I help Indian software engineers get hired in Germany and Europe — and survive the first year after they land. Eighteen months ago I was in India, applying to European companies and guessing at everything. Was my resume in the wrong format? Did I need German? Were the Glassdoor numbers real? Was the visa even realistic for someone with my profile? I figured it out the slow and expensive way. Today I'm a backend engineer at Upvest, a fintech in Berlin. That's the gap I close. Not generic career advice — the specific things nobody writes down: 1. Whether your profile is genuinely competitive for the German market right now, and what to fix first 2. Resumes and LinkedIn profiles rewritten for European recruiters (they want something different from Indian or US recruiters) 3. What German technical interviews actually test, and how the loop differs from Indian product-company interviews 4. EU Blue Card salary thresholds, timelines and paperwork — from someone who went through it, not from a blog 5. Real salary bands by city and level, and which parts of an offer are negotiable 6. The first 90 days: Anmeldung, health insurance, tax class, finding a flat with no Schufa history Background: 7+ years as a backend engineer building large-scale systems in Golang, Python and Ruby. Currently Engineering at Upvest, Berlin. Previously Grab and Housing.com. B.Tech from IIIT-Allahabad. Every session I've done so far is rated 5/5. I'll also tell you plainly if I think you're not ready to apply yet — that's usually the more useful hour. Outside work: photography and travel, usually with a camera somewhere in Europe. I advise on careers, hiring and relocation logistics. I don't give investment, tax or immigration-law advice — please see a licensed professional for those.