I am looking to relocate (from India) for better opportunities. I am considering the following 3 opportunities with the constraint that I must pay my home loan EMI which amounts to about $1100&#x2F;€980&#x2F;Au$1540 per month. I have 8 years of (mostly backend) experience and I still want to stay hands on for atleast another 2 years (maybe more).
AOL platforms (Dublin, Ireland) - Involves building a dataplatform for AOL&#x27;s one ad platform. I really like the domain of programmatic advertising. I also like that I will be in Europe where there exist a lot of opportunities. The compensation being offered is decent with relocation tickets &amp; few weeks stay. I am not liking the fact that there is no joining bonus and stock options.
Atlassian (Sydney, Australia) - Not a fan of enterprise software domain but the company is doing well and I feel has good potential. I will be working on integrating different products like BitBucket &amp; JIRA. I have a feeling that there may not be very good opportunities in Au apart from a Atlassian and probably few other companies. Their package is competitive + Au$35K joining bonus (includes relocation) + $55K stock options (total vesting period is 4 years). Although Sydney is expensive and you can&#x27;t save much, the joining bonus and stock options is making this compelling. I know money is not everything but it is still important!
eBay (Berlin, Germany) - eBay is currently facing business challenges. Its not clear what exactly I will be working on, but it would be mostly development (no support) of new features and may involve reimplementing legacy systems with newer tech stack. As eBay is old, will have to deal with certain amount of legacy software. Since, I will be in Berlin, I will have access to great community of developers and vibrant tech scene. The compensation is decent + relocation tickets + about a month stay.
So... what advice would you give me? Will joining either of the company affect my chances for getting opportunities later?
AOL (Ireland) or EBay (Germany) or Atlassian (Aus) as a Back End Engineer