[thiago_fm]

You can but it kinds of sucks to do this from Germany. I am also from Germany, foreigner but living here long enough to know how things work over here.

The laws and regulations available in Germany makes it kind of bad to work as a contractor, it is also terrible for the company contracting you. The social insurance contribution you'll need to pay out of your pocket will be quite high and the list goes on.

It is too painful to be good. Other countries it is much easier to work as a contractor(such as Great Britain, Portugal etc), but Germany is definitely not in that group.

If working abroad is such a priority for you, you are probably better off getting a visa to work in the US and move there, or move to an EU country that is a bit more progressive in that regard.

I personally made the decision to not work as a contractor and got a job in a North American company that has an entity here to do payroll. That is becoming more common and even some companies such as Remote, do payroll for American companies, enabling them to hire people around the EU, not as a contractor, and this works quite well for folks who live in Germany.

Best of luck :-)