What does a ai engineer in europe earn?

European base salaries typically run 25–40% below US comp, partially offset by smaller equity grants, lower cost of living, and richer benefits. The typical band for a ai engineer runs $160k–$260k base + significant equity.

Are AI engineer jobs in europe remote-friendly?

26 of the current 69 listings (38%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in Europe.

What companies hire AI engineer jobs in europe?

Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.

What's the difference between a ai engineer and a regular ai engineer?

Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.

AI Engineer Jobs in Europe

European AI engineer hiring concentrates in London (deep-tech, fintech AI, consumer AI), Paris (Mistral and the broader Mistral diaspora, AI startups), Berlin (B2B AI, climate AI), and Amsterdam (logistics AI, B2B). Compensation runs 30–50% below SF in cash terms but with better work-life norms and stronger employee protections. Equity grants are smaller in absolute terms; the trade-off is more friendly vesting and cleaner liquidity rights.

69 active 38% remote median salary $175k

1.	AI Engineer (Backend) (Duffel) London, United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llm systems, eval frameworks, agent orchestration \| 1mo ago
2.	AI Engineer - Tech Intern (Surf Agency) Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands \| hybrid \| internship \| internship \| python, javascript, n8n \| 1mo ago
3.	AI Engineer (Light) United Kingdom+1 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| kotlin, react, aws \| 1mo ago
4.	AI Engineer (trg.recruitment) London, London, United Kingdom \| From £200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
5.	AI Engineer (Orbital) London, England, United Kingdom \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| llms, ai agents, agentic architecture \| 1mo ago
6.	AI Platform Engineer (hyperexponential) London, London, United Kingdom \| hybrid \| full-time \| api gateways, proxies, observability systems \| 1mo ago
7.	Staff AI Engineer (SR2 \| Socially Responsible Recruitment \| Certified B Corporation™) London, Greater London, United Kingdom \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| ai engineering, llm, agentic ai \| 1mo ago
8.	AI Go-to-Market Engineer (Belgium) (Flosum) Belgium \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, javascript, api \| 1mo ago
9.	Senior AI Engineer (Skalar) Munich, Bavaria, Germany \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, generative ai, llm apis \| 1mo ago
10.	Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai, llm \| 1mo ago
11.	ML/AI Software Engineer (RedTech Recruitment) London, London, United Kingdom \| £55,000 – £90,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, c++, go \| 1mo ago
12.	AI Product Design Engineer (Engine AI) London, London, United Kingdom \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| react, typescript, product design \| 1mo ago
13.	Senior Rails Engineer (TrakPro) Ireland+2 \| €48,000 – €60,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| rails, hotwire, turbo \| 3w ago
14.	Founding AI Engineer (Healthcare) (ReClym Health) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fastapi, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
15.	AI Native Senior .NET Engineer (OPSWAT) Timisoara, Romania+1 \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| ai agents, .net core, c# \| 1mo ago
16.	Tech Lead, AI Engineer, Senior/Lead Infra engineer/devops (EggAI) European Union+2 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| ai, devops, infrastructure \| 3w ago
17.	Software Engineer (AI & Automation) – Fintech Startup Firm (Amakor Capital) London, London, United Kingdom \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai/ml, llms \| 1mo ago
18.	AI Builder / Junior Founding Engineer (Planetary Labour) Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| go, ai, backend \| 1mo ago
19.	Senior Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, api development, llms \| 1mo ago
20.	Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Adaptive ML) New York, New York, United States+2 \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, machine learning, generative ai \| 1mo ago
21.	Safety Engineer (ElevenLabs) United Kingdom+6 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend software engineering, distributed systems, apis \| 1mo ago
22.	Founding Head of Engineering (AI) (Deploy IQ) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| ai/ml, llms, agent systems \| 1mo ago
23.	Founding Fullstack Engineer (AI) (Pragmatike) United Kingdom+27 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fullstack development, backend development, frontend development \| 3w ago
24.	Founding Fullstack Engineer (AI) (Pragmatike) United Kingdom+14 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fullstack development, backend development, frontend development \| 3w ago
