Hire AI engineers in the Netherlands.
Hiring an AI engineer who has done more than a demo with an API key is harder than it looks. We recruit AI engineers for permanent roles in the Netherlands who have taken LLM applications, RAG and agents to production, and who stand behind them.
Short answer: Chase IT Recruitment recruits AI engineers for permanent roles in the Netherlands. You work directly with the founder, we have 25,000+ active engineers in our network and you only pay when someone starts: 20% of the gross annual salary for an exclusive assignment and 23% if you also work with other agencies, with a free replacement within 100 days.
No cure, no pay. Free replacement within 100 days. Permanent hires only.
Why hiring AI engineers is hard
The title AI engineer is new and used for very different jobs. Some candidates built a chatbot over a weekend, others run AI features used by thousands of customers every day. On a CV they look the same.
The engineers you want are rarely looking. Anyone who has shipped AI to production gets approached every week, and chooses a team with a clear product, real data and room to do it properly.
Titles vary too: LLM engineer, GenAI engineer and AI engineer often mean the same job. Focus on what the person has to build, not on the title.
What a AI engineer earns in the Netherlands
Gross annual salary for a permanent role, excluding the 8% holiday allowance and bonus. Updated October 2026, based on our own vacancy data and public salary guides. Also available as open data.
| Level | Range | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | €78,000 to €107,000 | €92,000 |
Fee example: at a salary of €92,000 our fee is €18,400 for an exclusive assignment (20%) or €21,160 non-exclusive (23%), only once the engineer starts.
From intake to start
- Intake. What should this person have achieved after a year, which skills are truly needed, and does the budget match the market.
- Search. We approach AI engineers personally in our network of 25,000+ active engineers, including people who are not looking.
- Shortlist. Only engineers our founder Chavez Peters has spoken to personally, with a written profile and their terms.
- Hire. We support the offer and the counter-offer. You only pay once someone starts.
Questions
What does it cost to hire a AI engineer through an agency?
At Chase IT 20% of the gross annual salary for an exclusive assignment and 23% if you also work with other agencies. No cure, no pay and no upfront fees. For a senior AI engineer at a salary of €92,000, that is €18,400 for an exclusive assignment.
What does a AI engineer earn in the Netherlands?
A senior AI engineer earns €78,000 to €107,000 gross per year, excluding the 8% holiday allowance (Chase IT Salary Report 2026, updated October 2026).
Is an LLM engineer or GenAI engineer the same as an AI engineer?
Usually yes. Companies use these titles for the same work: building and running applications on large language models, with RAG, agents and evaluation. We recruit for all of them.
What is the difference between an AI engineer and a machine learning engineer?
An AI engineer builds software on top of existing models, such as LLM applications. A machine learning engineer trains and runs models on your own data. See machine learning engineer.
Should my first AI engineer be senior?
Usually yes. A first AI engineer works without AI colleagues and makes their own decisions on models, cost, evaluation and security. See how to hire your first AI engineer.
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Hiring AI engineers in the Netherlands?
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