I created a list of 4500+ High-Paying Software Engineering jobs in Europe
With salary, tax and saving rates data. Both onsite and remote jobs.
You view the job board HERE, after you’ve subscribed HERE.
TL;DR
If you want access to the Google Sheet containing the list, you need to become a paid subscriber of The European Engineer.
It costs 5 euros a months and you can subscribe here: theeuropeanengineer.com/subscribe.
To view the job board, here’s the link to the Google Sheet. I update it weekly (every Friday).
For more info on what you’ll find in the job board and a demo of it, keep reading.
Given the recent appeal of remote careers and the advantages of applying geo-arbitrage in getting a high western salary while working in a low-cost low-tax country, the job board now contains also fully-remote companies and jobs!
Important:
For recent updates that were implemented to the job board, check this article: https://www.theeuropeanengineer.com/p/euro-top-tech-jobs-week-7.
The problem of finding top dev jobs in Europe
One of the most tedious tasks of building a fulfilling and profitable career as a dev in Europe is to find and track the (few) high-paying jobs out there.
I’ve experienced this myself in my career so far (check 1, 2, 3 and 4 for info on my career journey), and it took me years to gain an understanding of which companies would pay good salaries to software engineers, in which locations they would hire, and how much I would be able to retain from that salary, after taxes and living costs.
That’s why I created this list of companies by city in Europe and codecapitals.com (to get an idea of the saving rates by country/city).
I now created a job board to address this problem
To go full-circle, and create a one-stop shop with all this information, I built Euro Top Tech Jobs.
It’s basically a job board.
Here you’ll find all the jobs that fit the criteria of “top jobs” for devs in Europe.
You’ll also find the estimated saving rates (in US dollars) for each of these jobs (right now, some jobs are missing the saving rate, but with time I plan to list the saving rate for all of them).
Saving rate is basically the money that would remain in your bank account at the end of the year by working that job, based on your lifestyle (frugal, comfortable or luxurious). It’s roughly calculated as: Total Gross Compensation - Taxes - Living Costs.
The jobs listed in the job board are positions that are open right now, and that you can apply to.
I also provide the LinkedIn job post link for you to send your application.
Video Demo of the job board
For a demo of me showing how you can use this job board, checkout this YouTube video that I recorded yesterday.
If you don’t want or can’t watch the video right now, I recommend you go to the Google Sheet and click on Data → Create Filter View. This way you’ll be able to sort the columns and filter data by location, company etc.
Link to the Google Sheet containing the job board
Here you can find the actual job board. As a subscriber to this newsletter, you can access it for free.
You might be required to send me an access request (which I will approve as quickly as I can).
I hope you enjoy it and find it valuable!
Subscription to receive the updated job board every week
It’s worth having an up-to-date version of this job board, because existing open job positions get filled and the job closes.
Also, new jobs get created and new positions get opened.
I also plan to iterate on the job board itself by adding other top companies as well as more and more precise saving rate’s data, and new features in general
For now, I will update the job board once per week, which is frequent enough: most jobs stay open for a few weeks/months, so a granularity of a week is good enough for it to be a reliable snapshot of the current job market situation at any given time.
I know that it might seem that what I do with this newsletter doesn’t require a lot of work, but trust me: it does.
Working on this job board also takes quite a bit of effort, and in order for it to be high quality, I need to personally perform and overview these weekly updates myself.
That’s why, while the job board for this week will be free to all of you, for the following weeks, I will send it as part of my paid subscription plan (which I’ve just opened).
It’s just 5 euros a month. Which is the minimum amount that Substack allows me to put.
If you find this job board useful, or if you like what I write here and want to support the newsletter, you can consider subscribing for 5 euros (the price of a beer 🙂).
If you want to subscribe, you can go here and select either the monthly 5 euros plan, or the yearly 50 euros plan.
Analytics
Here’s some data from this week’s job board (you’ll receive similar better analytics every week with the new job board 😎).
Top 10 companies with the most job listings:
Microsoft: 903
Amazon Web Services (AWS): 537
Amazon: 329
Oracle: 326
Datadog: 316
NVIDIA: 284
Google: 280
Revolut: 118
Elastic: 118
Meta: 94
Top 10 locations with the most job listings:
London, England, United Kingdom: 299
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland: 257
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland: 147
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel: 136
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania: 111
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain: 110
Paris, Île-de-France, France: 105
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands: 85
Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland: 77
Berlin, Germany: 75
Number of job listings by seniority:
Senior: 1905
Entry level to mid-level: 1601
Staff: 212
Entry-level: 92
Principal: 64
Intern: 58
Senior staff: 43
Mid-level: 41
Saving rates
Note: some of the rates in the ‘upper range’ are still missing, that’s why you see $165k as the max for all lifestyle options. In reality some staff+ positions will have higher saving rates.
Frugal lifestyle
mean: $72’580
min: $8’000
25% percentile: $64’000
50% percentile: $66’500
75% percentile: $81’500
max: $165’000
Comfortable lifestyle
mean: $56’233
min: -$12’000
25% percentile: $39’000
50% percentile: $55’000
75% percentile: $68’000
max: $165’000
Luxurious lifestyle
mean: $38’370
min: -$15’000
25% percentile: $16’500
50% percentile: $45’000
75% percentile: $49’000
max percentile: $165’000
6FEE: 6 Figures Euro Engineer Coaching Program
As you probably already know, I’ve recently launched a coaching program called 6FEE: 6 Figures Euro Engineer.
It could be interesting for you if you value:
Tailored Guidance: Personalised strategies to navigate the tech markets of Europe and Switzerland, aligning with your career aspirations.
Actionable Plans: From securing prestigious roles to enhancing your lifestyle and finances, we define clear, achievable goals.
Exclusive Network Access: Connect with leading engineers and recruiters from my personal network.
Community and Support: Regular 1:1s with me and group interactions with the other members of the program.
Limited Enrolment: Only 5 spots, with 1 remaining, ensuring personalised attention and significant growth.
It's through application. You can find more info in this newsletter article.