25.	Head of AI (MultiBase GmbH) Germany \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| python, llms, ai agents \| 1mo ago
26.	Staff Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra - Trading (Career Renew) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| go, python, typescript \| 1mo ago
27.	Senior Software Engineer, LearnWith.AI (Remote) - $100,000/year USD (Crossover) Australia+9 \| $50/hr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| frontend, backend, full-stack \| 1mo ago
28.	Software Engineer, Agents (Decagon) London, United Kingdom \| £125,000 – £180,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, asynchronous programming \| 3w ago
29.	Founding Engineer (Stilta) New York, NY, United States+1 \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, ai agents \| 1mo ago
30.	Artificial Intelligence Engineer (Oho Group) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, llms, asr \| 1mo ago
31.	Artificial Intelligence Engineer (Prism Digital) England, United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, aws, azure \| 1mo ago
32.	Full-stack Software Engineer (x/f/m) - AI Developer Tools (Alan) France+2 \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, flask, react \| 1mo ago
33.	Senior Product Engineer (Prosper AI) Barcelona, Spain+1 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| fastapi, python, postgresql \| 3w ago
34.	Principle Software Engineer (Block MB) London, United Kingdom \| Up to £160,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, async python, llms \| 1mo ago
35.	Founding Engineer (Letty) London, London, United Kingdom \| £80,000 – £120,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, fastapi, backend fundamentals \| 1mo ago
36.	Forward Deployed Engineer (Prosper AI) Barcelona, Spain+1 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, postgresql \| 1mo ago
37.	Product Engineer (ClaimSorted) London, England, United Kingdom \| £80,000 – £150,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| full-stack engineering, nextjs, nodejs \| 1mo ago
38.	Founding Product Engineer (Moyai) Amsterdam, Netherlands \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, python, api first \| 4w ago
39.	Staff Protocol Engineer (Polygon Labs) United States+2 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| golang, distributed systems, blockchain \| 1mo ago
40.	Internship - Software Engineer (Manufact (formerly mcp-use)) Zürich, ZH, Switzerland \| $4,000 – $6,000/mo \| hybrid \| internship \| internship \| typescript, devops, ci/cd \| 1mo ago
41.	Founding / Software Engineer (Atarus) London, United Kingdom \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, cloud infrastructure \| 1mo ago
42.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) United States+2 \| $185,000 – $275,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 1mo ago
43.	Multiple Roles (Cogram) United States+2 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| 4w ago
44.	Founding Engineer, (Construction Operations) (Marble) Bristol, United Kingdom+2 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| software engineering fundamentals, cs foundations, data structures \| 3w ago
45.	Engineering Lead (Caribou) United Kingdom+1 \| £120,000 – £145,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| full-stack development, architecture, react \| 1mo ago
46.	Backend Engineer / Full-Stack Engineer (Mitte) Berlin, Germany \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| elixir, go, typescript \| 4w ago
47.	ML Developer Experience Engineer (Adaptive ML) New York, New York, United States+2 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, mlops, reinforcement learning \| 1mo ago
48.	Open Role — Builder (Objection) United States+4 \| $50,000 – $150,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| 1mo ago
49.	Marketing Productivity Engineer (Sigma Computing) San Francisco, United States+2 \| $130,000 – $165,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| performance marketing, growth engineering, marketing operations \| 3w ago
50.	Member of Technical Staff, Mobile Engineer (Runway) Canada+14 \| $240,000 – $290,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react native, typescript, expo \| 1mo ago

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Frequently asked questions

What does a ai engineer in europe earn?: European base salaries typically run 25–40% below US comp, partially offset by smaller equity grants, lower cost of living, and richer benefits. The typical band for a ai engineer runs $160k–$260k base + significant equity.
Are AI engineer jobs in europe remote-friendly?: 26 of the current 69 listings (38%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in Europe.
What companies hire AI engineer jobs in europe?: Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.
What's the difference between a ai engineer and a regular ai engineer?: Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.