Earning to give
A job that is not the point in itself, but pays enough that giving away a share funds more good than you could produce directly.
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Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Financial Products
Adyen
The work itself doesn't touch the problems on this board; the leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Software Engineer II (Java) - Financial Products
Adyen
The work itself, payment systems for companies like Uber and H&M, doesn't tackle an urgent problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate FPGA Engineer (2027 Start)
Optiver
The work itself, making trading systems a few nanoseconds faster, helps no one directly; the leverage is in the salary, which at trading firms like Optiver quickly rises well above an ordinary starting salary through…
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
FPGA Engineer
Optiver
The work itself, building trading systems in hardware for a market maker, does not tackle a societal problem: the leverage here lies in the salary, which with a profit-dependent bonus is usually considerably higher…
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
AI Engineer
Optiver
The work itself is about trading systems, not a societal problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Software Engineer - Automated Trading Systems
Optiver
The work itself, trading software for a market maker, does not solve an urgent problem; the leverage lies in the salary and the shared profit pool, which at Optiver can come out well above an ordinary developer job.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Principal Data Engineer
Optiver
The work itself, the internal data infrastructure of a trading firm, touches none of the problems on this board.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Data Center Engineering Lead - Europe
Optiver
The work itself touches none of the problems this board is about; the leverage lies entirely in the salary, with profit sharing that Optiver itself calls unmatched in the industry.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Data Engineer
Optiver
The work itself helps no one outside Optiver: you build data infrastructure for the internal departments of a trading house, so the leverage is in the salary and the profit-sharing bonus.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Data Center Engineer
Optiver
The work itself, maintaining servers and cabling for a trading firm, does not solve an urgent problem; the leverage is in the income, because Optiver pays bonuses from a shared profit pool that can come out well above…
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Software Engineer - Research Infrastructure
Optiver
This work mainly serves Optiver's own trading: you build the systems the company uses to test and run trading strategies.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Quantitative Developer - Pricing Data
Optiver
Working on pricing data for a trading firm does not in itself solve an urgent problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Software engineer - Real-Time Pricing
Optiver
The work itself helps no one outside Optiver: you build pricing systems for derivatives trading.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Software Engineer - Talent Tooling
Optiver
The work itself, recruitment software for a trading firm, helps no one outside Optiver.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
RF Systems Engineer
Optiver
This work on radio links for a trading firm does not solve an urgent problem itself: the leverage lies only in what you earn and give away.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Data Engineer - Trading
Optiver
The work itself does not touch an urgent problem: you build data pipelines for a trading firm.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Enterprise Corporate Engineering Lead
Optiver
This work does not itself address a pressing global problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Quantitative Researcher (2027 Start)
Optiver
The work itself, trading on financial markets, does not solve any of the world's problems.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
European Bonds Trader / German Bunds Trader
Optiver
The work itself, trading German government bonds, does not solve any social problem; the leverage lies in the income.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Engineering Manager, Financial Platform
Adyen
The work itself has nothing to do with the problems this board is about.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Application Security Engineer
Booking.com
The work itself protects a travel platform and doesn't touch the problems this board is about.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Data Platform Engineer
Flow Traders
The work itself serves Flow Traders' trading, not a social problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Engineering Manager - Flights FinOps
Booking.com
The work itself doesn't touch an urgent global problem: you build payment systems for flight bookings.
