According to Developers, these are 30 popular companies to work for in The Netherlands
“How many <Programming Language X> Developers do you have in your Cocoon talent pool?” Almost every potential client that is contacting us to discuss using Cocoon for their hiring has the same question. And we can’t blame them…of course, they want to know more about our pricing and yes, they are also looking to hire Online Marketeers, Designers, Business Developers and people for other operations roles as well. But let’s be honest, The Netherlands are facing a real shortage in experienced developers.
In order to attract them, Startups, Scaleups and other tech companies are doing everything they can. Why is it that some companies are actually able to be more picky when it comes to their selection processes, while others are actually happy with every single application.
We have done a deep dive into our Cocoon data this week and have checked how people with tech skills are judging the more than 400 companies that are in our database. The final list below is compiled based on 700,000 likes or dislikes on Cocoon.
1. Uber
Not just being the number one on this list, but also looking for more than 10 developer roles at this very moment, Uber is a serious competitor for all companies looking for experienced developers. Since they will be moving to a new smoking hot office to fuel their expansion, there will be plenty of space for the best tech talent. They do tend to have quite long application processes though, so if you are competing for the same talent, shorten your hiring process!
2. Relive
Since we have some avid cyclists in our team, we completely understand why Relive is so popular for developers. Even the pros are using this add-on for Strava and Garmin that is visualising your bike rides in a beautiful way. Especially their mobile developer roles were performing very well with more than 33% of all iOS and Android developers being interested in the job.
3. WeTransfer
This Dutch giant was already the number one on our list of popular tech companies that includes marketing, design and business development talent, but seems to be very popular for engineering talent as well. Our data shows that especially skilled Javascript developers are attracted by them.
4. Coolblue
Surprise, surprise! Apparently, Coolblue is even more popular for developers than it is for online marketeers according to our data. While founder Pieter Zwart publicly announced in 2013 that Coolblue was looking for 100 new developers in 1 year, it seems their problems should be over by now as 21,7% of them could see themselves working at this Rotterdam venture.
5. Quby
This international crowd of more than 100 people working in Amsterdam are the brains of the smart thermostate Toon. Their awesome office and multicultural vibe seem to very attractive for developers and product owners that want to work in the Smart Living industry.
6. Datlinq
A main reason why this company is that high on this list is because they are especially popular for Data Scientists and Data Engineers. More than 25% of these people in our audience expressed a serious interest in working at this company. Their office might not be located at an Amsterdam canal, but you do get to work with some highly talented peers.
7. Bunq
Bunq seems to be very attractive for iOS, PHP and Ruby on Rails skilled developers. Whether it’s their Public API or their successful above the line marketing campaigns, they have build a very strong employer brand that’s attractive by all kinds of tech talent.
8. Syndy
Whereas they are not hiring a lot of people right now, this Rockstart Alumni build a pretty amazing team in the past that’s now successfully selling their product to big clients globally. As we have seen with some other companies in this list as well, especially data scientists were very interested in working at Syndy.
9. Ticketswap
“PHP developers are really into buying or selling tickets for festivals and other events!” Well, one would almost draw that conclusion from the fact that over 30% of our PHP developers are interested in working at Ticketswap. Obviously, they are not alone. Front-end and other back-end developers were also very much into working at this cool company at the Rokin in Amsterdam.
10. Knowble
Knowble is learning its users new languages by sending them news articles that they actually want to read. Pretty cool, right? Well, they are hiring backend and front developers now! You’re not the only one that is interested though, so be quick…
11. Ace & Tate
You might not expect Ace & Tate to have such a high position in this developer focused list and they are currently focusing on more performance marketing related jobs, but they used to hire quite some front-end and back-end developers. Having a beautiful office, an awesome consumer brand and a lot of growth potential, one could see why they are an attractive company to work for.
12. Crobox
This hot girl on the dance floor is popular for all profiles on Cocoon. Is it the challenge of working on their complex persuasion profiling technology or just their cool office? We noticed that more than 25% of all senior Software Engineers were very interested in their jobs, thumbs up!
13. Q42
Q42 is the highest ranked agency of the 19 that in our database and WOW, they have shipped some seriously cool products last years. While the average C# developer is only interested in 12,8% of all roles, Q42 is able to attract the astonishing high number of 20% of them.
14. Picnic
Our friends from Picnic are fully focused on building a team of exceptional engineers — true innovators and disruptors that look for the very best developers that make the difference! And our data is showing that they have all the right to raise the bar for you! More than 1 out of 3 of all Java developers in the country are queuing up to join their team, hungry to build the future of retail from their beautiful cannel-facing office.
