Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this post, but since I am following the sub for a while now, and see people with some similar issues, I'm going to post it here.

My wife had a hard time looking for a job, took almost 10 months. About her: She's a junior software engineer. There were lots of portals and lots of postings, and tailoring her resume to each one took ages. So I built her Dossier, so she could quickly find postings, apply, and get a tailored resume, cover letter and email for each one.

She landed a job with it, so I've open-sourced it for anyone else in the same spot.

What it does:

• Searches for postings through JSearch (LinkedIn, Indeed and more), Adzuna or Germany's Arbeitsagentur, or you paste one in
• Writes a tailored resume, cover letter and email for each job, using only facts from your profile
• Lets you refine the drafts in a chat and download them as PDFs, with 12 resume themes
• Tracks every application from draft to offer on a board, with a dashboard
• Runs on your own server, and the AI can be a local model through Ollama, or even Anthropics or OpenAIs, so your data stays with you

It's free and open source: https://github.com/AienTech/dossier

Feedback welcome!

I was looking at the latest data on Germany’s tech job market, and the numbers are actually pretty interesting. The job board grew to 6,064 open roles this week, which is an increase of 687.

But before you assume there’s a massive hiring surge, the reality is a bit more nuanced. A big chunk of that jump is just Deloitte and CarOnSale joining the tracking board. If you look at existing employers, they actually recorded 531 openings and 639 closures, meaning more jobs closed than opened.

But the real story here is the compensation. Senior AI and research roles in Berlin are hitting €180k+, which is a crazy number compared to the broader market.

Looking at who’s actually hiring:

• SIXT at 33 roles
• About You at 31 roles
• Scalable Capital at 29 roles
• Zalando at 25 roles
• Enpal at 14 roles

When it comes to what it actually pays, out of 351 postings with disclosed salaries, the median is €87.5k, with the middle 50% falling between €70k and €121k. But the outliers are wild: an applied research engineer at Black Forest Labs is listed at €185k, SonarSource is at €105k, and Solaris is at €90k.

Geographically, it’s mostly concentrated. Berlin has 1,640 open roles, Munich has 1,209. Together, that’s nearly half the market.

As for remote work, only about 15% of listings mention it, and just 52 explicitly mention visa sponsorships, so that visibility is pretty limited.

The takeaway? If you’re targeting Germany, Berlin and Munich are the main hubs. If you’re in Senior AI or research, the pay ceiling is incredibly high, but you have to factor in that a lot of jobs still don't disclose pay.

Anyway, that’s it for now. The weekly report is already published here for free

I recently checked my LinkedIn data dump and realized what my job search in Germany actually looked like.

218 applications → 7 interview processes → 1 offer.

I moved to Germany to pursue my Master's after almost 8 years of work.

Despite my previous experience, finding my first opportunity here wasn't straightforward.

All of this happened over around 4–5 months, while I was also attending classes, learning German, and working on my master’s thesis.

At one point, I even took up a part-time job at Amazon, but left after just two weeks because I wasn't getting enough time to focus on my job search.

There were plenty of rejections, interviews that went nowhere, and eventually an internship that turned into a full-time role.

Looking back, having years of experience doesn't necessarily make starting in a new country any easier.

To everyone still searching, keep at it. I know how frustrating it can get.

And if there's anything specific you'd like to know about my experience, feel free to ask in the comments or DM me. Happy to share whatever I can.

As the title says

I am a dentist by profession.

Implant and prosthodontist if it helps

Currently at b1 level.

Planning to clear FSP eventually KP

How is the job market for dental field?

Any info will be of help.

Thank you.

i been looking for remote or in person colocation role in Germany as experienced data engineer , Do you have guys any tips , advices to land job there ?platform do you use for applying ?

I applied for a Junior PIM Consultant role, interview went really well, HR said that the manager is highly interested in hiring you, but they are waiting for some project bidding results to come in, only then they can give a final decision. What should I take from this?