English is enoughNot stated
Executive · Amsterdam
Director of Software Engineering - Data & AI
Booking.com
The work itself doesn't solve a global problem: you build data and AI systems that help Booking.com sell more trips.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Software Engineer - Post-Trade Platform
Flow Traders
The work itself does not tackle a social problem: you build the systems that settle and reconcile trades.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Digital Assets Options Trader
Flow Traders
Trading crypto options does not itself solve a social problem; the leverage lies in what you do with the income.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Solution Engineer I
Booking.com
The work itself does not tackle a global problem: you help Booking.com's security teams use their internal platform.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Partner Solutions Engineer - Cellular Connectivity
Adyen
The work itself, keeping payment terminals connected worldwide, does not tackle a pressing global problem: the leverage here is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Software Engineer - OTCTECH
Flow Traders
The work itself does nothing for the problems on this board: you build trading systems for Flow Traders, a firm that trades on the financial markets with its own money.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Trading Data Software Engineer
IMC
The work itself — data infrastructure for a trading firm — does not help with any of the problems on this board; the only leverage lies in the salary, if you give a large share of it to charities whose results have…
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Java Software Engineer
IMC
The work itself, building trading software for a trading firm, does not contribute to an urgent problem; the leverage lies in the salary, which here is usually well above what charities can pay.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Linux System Engineer
Adyen
This job does not itself help people or animals: you secure access to a payments company's systems, so the leverage lies entirely in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Adyen
The work itself does not touch a global problem: you automate internal processes at a payments company.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Core Data Engineer
Flow Traders
The work itself does not solve a social problem: you build the data pipelines a trading firm runs on.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering - Operations
Adyen
The work itself, using AI to improve the operations of a payments company, does not tackle an urgent problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Engineering Manager – Identity & Verification Services
Adyen
The work itself, systems that check whether businesses on Adyen's platform are who they say they are, touches none of the problems this board is about.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Machine Learning Engineer
IMC
The work itself — making trading models train and run faster — does not tackle any global problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Low Latency Engineer
Da Vinci
The work itself, making trading algorithms a few nanoseconds faster, doesn't solve a social problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
AI Engineering Manager
Flow Traders
The work itself makes a trading firm better at trading, not the world better: the leverage lies in what you earn.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Data Scientist II - Finance
Booking.com
The work itself, collecting payments and paying them out to accommodation providers, touches none of the problems this board is about.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Data Products & AI Architect - Enterprise Applications, FinTech
Booking.com
The work itself is about the financial systems of a travel platform.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Java Engineer in Java Application Core Components team
Adyen
The work itself doesn't tackle a global problem: you build the shared Java foundation of a commercial payments platform.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Java Software Engineer - CX
Adyen
The work itself is payment software for companies such as Uber and H&M, so the leverage lies not in the task but in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Data Engineer
Adyen
The work itself, building data pipelines for a payments company, does not contribute to an urgent problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - AML Tech
Adyen
The leverage here lies not in the work itself but in what you earn from it.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Machine Learning Scientist
Adyen
The work itself, detecting fraud and optimising payments, does not tackle an urgent global problem: the leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Data Scientist II - Finance Payments
Booking.com
This job does not tackle a pressing problem itself: you improve the payment processes of a travel platform.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior AI Research Engineer
Adyen
The work itself, AI for payments and fraud detection, does not tackle a global problem: the leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Trading Engineer
IMC
This role helps a trading firm trade faster and more reliably, and that is not where the leverage is.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
C++ Software Engineer
IMC
This work does not itself solve a global problem: the leverage lies entirely in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
C++ Software Engineer, Early Careers
IMC
This work does not itself solve an urgent problem: you write fast trading software for a trading firm.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Data Quality Engineer
IMC
The work itself — monitoring data quality for a trading firm — does not tackle an urgent global problem, so the leverage lies in the salary, which in this sector is often well above average.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Equity Options Trader
IMC
The trading itself helps no one directly: you set up strategies for equity options at IMC, a trading firm from Amsterdam.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Hardware Engineer
IMC
The leverage here is not in the work – making trading systems faster helps nobody directly – but in the salary, which at trading firms like IMC is well above average even for graduates.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Quantitative Researcher
IMC
The trading work itself does not solve any social problem: the leverage lies in the salary, which at trading houses like IMC is high even for graduates.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Aarhus
Graduate Software Engineer (2027)
IMC
The work itself does not tackle any global problem: you build software for a trading firm, and the leverage lies mainly in the salary, which at such firms is far above average early on.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Trader
IMC
This job does not tackle a global problem itself.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Index Options Volatility Trader
IMC
This work does not solve a social problem itself: you trade index options with IMC's own capital.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Performance Engineer
IMC
Winning microseconds for a trading firm does not itself help any person or animal.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Python Software Engineer
IMC
The work itself does not tackle an urgent problem, since you build trading software for a trading firm; the leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Site Reliability Engineer - Data Platform
IMC
The work itself does not move the world forward: you keep a trading house's data platforms reliable.
English is enoughNot stated
Executive · Amsterdam
Head of Engineering - Financial Data Experience
Adyen
The work itself, payment data for companies such as Uber and H&M, does not advance any pressing problem, and we would rather say so honestly.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Digital Assets Trader
Flow Traders
The trading work itself doesn't solve a social problem; the leverage lies entirely in what you do with the income (earning to give).
