Engineering recruitment · Amsterdam
Engineering recruitment in Amsterdam.
Founder-led engineering 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 engineers in Amsterdam
Amsterdam punches well above its size in engineering. A dense scale-up scene and a deep pool of international, English-speaking talent make it one of Europe’s strongest markets for backend, platform and full-stack engineers. Competition for senior people is real, and the best candidates weigh several offers at once.
We know the local market and the alumni networks of the city’s biggest tech successes, and we screen every engineer technically before you meet them. Whether you are opening an Amsterdam hub or growing an established team, we bring the reach and the judgement to hire well and fast. We can also help you weigh relocating candidates against local hires, and set realistic expectations on notice periods and competing offers.
For current pay, see the Amsterdam tech salary guide. Ready to hire? Tell us the role.
Active desk
Engineering searches we are running in Amsterdam.
We recruit engineering 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 engineering search in Amsterdam.
- 1 Brief
A call with a founder to scope the engineering 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
Engineering recruitment in Amsterdam, answered.
What does OpenSource's technical screen cover for engineers in Amsterdam?
A founder who has written production software interviews every engineer before you meet them: the systems they have built and owned, the trade-offs they made, how they debug, and how they work with product and other engineers. You receive a written summary with the CV, so the first interview starts from evidence rather than a keyword match.
Which engineering roles do you recruit in Amsterdam?
Backend, frontend, full-stack and mobile engineers from mid to staff and principal level, platform, infrastructure and DevOps engineers, security engineers, and engineering managers. Stack-specific searches, for example Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, Java or Rust, run against the same screen.
How quickly can OpenSource deliver a engineering shortlist in Amsterdam?
For most engineering 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 engineering roles in Amsterdam on a contingent or retained basis?
Both. Most individual engineering 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.