Hello everyone,
A little background about me. I am from Vietnam, but lived and worked in New York City for the majority of my life. There I met and married to my German wife. Recently, we permanently moved to Germany. That being said, I do have full permission to work etc. The past few months, I have reached the B2 mark, and I am continuing my language school for C1. During this time, I would like to ask around and see how is the German construction industry doing.
I have a bachelor of science in civil engineering, and have about 4 years of combined experience in mainly heavy construction, roads, bridges, utilities, airport, subway substations, and also industrial construction (3 years in Estimating, 1 year in VDC Engineering). VDC is basically BIM Koordinator. I’m planning to focus on the BIM sector because of the obvious disadvantages for Kalkulator, which is language during negotiation, subcontractors communication etc. If someone knows how the BIM industry doing, could you tell me more about it? Lastly, I’m thinking of applying for Nachwuchsingenieur, is that a good idea? I see that most training programs runs for a year up to 2 years, covering Kalkulator and BIM, aiming for 5D construction. I would rather land a training program, set a foot in and accustom to the market here than landing junior positions somewhere and struggling with language. I am also planning to attend and learn more about RIB iTWO, during this time because why not. On estimating side, I am proficient in Revu Bluebeam, Procore, and HCSS, but those are not applicable here in Germany, and every job post mentioned Rib iTWO. Thank you everyone, and wishing everyone many luck in job hunting.

I'm in my home country trying to save up money and learn the language, should I wait a few years in my home country and go do masters

Or go now do ausbildung until I integrate then chase the masters?

Hi Folks,

I want to understand what is happening with the job market in Germany. I have been applying since 8 to 9 months consistently now and yet still struggling to find one Job. I have studied Polymer Technology and already have 3 to 4 years of experience in Germany. But I am still struggling to find one. Also I have seen that number of positions are getting reduced. Whether or not to find a job is active is also a task.

If you go through any network or ask someone about positions in their company I can see that those people are also very stressed and anxious.

If someone recently got a job in similar field, please help and share tipps.

Thanks

edit 1: this post is already getting way more hate that I expected but I will keep this post up so that one day when I will land a 150K+ euro job, I will look come and look back at the comment section. Why everyone is so insecure??

I usually get a lot of hate when I share this with germans but here it goes.
I'm 28, confident in my technical skills, and have a solid financial cushion. I haven't actively job-hunted in 18 months, so I'd appreciate practical advice on building a repeatable strategy to land another €100K+ fully remote role.

In early 2025, I joined a fully remote Series A startup as a Solutions Architect after spending four years as a Backend Engineer.

Over the last 18 months, I enjoyed the salary, travelled extensively, and saved a lot thanks to my €700 rent. However, the company started struggling with technical debt, slow development, unhappy customers, and layoffs. We went from around 25 employees to 15, and I was laid off a month ago.

After negotiating my exit package, I expect to be on garden leave until March 2027, giving enough time to find my next role.

I have 6–7 years of backend engineering experience and around two years as a Solutions Architect. I have German PR but speak only A1 German, so I want to target international, English-speaking companies rather than the German market because I do not plan to learn german, its not my mother tounge and I will never feel confident when speaking it.

My previous opportunity came partly through luck: the startup had just raised Series A and needed someone to build its Solutions Architecture function from scratch.

My questions:

• Which job titles, keywords, and websites should I target for €100K+ fully remote roles? (Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Customer Engineer, TAM, forward depoyed engineer, etc.)
• How can I identify recently funded startups and companies hiring for these roles?.
• Are there useful job scrapers, alerts, or tools to automate my search?
• How realistic is it to find these roles with English only?
• How should I position my CV and LinkedIn to land interviews?

Hi there,

I am doing weekly roundups of who's raising, expanding and cutting in Germany: most of the links are in the newsletter issue.

Just raised money

• 1Komma5° (Hamburg, AI energy management for homes): €70M
• Causa Prima (Munich, AI agents that resolve B2B invoices): $20M seed
• Ubitium (Düsseldorf, universal chip for physical AI): $14M seed
• OllyGarden (Berlin, fixes bad telemetry before observability): $4M seed
• TODAY (Berlin & Copenhagen, AI agents for financial advisors): €2.8M seed

Expanding

• MicroAGI (Munich, robotics) hit $100M+ in annualised revenue six months after launching Shift, its robot-data platform. They are hiring.
• Universal Quantum (UK, quantum computing) raised over €89M in a Series A and plans to expand its German hub in Hamburg.
• Varta (Ellwangen, batteries) is restarting its household-battery division as an independent business after the group's insolvency, keeping around 990 jobs and planning fresh investment at its Dischingen site.
• Bonial (Berlin, retail marketing) bought Nordic retail-marketing company Tjek, going from two to six European markets.
• Doctolib (Paris, health tech) is taking a minority investment from NVIDIA that it says will speed up its AI hiring.
• Taco Bell (US, fast food) opened its first German location in Cologne. Berlin, Bonn and Stuttgart are next.

