lisbon or anchoring to your current salary without adjusting for the cost of living can easily backfire.

First and foremost, adjust your expectations to the local market. Look at what people earn there and what things actually cost. Otherwise, you risk either lowballing yourself or pricing yourself out of the market.

The salary expectations question can come up:

- in the application form
- during a call with a recruiter
- in the final interview stages

In our new post for The Global Move, we cover all three in detail, including concrete examples of what to say depending on the situation.

Check it out here 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/how-to-answer-the-salary-question

Happy Friday, everyone 👋

ABOUT YOU, one of Europe’s fastest-growing #ecommerce companies, has new job openings in #Hamburg, #Germany.

Check them out and apply below:

👉 Senior Golang Developer
👉 Senior Security Analyst - IT Security
👉 Senior Application Security Engineer
👉 App Engineer - Purchase & Post-Purchase

Plus, the Senior Backend Engineer (PHP) role we shared earlier is still open for applications.

More to come. Stay tuned!

Job seeker visas in 2026: which countries currently offer them (or something close)?

Here’s the short list:

Germany 🇩🇪
Austria 🇦🇹
Sweden 🇸🇪
UAE 🇦🇪
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Taiwan 🇹🇼
South Korea 🇰🇷

We’ve covered the topic in detail in our new Substack post, including which visas to look at, eligibility criteria, duration, whether you can work while job searching, and more.

Check it out here 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/job-seeker-visas-in-2026-a-wide-wide

#JobSeekerVisa

Hello everyone 👋

Picnic, the company behind Europe’s most advanced grocery delivery tech, has two new job openings in Amsterdam.

Both roles are open to global talent, with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available.

Explore and apply via the links below:

👉 Java Engineer - Supply Chain
https://relocate.me/netherlands/amsterdam/picnic/java-engineer-supply-chain-10251

👉 Junior React Native Developer
https://relocate.me/netherlands/amsterdam/picnic/junior-react-native-developer-10252

Curious to learn more about Picnic? Check out this Substack post, where we cover Picnic’s team, tech stack, hiring process, and more.

#amsterdam #netherlands #groceryecommerce #java #reactnative

How will searching for a tech job with relocation look in 2026?

From what we’re seeing running The Global Move and Relocate.me, it will be:

• more competitive
• more global
• more dependent on strategy

… than in previous years, especially if you compare against, let’s say, 2021.

More specifically:

1️⃣
There will be no “easier market” to move to. Mature tech hubs will stay competitive, and emerging ones will quickly attract global talent.

2️⃣
Over-application will break the traditional application model. Sending more applications won’t necessarily increase your chances. Precision will matter much, much more than volume.

3️⃣
Getting to the first interview will require multiple entry points: direct application, recruiter outreach, referrals, visibility (content, open source, community presence), to name a few. Oftentimes, even for one role.

4️⃣
Being findable will matter as much as applying. Candidates who share projects, write, contribute, and show clear expertise will have a higher chance of being approached rather than ignored.

5️⃣
Referrals will continue to be one of the most effective ways to get interviews. But the nature of referrals will change. This year, cold messages like “Can you refer me?” will rarely work.

We’ve broken all of this down in more detail (plus five other predictions) in our new Substack post.

If tech job relocation is on your radar this year, it’s worth a read 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/how-searching-for-tech-jobs-with

Hello everyone 👋

Here’s a batch of new job opportunities for you to check out:

Lead React Native Engineer
• Location: Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸
• Company: Hevy

Team Lead Engineering - App & Web
• Location: Hamburg/Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
• Company: ABOUT YOU

Senior Software Engineer - Developer Experience (Platform)
• Location: Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
• Company: Catawiki

Software Engineer - Consumer Products
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• Company: Picnic

Engineering Manager
• Location: Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
• Company: PayPay Card

Senior MLOps Engineer (Training & Inference Optimization)
• Location: San Sebastian, Spain 🇪🇸
• Company: Multiverse Computing

Senior Software Engineer (Backend & Infrastructure)
• Location: Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
• Company: HENNGE

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To browse all opportunities currently available on our job board, use this link: https://relocate.me/international-jobs

If you haven’t already, you can also subscribe to our jobs newsletter on Substack.

Every Thursday, we publish a handpicked list of 100+ relocation-friendly tech jobs, plus remote-from-anywhere tech roles.

Latest edition (May 7): https://relocateme.substack.com/p/weekly-hand-curated-tech-jobs-with-d66

Hello everyone!

Just published a handpicked list of 35 #gaming companies currently hiring and offering visa sponsorship and/or relocation support.

