What does a software 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 software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.

Are software engineer jobs in europe remote-friendly?

16 of the current 35 listings (46%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in Europe.

What companies hire software 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 software engineer and a regular software 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.

Software Engineer Jobs in Europe

European software engineer roles in the builder-role slice come from a wide range of company stages: fewer pre-seed listings than the US, more Series A through C companies that still operate with small engineering teams. Compensation runs 25–40% below US in cash, partially offset by stronger benefits and lower cost of living. London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Lisbon produce most listings.

35 active 46% remote median salary $191k

1.	Software Engineer, Agents (Decagon) London, United Kingdom \| £125,000 – £180,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, asynchronous programming \| 3w ago
2.	Software Engineer (Marker) United States+3 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| deno, react, postgresql \| 4w ago
3.	Software Engineer (Tandem Health) Stockholm, Sweden \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| 4w ago
4.	Software Engineer - All Levels (Evervault) Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| rust, node.js, aws \| 1mo ago
5.	Software Engineer (AI & Automation) – Fintech Startup Firm (Amakor Capital) London, London, United Kingdom \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai/ml, llms \| 1mo ago
6.	Staff Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra - Trading (Career Renew) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| go, python, typescript \| 1mo ago
7.	Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform (Pave) San Francisco, California, United States+4 \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| data pipelines, platform infrastructure, integrations \| 1mo ago
8.	ML/AI Software Engineer (RedTech Recruitment) London, London, United Kingdom \| £55,000 – £90,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, c++, go \| 1mo ago
9.	Senior Software Engineer (Biologic Discovery) (MiLaboratories) Bilbao, Spain \| €90,000 – €120,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, pnpm, turbo \| 4w ago
10.	Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (GiveDirectly) United States+2 \| $157,500 – $181,125/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend architecture, databases, cloud services \| 1mo ago
11.	Senior Software Engineer - JVM Language Clients (ClickHouse) United States+19 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| java, jvm, jdbc \| 1mo ago
12.	Senior Software Engineer (Kotlin) (hyperexponential) London, London, United Kingdom \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| kotlin, aws, terraform \| 1mo ago
13.	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
14.	Principle Software Engineer (Block MB) London, United Kingdom \| Up to £160,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, async python, llms \| 1mo ago
15.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) United States+2 \| $185,000 – $275,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 1mo ago
16.	Full-stack Software Engineer (x/f/m) - AI Developer Tools (Alan) France+2 \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, flask, react \| 1mo ago
17.	Founding / Software Engineer (Atarus) London, United Kingdom \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, cloud infrastructure \| 1mo ago
18.	Internship - Software Engineer (Manufact (formerly mcp-use)) Zürich, ZH, Switzerland \| $4,000 – $6,000/mo \| hybrid \| internship \| internship \| typescript, devops, ci/cd \| 1mo ago
19.	Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Aqora) Paris, France+2 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| rust, react, developer experience \| 4w ago
20.	AI Engineer (Light) United Kingdom+1 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| kotlin, react, aws \| 1mo ago
21.	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
22.	Founding Engineer (Letty) London, London, United Kingdom \| £80,000 – £120,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, fastapi, backend fundamentals \| 1mo ago
23.	Fullstack Enterprise Engineer (Lovable) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, go \| 1mo ago
24.	Multiple Roles (Cogram) United States+2 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| 4w ago
25.	AI Builder / Junior Founding Engineer (Planetary Labour) Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| go, ai, backend \| 1mo ago
26.	Founding Head of Engineering (AI) (Deploy IQ) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| ai/ml, llms, agent systems \| 1mo ago
27.	Senior AI Engineer (Skalar) Munich, Bavaria, Germany \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, generative ai, llm apis \| 1mo ago
28.	AI Engineer (Orbital) London, England, United Kingdom \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| llms, ai agents, agentic architecture \| 1mo ago
29.	Mobile Platform Developer (Tailscale) United States+2 \| $181,000 – $226,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| swift, swiftui, kotlin \| 4w ago
30.	Founding Fullstack Engineer (AI) (Pragmatike) United Kingdom+27 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fullstack development, backend development, frontend development \| 3w ago
31.	Senior Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, api development, llms \| 1mo ago
32.	AI Native Senior .NET Engineer (OPSWAT) Timisoara, Romania+1 \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| ai agents, .net core, c# \| 1mo ago
33.	Member of Engineering (Design Engineer, Product) (Poolside) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| developer workflows, version control, local environments \| 3w ago
34.	Founding Engineer, (Construction Operations) (Marble) Bristol, United Kingdom+2 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| software engineering fundamentals, cs foundations, data structures \| 3w ago
35.	Staff ML Research Engineer \| LLM Fine-Tuning \| RL \| SFT \| DPO (Optimal) London, United Kingdom \| £210,000 – £305,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| llm fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, sft \| 1mo ago

Frequently asked questions

What does a software 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 software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.
Are software engineer jobs in europe remote-friendly?: 16 of the current 35 listings (46%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in Europe.
What companies hire software 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 software engineer and a regular software 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.