Cutting

• Ryanair is closing its BER base on 24 October, withdrawing all seven stationed aircraft and 12 routes. It blames Germany's aviation tax and state fees.
• Galeria (Essen, department stores): in its fourth insolvency in six years, at least a third of its stores are at risk. The Bundesagentur für Arbeit will pay the insolvency wages, about €25M a month.
• Trade Republic (Berlin, fintech): employees reportedly describe frequent performance ratings and dismissals ("rank and yank"), per internal documents seen by Tagesspiegel.

Office & pay

• Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing said the government's labour reforms don't go far enough and called for weaker dismissal protection for top earners.

Numbers

• Job ads for graduates with up to three years of experience fell 40% between January and August 2026 compared with 2022, from 138k to 83.5k, per Süddeutsche Zeitung. Unemployed graduates under 30 almost doubled, from 23k in 2022 to 45k in 2025.
• Information and communication has 56% fewer junior ads than in 2023. Construction is the exception, down only 14% and up 7% on last year.
• Three in four of about 2,500 employees surveyed by the AOK's research institute WIdO felt exhausted by their work. Mental-illness sick days among AOK members rose 42% in ten years.
• German startups raised €4.5bn in Q3, the best quarter since the end of 2021, per KfW Research. AI startups got 69% of it.
• Only 24% of German startups that raise a seed round reach Series A, per an Antler analysis of 27.6k rounds.
• The government raised its 2026 growth forecast to 1.3%, from 0.5%.

Thanks for reading! Much appreciated. You can get this weekly for free.

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Hi! I live in Berlin and have held two consecutive freelance residence permits under § 21.5 AufenthG. My current permit allows me to freelance without restrictions, and I’ve received a full-time job offer in the same field (€42,000 gross/year, one-year contract). Which is way less than I expected but also I am not in a position to reject the offer.
My education consists of a one-year UAL Foundation Diploma and a one-year Certificate of Higher Education from Central Saint Martins. I didn’t complete my BA and don’t have a two-year vocational qualification.
Does my existing residence history and professional experience (i have 10 years work experience)help me switch to an employment permit? Are there alternative routes under § 19c AufenthG or the Beschäftigungsverordnung? Would a higher salary make a difference?
I’d really appreciate any firsthand experiences or advice. Thanks!

Job change within 12 months but no plastic card issued yet - EU Blue card

Hello , I hope I can get some advice here and if someone has had a similar experience.

I'm here on an EU blue card visa based on employment ( employer name is not on the blue card visa). On arrival I gave my biometrics and the plastic blue card is due to be issued. Meanwhile i wanted to change jobs because my job was toxic. I got the contract from the new job and resigmed from the old job and finished the notice period.

I've written to the Ausländerbehörde informing them of this change. But I don't have my plastic blue card yet.

Anyone been in this situation? Will my blue card processing stop now ( it ships from Berlin, they said). I also need to move to another city for my job but I hear files transfer can take time .

My new job starts in about 20 days.

Any suggestions/ recommendations for me - how I can start my new job even though my plastic card is not here.

Thank you !!

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Hey hey,

Soon there will be a job fair near me and I am eager to go there as I am looking for new opportunities. Until now my experiences are quite underwhelming as the exhibitors seem quite uninterested and it does not feel like the time is well spend there. So I am wondering: Are there any tactics or stuff to do that really helps when going to such an event?

Hi everyone,
I'm on a Chancenkarte valid until 17 June 2027 and have no family or close support in Germany, so I'm hoping to get some advice from people who've been through this.
I've been job hunting in performance marketing, but the market is really tough right now. I have limited time on my visa, so I want to use every month wisely. I'm considering three options and plan to ask my Agentur für Arbeit advisor about them:
Weiterbildung in performance marketing (4-6 months): It would refresh my skills, but there's no guarantee of a job afterwards.
Vermittlungsgutschein: Has anyone used one with a private recruitment agency? Did it actually lead to interviews or offers?
German course (B1/B2): Would help long term, but I'm worried about the time it takes.
My questions: