It will no doubt be challenging. Some US companies have offices in Australia. Many others hire only in the US or maybe also in one or two other countries. This is usually to do with labor law differences and the difficulty of keeping up with tax obligations in multiple jurisdictions for just one or two new employees.
One thing I’ve seen multiple companies do is hire people overseas as contractors. Sometimes they’ll do it as independent contractors. Sometimes they’ll only do it as a company-to-company contract, but in countries where it’s easy to set up a corporation or other type of business of some kind that can be a company consisting of a single employer/owner.
If you’re interested in deep support roles like an SRE/Platform engineer, being in another country in another timezone can be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. I keep telling my boss that my next hire I’d like to be in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, or so for clock coverage. If you’re looking for more traditional application development, the clock can be a tricker thing.
You might end up working for a US company but spend most of your time with other overseas people closer to your time zone. You might end up working unusual hours for your type of work to coordinate with US staff. If you’re lucky and you enjoy a more asynchronous form of collaboration than Slack messages and Zoom calls, there are some teams and even some companies that do work that way.
One thing I’ve seen multiple companies do is hire people overseas as contractors. Sometimes they’ll do it as independent contractors. Sometimes they’ll only do it as a company-to-company contract, but in countries where it’s easy to set up a corporation or other type of business of some kind that can be a company consisting of a single employer/owner.
If you’re interested in deep support roles like an SRE/Platform engineer, being in another country in another timezone can be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. I keep telling my boss that my next hire I’d like to be in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, or so for clock coverage. If you’re looking for more traditional application development, the clock can be a tricker thing.
You might end up working for a US company but spend most of your time with other overseas people closer to your time zone. You might end up working unusual hours for your type of work to coordinate with US staff. If you’re lucky and you enjoy a more asynchronous form of collaboration than Slack messages and Zoom calls, there are some teams and even some companies that do work that way.