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Engineering Manager - Android / iOS
Adyen
The work itself, payment software for shops, does not touch an urgent global problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Supply Chain Data Engineer & Integration Manager
Adyen
The work itself, data integrations for a payments company's warehouse logistics, does not solve an urgent problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
PhD Graduate Quantitative Researcher
Flow Traders
The work itself does not solve a social problem: you build trading models for financial markets.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Flow Traders
This job does not tackle a global problem itself: you keep workstations and the trading floor running, as at any large employer.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Data Center Engineer
Flow Traders
Racking and cabling servers for a trading firm mainly helps your employer; the leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
People Technology Application Engineer
Adyen
This role, connecting HR systems at a payments company, does not itself contribute to an urgent problem: the only leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Software Engineer II - Backend
Booking.com
The work itself mainly helps your colleagues: you maintain internal systems for Booking.com staff.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Quant
Da Vinci
The work itself, building trading strategies for a proprietary trading firm, helps no one directly; the only leverage is what you do with the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Trader
Da Vinci
Trading itself doesn't solve a social problem; the leverage lies in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Entry level · Amsterdam
Graduate Trading Risk Analyst
Da Vinci
The leverage here lies not in the work itself but in the salary: with €75,000 to €85,000 base plus variable pay, you can give a sizeable sum each year to charities that demonstrably achieve a lot per euro.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Software Engineer, C++
Flow Traders
This job builds trading software and does not itself solve a social problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Software Engineer, C++ , Core Platform
Flow Traders
This job does not solve a global problem itself: you make trading systems faster, and the leverage lies entirely in what you do with the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Solution Architect
Booking.com
The work itself does not tackle a pressing problem: you build HR systems for a travel company.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Staff Engineer - Banking Products
Adyen
Building banking products for customers such as Uber and Microsoft does not itself move any urgent problem forward; the leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Java Software Engineer - Payments
Adyen
At Adyen you build payment software for companies such as Uber and H&M.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Proactive Cyber Defence and Engineering
Booking.com
The work itself protects one company; the leverage is in what you earn and what you learn.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Staff Software Engineer - Merchant Fraud Prevention
Adyen
The leverage here is not in the work itself but in the salary: fraud prevention at a payments platform touches none of the problems on this board, but a staff role at Adyen pays enough to give a large share each year…
English is enoughNot stated
Executive · Amsterdam
Senior Director Engineering - Connected Trip Experience & Data
Booking.com
The work itself is about planning and booking travel, not an urgent global problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
SAP Data Analytics Engineer II
Booking.com
This job builds financial data pipelines for a travel platform and does not itself touch an urgent problem; the only leverage is in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Agentic Modelling Team
Booking.com
This work is about AI agents that book travel, not about preventing disasters caused by AI.
English is enough€70.000–€110.000
Mid level · Remote
Operations Lead
Outcapped
As a part-time operations director you handle bookkeeping, payroll and governance matters for several small organisations at once, so that their founders and researchers can spend those hours on their own work.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Senior Platform Engineer - Observability
Adyen
This role does not itself work on any of the problems on this board.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Senior Storage Engineer
Adyen
The work itself, keeping a payments company's storage systems reliable, does not tackle an urgent problem, and Adyen will find a good engineer for this post without you.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Test Engineer II
Booking.com
The work itself, testing and automation for Booking.com's customer service, does not touch an urgent global problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Staff Engineer - Observability
Adyen
The leverage here is not in the work but in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Staff Software Engineer - Money Movement
Adyen
This work does not itself touch an urgent global problem.
English is enoughNot stated
Senior · Amsterdam
Staff Enterprise Engineer
Flow Traders
The work itself serves only the internal systems of a trading house, so the leverage lies entirely in the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Experienced Trader
Da Vinci
The trading work itself does not solve a social problem: the leverage is in the salary, with a base of €100,000 plus variable pay.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Experienced Quant
Da Vinci
The trading work itself does not solve a social problem; the leverage is in what you do with the salary.
English is enoughNot stated
Mid level · Amsterdam
Network Engineer II - ( Data Centre)
Booking.com
This work keeps the internal networks of a travel platform running and does not itself touch any of the problems on this board.
English is enough
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Doneer Effectief
A Dutch channel for tax-efficient giving to effective charities. €24.3M facilitated with five paid staff — the concrete answer to "does this actually work?".
De Geefrevolutie
The Dutch community of people giving away a fixed share of their income, formerly the Tien Procent Club. The natural next step if you take one of these jobs.
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