What does a startup 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 startup engineer runs $120k–$200k base + early-stage equity.

Are startup engineer jobs in europe remote-friendly?

16 of the current 31 listings (52%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in Europe.

What companies hire startup 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 startup engineer and a regular startup 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.

Startup Engineer Jobs in Europe

European startup engineer roles are common across all major hubs. London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon, and increasingly remote-EU. Compensation runs 25–40% below US in cash. Equity grants are typically smaller in absolute terms but with cleaner mechanics (less back-loaded vesting, friendlier early-exercise rights). The work is similar to US. Wear many hats, ship fast, talk to users. With stronger employee protections and statutory benefits.

31 active 52% remote median salary $195k

1.	Software Engineer (AI & Automation) – Fintech Startup Firm (Amakor Capital) London, London, United Kingdom \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai/ml, llms \| 1mo ago
2.	Principle Software Engineer (Block MB) London, United Kingdom \| Up to £160,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, async python, llms \| 1mo ago
3.	Product Engineer (ClaimSorted) London, England, United Kingdom \| £80,000 – £150,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| full-stack engineering, nextjs, nodejs \| 1mo ago
4.	Founding Product Engineer (Moyai) Amsterdam, Netherlands \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, python, api first \| 1mo ago
5.	AI Builder / Junior Founding Engineer (Planetary Labour) Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| go, ai, backend \| 1mo ago
6.	AI Engineer (trg.recruitment) London, London, United Kingdom \| From £200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
7.	Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai, llm \| 1mo ago
8.	Founding Fullstack Engineer (AI) (Pragmatike) United Kingdom+27 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fullstack development, backend development, frontend development \| 1mo ago
9.	Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (GiveDirectly) United States+2 \| $157,500 – $181,125/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend architecture, databases, cloud services \| 1mo ago
10.	Forward Deployed Engineer (ClaimSorted) London, England, United Kingdom \| £80,000 – £150,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| nextjs, nodejs, gcp \| 1mo ago
11.	Software Engineer (Tandem Health) Stockholm, Sweden \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| 1mo ago
12.	AI Engineer (Light) United Kingdom+1 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| kotlin, react, aws \| 1mo ago
13.	Internship - Software Engineer (Manufact (formerly mcp-use)) Zürich, ZH, Switzerland \| $4,000 – $6,000/mo \| hybrid \| internship \| internship \| typescript, devops, ci/cd \| 1mo ago
14.	Founding Fullstack Engineer (AI) (Pragmatike) United Kingdom+14 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fullstack development, backend development, frontend development \| 1mo ago
15.	Backend Engineer / Full-Stack Engineer (Mitte) Berlin, Germany \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| elixir, go, typescript \| 1mo ago
16.	Senior Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, api development, llms \| 1mo ago
17.	Forward Deployed Engineer (Prosper AI) Barcelona, Spain+1 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, postgresql \| 1mo ago
18.	Founding Head of Engineering (AI) (Deploy IQ) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| ai/ml, llms, agent systems \| 1mo ago
19.	AI Engineer (Backend) (Duffel) London, United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llm systems, eval frameworks, agent orchestration \| 1mo ago
20.	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
21.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) United States+2 \| $185,000 – $275,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 1mo ago
22.	Software Engineer (Marker) United States+3 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| deno, react, postgresql \| 1mo ago
23.	Founding Engineer, (Construction Operations) (Marble) Bristol, United Kingdom+2 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| software engineering fundamentals, cs foundations, data structures \| 4w ago
24.	Staff Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra - Trading (Career Renew) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| go, python, typescript \| 1mo ago
25.	Founding AI Engineer (Healthcare) (ReClym Health) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fastapi, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
26.	Founding / Software Engineer (Atarus) London, United Kingdom \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, cloud infrastructure \| 1mo ago
27.	Enterprise Engineer (Lovable) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, go \| 1mo ago
28.	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
29.	Mobile Platform Developer (Tailscale) United States+2 \| $181,000 – $226,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| swift, swiftui, kotlin \| 1mo ago
30.	Senior Backend / Full-Stack Engineer (Founding Team) (Karma) London, United Kingdom \| £75,000 – £100,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, go, node.js \| 1mo ago
31.	Founding Research Scientist + Founding Engineering Lead (Burnin) London, United Kingdom+1 \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| type system design, compiler analysis, model fine-tuning \| 1mo ago

Frequently asked questions

What does a startup 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 startup engineer runs $120k–$200k base + early-stage equity.
Are startup engineer jobs in europe remote-friendly?: 16 of the current 31 listings (52%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in Europe.
What companies hire startup 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 startup engineer and a regular startup 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.