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I have been working remotely for some six years. My current employer hires mostly remote engineers, and we're always looking out for good people.
We try to get developers together a couple of times a year, which it appears your circumstances would rule out; correct?
US small business owner here, 100% remote telecommuting staff. (No, we're not hiring, heh.) The first problem is your competition: the instant that a job doesn't require a physical presence, then you're going up against every possible candidate, in every possible location. It's easy to be in the top 1% of candidates in your city, but it's really, really hard to be in the top 1% of candidates in the entire world. Plus…
Some prefer that the people speak the companies native language or are good in English.
Then, many people don't want to work remote, which cuts the ratio between "top 1% of candidates in your city" and "every possible candidate" much more.
Also, smaller companies aren't well known and don't get as much applications as big ones, so if they're simply bad at hiring (which almost every company is, especially the small ones) the competition doesn't even know that there is an opportunity to compete.
Related question about remote jobs. Do / can US based companies hire non-US based remote developers?
They can only do this if they have a branch in your country OR you have a working visa for the US.
But they can contract you, so you'd have to "export" your services.
Where are you based? I have made a list that could help you https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job
Is there a reason you are willing to share for the "without any trips" criterion? I have been working remotely for some six years. My current employer hires mostly remote engineers, and we're always looking out for good people. We try to get developers together a couple of times a year, which it appears your circumstances would rule out; correct?
Is there a reason you are willing to share for the "without any trips" criterion? I have been working remotely for some six years. My current employer hires mostly remote engineers, and we're always looking out for good people. We try to get developers together a couple of times a year, which it appears your circumstances would rule out; correct?
My kid is terribly sick, I had to cancel all trips this year, and maybe the next one too.
For what it is worth, here is the Stack Overflow page with two open positions. They say London (where there is a new permanent office) but remote would be available to the right person.