Senior backend engineer jobs in Amsterdam
Amsterdam's senior backend market is anchored by Booking.com, Adyen, and Picnic — but the long tail of scale-ups (Bunq, Mollie, Mews, Channable) is just as interesting.
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Amsterdam senior backend comp runs €80-130k base, with Booking.com and Adyen anchoring the upper end and the smaller scale-ups (Bunq, Mollie, Mews, Channable, Aiven, MessageBird) clustering around €85-110k. The 30% ruling — Netherlands' tax allowance for skilled migrants — meaningfully raises effective comp on relocation offers and should be confirmed explicitly during the offer stage. Hybrid 2-3 days is the universal default; fully-remote roles within the Netherlands exist but are rarer than in Berlin or remote-EU pools. English-first workplaces dominate the entire scale-up + fintech tier. Visa sponsorship via the Highly Skilled Migrant program is fast and reliable at the larger employers.
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