The funny thing is, from what I noticed there might be more US companies hiring talent in Romania because of the big local talent pool willing to grind, low corporate taxes, lax regulations and bureaucracy, than they're hiring in Germany due to the high taxes, strict labor laws and complex bureaucracy. I could be wrong, but that's my anecdote.

Immigration to Germany was big 10-20 years ago, but now, most Romanian devs these days, unless they get offers that go above six figures, aren't rushing to move to Germany as most take home dev wages have almost caught up, but the CoL and housing is way cheaper than in Germany.

From what I saw, they open a small office in Germany when they either want to tap some university/research institution or open a big office when they want to bring a lot of Indian/Turkish/non-EU devs here who want to move to EU, and low-ball them, as Germany is a preferred immigration destination.