Skill: software engineering

Among the best in the world at what they do43 roles

This tier is about the solution itself. We are fairly confident these organisations are among the best in the world in their field — vetted by GiveWell, Animal Charity Evaluators, Founders Pledge or The Life You Can Save, or listed by 80,000 Hours, Probably Good, EA Opportunities or Animal Advocacy Careers. Somebody else has already judged that what they do works, so we list every role there that is open to someone in the Netherlands, including support and operations work. Expect fierce competition, and expect remote work or a move.

Ways in10 openings

This band is about where it leads. Internships, traineeships and paid programmes — fellowships, residencies, bootcamps — are rarely where you change the most, but they are often how people get into the teams where that happens. An internship with the directorate writing the national AI strategy is how people end up writing it later. Some programmes are held abroad. We list those when they are paid and last six months or less, because then you do not have to move for them.

Roles with leverage, here in the Netherlands1 role

This tier is about leverage. Most of these employers — ministries, regulators, universities, banks — would not say they work on one of the world’s largest problems, and nobody has vetted them as a whole. What we look for is different: roles that let you point more at the problem than your own hours. That might be money, or rules that bind a whole sector, or the work of dozens of other people, or an idea that is free to copy afterwards. A credit analyst at an agricultural lender can matter more than a programme officer at a charity. That judgement is ours, made role by role, and we always write down the reason. Competition here is usually a good deal lighter.

What we mean by leverage