15. Owlin
Owlin is yet another Rockstart Alumni in the list that’s shifted from a small startup into a successful company. Their amazing product is helping their corporate clients to turn global news sources into actionable data and insights.
16. Startup Studio Nescio
Startup Studio Nescio? Yes! This is the company behind Journa, Nouncy and Smart.pr. This smart founding team is building more and more products in their cool office at the Rokin in the city center of Amsterdam. We noticed AngularJS and Javascript developers are really into this company. Join them know and maybe you’ll be working on one of their new products…
17. ViriCiti
Almost 30% of the Node.js skilled engineers in our talent pool can’t wait to start working at this company that’s developing a monitoring system for electric buses and trucks. We love them for developing something completely different than most companies in this list and apparently it’s working; they are claiming to decrease downtime with 10% and increasing the vehicles range with 25%. Pretty cool right?
18. Wakoopa
Wakoopa was the #12 on our list of popular companies for all types of online talent, but apparently developers are also really into this company that’s been acquired by Netquest (which has on its turn been acquired by GfK) a couple of years ago. Whereas RoR developers are interested in only 14,8% of all relevant jobs on Cocoon, more than 25% of them are saying yes to Wakoopa!
19. PR.co
Both Python developers and Machine Learning experts have been expressing massive interest in this cool company that just raised a €400K seed round. Maybe it’s because they are so actively participating in the local ecosystem or maybe they just have an amazing product to work on, but they are doing the right thing!
20. The Cirqle
Having more than 9000 influencers in their database worldwide, The Cirqle truly mastered data driven influencer marketing for big brands and agencies. We noticed that especially Data Scientists are really digging their jobs. Why you should apply to one of their 5 openings in the engineering department you ask? Well, because there is so much left to build!
21. Blendle
There they are!! A list of popular companies for developers without Blendle would probably not be trusted by you…there amazing employer branding is not solely derived from their famous founder, but is rightfully earned by playing such a key role in the Dutch ecosystem. The Blendle folks are hosting so many meetups and are actively engaging in the talented Young Creators community.
22. Wercker
Let’s give the Wercker team another round of applause for recently being acquired by Oracle!! The million dollar question is, will Oracle be on next year’s list of 30 popular companies for developers…
23. Bloomon
Bloomon is doing an amazing job with their branding and online marketing strategy! Have you ever thought about the technical implications of building your own distribution network and hosting a subscription based e-commerce platform? Well, this challenge for sure is attracting heaps of developers to their Amsterdam office.
24. Harver
“A resume is only useful as toilet paper.” Well, we can only love Harver for this. They have cool clients like Zappos and Booking.com and have opened a new office in New York last summer. We could see why people are so interested to work at Harver. It turns out that especially product owners are very interested to work here.
25. InSided
This cool company has been attracting lots of Javascript developers from the Cocoon talent pool in the first months of this year. We are not surprised at all! They have been hiring tens of people last months and are opening an office in NYC now! We also love their huge Amsterdam office at the canals!
26. Cupenya
Are you totally into ReactJS or Scala? Then you probably like to work at this Rockstart Alumni! More than 21% of your peers in our talent pool have expressed interest in the jobs at Cupenya.
27. Endouble
Endouble is working hard to fix the world of recruitment by optimising career platforms of big organisations in a data driven way. They are measuring and analysing what path a potential candidate takes before he or she is actually hired.
28. Usabilla
Our friends at the Rokin; they probably have the most beautiful office in Amsterdam and they just keep opening new offices all over the world. And of course, they get a massive load of developers who like to work at this rocketship.
29. PastBook
An Amsterdam based company with an Italian blend. Their office is located next to a lot of the Amsterdam bars and clubs, so you can easily code in the evening and drink at night! They are ‘secretly’ growing like weed and are currently looking for Full Stack Developers. Join them now to be part of an amazing journey…
30. Publitas
Do you love to work with the brightest scientists and do you hate office politics? Apparently many Front-end and Full Stack Developers do according to our data! Publitas also understands being part of the local tech community is beneficial for their employer brand.
Do you want to compete with these cool tech companies and do you want to start hiring on Cocoon as well? Check out our website for more information or contact me personally at martijn@cocoonapp.co.
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This list is compiled of data of more than 400 companies that received a total of 700,000 likes and dislikes on Cocoon. We have neglected companies that received less than 100 interactions in order to not trick you as a reader with some outliers based on little data. The popularity score is calculated as a simple percentage of the likes vs the total interactions on that company’s profile.
We’ll soon share some more data about the correlation between job or company variables and their popularity, which moments in the week are showing a peak in people looking for a new job and on the difference between people with different backgrounds with respect to how selective they are when applying for a new job.