If you haven’t already, check it out on our Substack:

👉 https://relocateme.substack.com/p/gaming-companies-hiring-internationally

If you’re interested in international job opportunities beyond gaming, there are two more curated lists worth exploring:

1) 150+ companies hiring internationally for tech roles

2) 70+ tech companies hiring globally for remote roles

​​As part of our effort to share useful tools and resources for relocation, we’d like to highlight SafetyWing.

SafetyWing offers International Health and Travel Insurance solutions for digital nomads, expats, and families living abroad.

Its Nomad Insurance Complete plan specifically comes with coverage in 175+ countries, including your home, and covers medical treatment, hospitalization, doctor and specialist visits, lost luggage, emergency evacuation, mental health support, and more.

Another big plus: you can purchase it after you’ve already left. The sign-up process is fully online and takes just a few minutes.

Join over 400,000 people protected by SafetyWing. Use the link below and save 10% on any yearly plan.

👉 Learn more / get covered anytime here

Hello everyone 👋

Here’s a batch of new job opportunities for you to check out:

Senior Frontend Engineer
• Location: Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
• Company: PayPay Card

Senior Software Engineer - Logistics
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• Company: Picnic

Senior Software Engineer - Warehouse Systems
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• Company: Picnic

Senior Product Manager - Shipping
• Location: Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
• Company: Catawiki

Security Engineer
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• Company: Catawiki

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💡 And some important news:

Our team has launched a private job board for relocation-friendly and international remote tech jobs.

We’ll introduce it in detail soon, but in the meantime, you can explore it via the link below if you haven’t already:

👉 https://globalmove.relocate.me

Just moved to Germany or about to? 🇩🇪

Quick one worth knowing about. We've partnered with UniRents, who does something that makes a lot of sense if you're relocating: instead of buying everything for a new apartment, you rent it.

Furniture, appliances, the stuff you need to actually live somewhere: the upfront cost of buying it all is brutal, and then you're stuck either hauling it to your next country or tossing it when you leave.

How it works:

👉 Pick what you need at unirents.de
👉 Pay only for as long as you need it
👉 Delivered in 2–3 working days
👉 Picked up when you move out

It's a popular option for international workers who'd rather not sink money into furniture they'll abandon in a year.

If that's you, the code RELOCATEME15 gets you 15% off your order 👇

unirents.de

Hello everyone 👋

Last Thursday, we briefly announced the launch of a private job board for paid subscribers to our Substack newsletter, The Global Move:

https://globalmove.relocate.me

Some of you may have already checked it out (and even joined), while others may still have no idea what it is.

So, we'd like to take a moment to introduce it properly and help you decide whether it could be useful for your international tech job search.

📌 Why we built it

For over a year, our team has been publishing weekly manually curated lists of relocation-friendly tech jobs on Substack.

In this format (Substack posts), those job lists are difficult to browse.

Plus, searching through the archive (6,000+ jobs shared to date) has become time-consuming, with opportunities spread across 60+ weekly job lists and many openings that are no longer active.

The goal of the job board isn't to replace the newsletter, but to make the experience much more practical for subscribers.

📌 The idea behind the job board

• Jobs appear on the job board daily on weekdays as we find them (rather than once a week on Thursdays)

• A searchable archive

• Filters by job type (relocation/international remote), category, country, company size, etc.

• The option to save jobs, mark them as applied, and report inactive ones

• 100% manually curated

You can read more about the job board here:

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/introducing-the-global-move-job-board

Or, head straight to the job board and join:

👉 https://globalmove.relocate.me

At the moment, there are 1,200+ job openings:

• 1,000+ tech roles with visa sponsorship and/or relocation support
• 240+ remote roles open to international talent

Note: Access to the job board is included with a paid subscription to The Global Move newsletter on Substack.

Last year, a friend of ours, Jani, a full-stack dev from Slovenia, was preparing for interviews.

The technical stuff wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was this: how do you know if your answers actually sound clear?

Not in your head. Out loud.

In a real interview, nobody hears the polished version you rehearsed in your mind. They hear what comes out under pressure: the answer that drags on, the explanation that wanders, the moment you know the topic cold but still sound shaky.

And when you get rejected, you usually never find out what went wrong. Was it your confidence? Your English? The way you structured it?

That's what pushed Jani to build Pavone.ai.

It lets you practice interview answers out loud and get feedback on clarity, structure, confidence, and delivery before the real thing. Made for people preparing without a bootcamp, regular mock interviews, or a senior engineer on hand to provide honest feedback.

The first practice run is free.

Worth a try → https://pavone.ai

Just published an interview with Peter, who moved from Nigeria 🇳🇬 to Portugal 🇵🇹 to join Catawiki as a Software Engineer.

