Data recruitment · Amsterdam
Data recruitment in Amsterdam.
Founder-led data recruitment for Amsterdam startups and scale-ups. Every candidate is technically screened by us before you see a CV, so your interview time goes on people who can do the job.
Hiring data and ML talent in Amsterdam
Amsterdam has become a serious hub for data and machine learning, from established scale-ups to a growing wave of AI-first companies. Data engineers, ML engineers and analytics leaders are in short supply, and the strongest are selective about the problems they take on.
We understand what separates a genuinely strong data hire from a good CV, and we screen technically before anyone reaches you. If you are building a data platform or your first ML capability in Amsterdam, we can help you find people who will still be adding value in two years. We can also advise on whether a role is best filled by a specialist data engineer, an ML engineer, or a broader platform hire.
For current pay, see the Amsterdam tech salary guide. Ready to hire? Tell us the role.
Active desk
Data searches we are running in Amsterdam.
We recruit data roles for Amsterdam companies regularly and keep warm, technically screened pipelines for the searches we run most often. Tell us the role and we will come back with who is available.
How it works
How we run a data search in Amsterdam.
- 1 Brief
A call with a founder to scope the data role: the work, the level, the package and what good looks like in Amsterdam.
- 2 Search
We approach our network and the passive market. Most strong candidates are not applying anywhere.
- 3 Screen
A founder interviews every candidate technically before you see them, and writes up the evidence.
- 4 Shortlist and close
You interview a short list of people who can do the job. We manage offers, counter-offers and notice periods through to start.
“OpenSource was able to service all of our hiring needs and has left our teams in a really strong place. Their integration into our business was seamless.”
FAQ
Data recruitment in Amsterdam, answered.
How do you screen data and machine learning candidates in Amsterdam?
A technical founder interviews every candidate on the data systems and models they have built and run in production, not on textbook questions. We distinguish between data engineers, analytics engineers, ML engineers and data scientists, and we tell you honestly when a role is really one of the others.
Which data roles do you recruit in Amsterdam?
Data engineers, analytics engineers, machine learning engineers, data scientists and heads of data, for teams building a first data platform through to companies scaling an established ML capability.
How quickly can OpenSource deliver a data shortlist in Amsterdam?
For most data roles in Amsterdam we come back with a technically screened shortlist within days of agreeing the brief. We screen every candidate ourselves before you see them, so the time you spend is on interviews, not on filtering CVs.
Do you recruit data roles in Amsterdam on a contingent or retained basis?
Both. Most individual data hires in Amsterdam run contingent, where you pay only on a successful placement. Leadership and business-critical searches run retained, with a committed process and full market mapping. Teams hiring several roles at once often prefer an embedded arrangement, where one of the founders works inside your team for a fixed period.
Does OpenSource have people on the ground in Amsterdam?
We recruit into Amsterdam from London, where both founders are based, and we have placed into Amsterdam teams for several years. Searches run remotely with video interviews, and we travel for leadership searches and client onboarding where it adds value.