Job opportunities in Budapest as a German
Posted by Luca6319@reddit | programmingHungary | View on Reddit | 14 comments
Hello,
I hope this subreddit is the right place for this question.
I am a German, living and working in Germany. I have a BSc in Industrial Engineering and currently work as a Data Engineer making around 52 000 € a year before taxes. This is my first job and i started 1.5 years ago.
My girlfriend is a student living in Budapest. I want to move there. I am happy with moving to this city. I just dont know how to do that job wise. I would only need to be there for 2 years, then my girlfriend graduates.
I dont think I will get anything close to my current salary if I get a job in Budapest.
At the moment it is unsure if I can do remote work from there, because my company is hesitant. And I want to explore my options.
Any advice on getting a well paying job there? Or should I study for 1 year and try living there like this? I know that atm a lot of companies go to Easter Europe and open up branches so I guess there is some career opportunities there. I just need advice in finding a good one. Full Remote work with only 2 years of experience is though to find.
chvnkym0nkey@reddit
Siemens, Deutsche Telekom ITSH, Lufthansa Systems. Diese Unternehmen haben viele Positionen wo fließendes Deutsch ein Voraussetzung ist und die tägliche Kommunikation auf Deutsch und Englisch erfolgt. Also, die sind hauptsächlich in der IT. Ich denke, du hättest einen Vorteil dort.
Epicol0r@reddit
Hello,
About wages you can find information here:
https://www.hays.hu/documents/63283/98156885/HU-EN_Hays+Hungary+Salary+Guide+2026.pdf.pdf
What I would recommend you:
Apply to german companies (Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Hungary, Bosch, etc.) in Budapest, there the german language is an advantage in many positions.
I would search a job first, and move only once I got the job.
Unfortunately there aren't really full remote work jobs.
JoeyLovesKnicks@reddit
DT IT HU and Bosch pay shit. Better on focus to land a remote job on Germany
Epicol0r@reddit
If he gets one.
Easier to find a job locally, than finding a remote job from Germany.
Nipredil@reddit
I had a german friend applying to Budapest. Apply to jobs that require C1 german. Not many people have that skill, he got a few interviews this way, but picked abother country in the end.
austurist@reddit
As a german speaking data engineer, Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions would happily employ you.
Look around here:
https://www.deutschetelekomitsolutions.hu/nyitott-poziciok/
Mateos77@reddit
Well I currently I make more in data engineering, however I have more experience. I think around 1.2M huf/mounth (after tax is around 800k) is doable with your experience level if you are good. If you are sirius about moving to hungary try to apply jobs. Or the other way is that you work from Hungary remotely. There are laws to control this, but I am not familiar with them, but some here probably who are.
Maybe you will love to live here and you will stay (our cuisin is superior to german, so this may be a benefit)
Minimum_Rice555@reddit
Hungarian cuisine is good for us, for others, who knows. I know a few foreign people commented to me how the food is weird because we mix ingredients in an odd way, like sweet pasta and use of poppy seeds in the meal as a filling and not just decoration :D
Let's not even talk about how odd kocsonya is if you are not grown up with it, an icy cold, citrusy soup with a piece of meat floating haha
Mateos77@reddit
Well, I see your point, but all of my foregien collegues loved it. Even japanese ones (they loved it, but they needed a rest after lunch, because it was too heavy for them). I am not saying that is healty, not weird in some ways, or does not look like someting from hell. I just say it tastes like something from heaven.
Luca6319@reddit (OP)
Thanks for the reply! Any recommendations for companies? 800k after taxes doesnt sound that bad.
Mateos77@reddit
It's a harder question. Since you don't speak hungarian (at least I assume you don't) you should try some multi, like Bosch if they are currently hiring any DE, or banks, maybe KLM. For multis and fancy startups languange barrier are not a problem, but in your place I would try to avoid medium sized companies (in hungarian we call them Kis és Közép Vállalkozás or KKV, wich translated to Small and medium-sized enterprises)
Lord_Giano@reddit
It is double of the Hungarian median salary.
public_void-@reddit
contact german companies which have an office in Budapest. They often need a person in the foreign office to be the contact person.
The best would be to get an expat contract - you live in Budapest but you get the German wage.
E.g. Bosch, Knorr-Bremse, Rheinmetall - the first few ones that come to mind
(Sorry if I used the wrong terms)
redikarus99@reddit
This. I would also add Siemens, and because of data background all the retail companies: Lidl, Aldi, Fressnapf International Business Services, etc.