In our conversation, Peter shares why he chose Portugal, what Catawiki's interview process was like, how the relocation support worked, and what surprised him most after making the move.

If you're considering relocating to Lisbon/Portugal for a tech job, it's worth a read:

👉 https://relocate.me/blog/expat-stories/moving-to-portugal-it-job-software-engineer-interview/

Interested in joining Catawiki in Lisbon? Explore their open roles here:

👉 https://catawiki.careers/location-Lisbon-Office

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Finally, consider joining The Global Move private job board for hand-curated roles with visa sponsorship/relocation support:

👉 https://globalmove.relocate.me

Do cover letters still matter in 2026?

Our answer: Yes, but only if you write them well.

Otherwise, it's a waste of time.

To give you an example, one of the subscribers to our Substack newsletter, The Global Move, recently wrote a cover letter that opened the door for him at a Berlin-based tech company while applying from abroad.

He kindly gave us permission to share that cover letter publicly, so we could break down what made it effective and share practical advice other job seekers can use when writing their own.

You can find the cover letter and our thoughts on why it worked in this new article 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-in-2026

#CoverLetters #JobSearchAdvice

Just published an updated guide to digital nomad visas available in 2026.

Today, more than 50 countries offer some form of digital nomad visa, and new programs keep appearing.

Some require relatively modest income, while others have thresholds that put them out of reach for many people. Some are designed for a short stay, while others can lead to long-term residence.

We originally published a similar guide in 2025, but a lot has changed since then. Income requirements have been updated, several new programs have launched, and a few older ones have quietly disappeared.

The updated guide groups options by region and includes the specific visa name, minimum income requirement, duration, and an official government source for every option, so you can verify the latest requirements at any time.

The list is now live on our Substack, The Global Move. Check it out here 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/digital-nomad-visas-in-2026-a-world

#DigitalNomadVisa #IndependentRelocation

Hello everyone 👋

Here’s a batch of new job opportunities for you to consider:

Lead Software Engineer (Team Lead) - Billing Squad
• Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• Company: C Teleport

Engineering Manager - Shipping
• Location: Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
• Company: Catawiki

Research AI Director
• Location: San Sebastian, Spain 🇪🇸
• Company: Multiverse Computing

Senior Engineers - Front End / Mobile / Back End / Full Stack / Platform
• Location: Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
• Company: Halter

Senior Frontend Engineer
• Location: Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
• Company: HENNGE

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On a final note, if you haven’t already, consider subscribing to our newsletter on Substack.

A paid subscription gives you access to:

✔ A weekly hand-picked list of ~150 relocation-friendly and international remote tech jobs (latest edition here)

✔ The Global Move private job board, featuring a searchable archive of 1,000+ tech jobs with visa/relocation support, plus 300+ international remote roles

Continuing our series of country guides, we’ve put together a list of helpful links for those of you considering a move to Finland 🇫🇮.

Here we go:

✅ DESTINATION RESEARCH

🪪 Visas: https://relocate.me/visas/finland + these two official sites:

• https://um.fi/entering-finland
• https://migri.fi/en/i-want-to-come-to-finland to help you determine the correct visa or permit type for your situation

🧾 Taxes: https://relocate.me/taxes/guide/finland and/or https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/finland/individual/taxes-on-personal-income

💶 Take-home pay calculator: https://relocate.me/taxes/calculator/finland or the official one from the Finnish Tax Administration

🛒 Cost of living: https://relocate.me/cost-of-living/finland + Numbeo + ask on Reddit (example thread)

🏥 Healthcare & insurance options:

• General overview: https://relocate.me/healthcare/finland
• First-hand insights: Ask locals and expats in r/Finland (example thread)

📊 Average salary data: https://relocate.me/salaries/finland-average-salary

💻💰 Developer salaries in Finland: Levels.fyi / Glassdoor + Reddit for first-hand insights (example thread)

❓ Ask questions about Finland:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/finland
• https://www.reddit.com/r/helsinki
• https://www.reddit.com/r/espoo
• https://www.reddit.com/r/nordiccountries
• https://www.finlandforum.org
• Expats & Foreigners in Finland (Facebook group)

📌 Other useful resources:

• https://www.workinfinland.com/en
• https://www.suomi.fi/guides/work-in-finland

✅ JOB SEARCH: COMPANIES HIRING FROM OUTSIDE FINLAND

Here are some of the Finland-based companies that, based on publicly available info, appear to have a track record of relocating international employees:

• Sellforte
• Supercell
• AlphaSense
• Wolt
• Remedy Entertainment
• Rovio
• Metacore
• ReOrbit

To explore the full list (and get notified whenever we publish new guides), follow us on Substack 👇

https://relocateme.substack.com/p/moving-to-finland-for-work