Staff engineer jobs in Europe

• Staff Engineer Python React AI - Start-up

  Client Server · Hybrid

  5-10 yrs

  24d ago

• Staff Engineer Python React AI - Start-up

  Client Server · Hybrid

  EUR 90k–110k

  5-10 yrs

  24d ago

• Staff Engineer, Python | AI-Driven FinTech, Series C | 1-2 Days Hyrbid, London | Up to £165,000+ Equity & Benefits

  Owen Thomas | B Corp™ · Hybrid

  5-10 yrs

  24d ago

• Senior/Staff Engineer, n8n Labs

  n8n · Remote OK

  5-10 yrs

  1mo ago

About these roles

Staff-level IC tracks are genuinely scarcer in Europe than in the US — European engineering culture often pushes senior ICs toward management rather than supporting a parallel IC ladder. The exceptions cluster at companies with strong US engineering culture (Stripe London, the EU offices of FAANG, the AI labs) and at well-funded EU-native scale-ups that consciously chose dual-track promotion. Comp at this band runs £140-200k in London, €120-180k in Berlin / Amsterdam / Paris, €110-160k in Stockholm / Dublin. Several roles in this catalogue list as 'lead engineer' or 'principal engineer' instead of 'staff' — read the JD scope (multi-team impact, architectural ownership) rather than the title because the labels aren't standardised across European companies.