Top Companies Hiring for Sales Jobs in Amsterdam (Oct 2026)

You're hunting for a sales role in Amsterdam and you want to know who's actually hiring, not who claims to be. Here's the picture as of 14 October 2026: there are 15 open sales jobs in Amsterdam on the JobRise live feed, and 13 of those went up in the last 30 days. Only 2 landed in the last week, so the market is moving, just not at sprint speed.

One thing jumps out straight away. This is a full-time market. All 15 listings are full-time, and zero of them look like intern, graduate, junior or trainee roles. If you're fresh out of university, you're competing for the same seats as people with two years of closing experience, so your pitch has to be sharp.

The companies hiring right now#

Five companies carry all 15 listings. The split is lopsided in a way you should plan around.

Datadog has 11 open roles. Eleven of fifteen. That's not a hiring spree you can ignore, it's the centre of gravity for sales hiring in this city right now. The titles show a spread: Sales Development Representative (Benelux), Sales Development Representative (Israel), Enterprise Account Executive, Commercial Account Executive (DACH), Enterprise Sales Engineer - Netherlands, and Commercial Sales Engineer (Spanish-Speaking). They're hiring across regions and across the SDR, AE and sales engineering tracks.

Then four companies have one listing each. Laka has "Customer Success Specialist German and English Speaking". Stranger Soccer has "License Owner, Amsterdam". Mongodb has "Enterprise Account Executive". Langchain has one open role too. Four singles against one eleven. If you only apply to one employer this month, the maths points at Datadog, but that's also where you'll face the most applicants.

A note on the names: some of these listings sit with recruiters or staffing firms rather than the end employer, so read each posting carefully before you assume who signs your contract. And no listing in this slice shows a salary. Not one. Budget for a pay conversation early rather than at offer stage.

Amsterdam against the rest of the Netherlands#

Amsterdam holds 15 of the 26 sales listings in the whole country. That's the majority of Dutch sales hiring sitting in one city, which is good news if you live here and bad news if you were hoping for a quieter regional market.

Zoom out and Amsterdam has 72 open listings across every category. Sales is 15 of those 72. So sales is a real slice of the city's hiring, but it's not the whole story, and plenty of commercial talent is being pulled into other functions.

For the country-level view, the JobRise Hiring Report covers open listings across the Netherlands. Numbers move weekly, so treat any figure you find there as a snapshot like this one.

How to target each type of employer#

Datadog posts regional roles, so your CV needs to speak to a territory, not just to "sales". If you're going for the Benelux SDR seat, put Dutch and any second language on the top line, and name the market you know. For the DACH or Spanish-Speaking roles, language is the gate. Lead with it.

Mongodb's Enterprise Account Executive title tells you the deal size and the pace. Enterprise means long cycles, multiple stakeholders, and a forecast your manager actually trusts. Your examples should show multi-threaded deals, not volume dialling.

Laka's role is Customer Success, German and English. That's retention and expansion work, not hunting. If you want it, talk about renewals, churn you stopped, and accounts you grew. Don't hand them a cold-calling story.

Stranger Soccer's "License Owner, Amsterdam" reads like an ownership or operator-style role rather than a classic quota-carrying seat. Ask what the license model means before you picture the job. Titles like that hide big differences in pay and risk.

Langchain's single listing is the wildcard. Small footprint in this slice, so a direct approach to the hiring manager will travel further than it would at a company with 11 open roles.

Referral and outreach scripts#

Referrals beat cold applications. Use them.

For a referral into Datadog:

"Hi [Name], hope you're good. I'm applying for the Sales Development Representative (Benelux) role at Datadog and I'd rather come in warm than through the portal. You've been there [X months], so one question: is the team hiring more on language fit or on SaaS prospecting experience? If my background looks half right, would you be willing to pass my CV along? No stress either way, and happy to return the favour."

For cold outreach to a hiring manager:

"Hi [Name], saw the Enterprise Account Executive opening and had to reach out. In my last role I carried [€X] in new business across [region], working six to nine month cycles with buying committees of five plus. Two things stood out in your posting: [specific requirement], and [second requirement]. I've done both. Worth a 15 minute call this week? I'll bring one pipeline review from last quarter so you can see how I work."

Keep it short. Hiring managers skim on a phone between meetings.

Your 7-step plan#

1. Pull the live list and sort by company. Start with the 11 Datadog roles, then the four singles at Laka, Stranger Soccer, Mongodb and Langchain.
2. Read every title twice. Territory and language in the title are hard requirements, not nice-to-haves.
3. Run each employer through the free company insights tool so you walk in knowing what they do and where they're growing.
4. Rewrite your CV bullet for the specific seat. More on that below.
5. Find two people at each target company and ask for a referral using the script above.
6. Send the hiring manager note within 24 hours of applying. Timing beats polish.
7. Track everything in a spreadsheet: company, role, date applied, contact, next step. Fifteen listings is small enough to manage by hand.

A worked example: one bullet, rewritten

Weak:

"Responsible for sales activities in the Benelux region and hitting targets."

Stronger:

"Carried a €420k new-business target across Benelux, closed 11 deals in 2025 at an average of €38k, and built the Dutch outbound sequence that now feeds 30% of the team's pipeline."

Same job. One shows a job description, the other shows a person who knows their numbers. Numbers in your bullets are what the recruiter skims for in about six seconds.

FAQ#

How many sales jobs are open in Amsterdam right now?

As of 14 October 2026, the JobRise live feed shows 15 open sales listings in Amsterdam, with 13 posted in the last 30 days and 2 in the last 7. That's a snapshot of listings on one feed, not a market survey.

Which company has the most sales openings in Amsterdam?

Datadog has 11 of the 15 open listings in this slice. Laka, Stranger Soccer, Mongodb and Langchain have one each.

Are there entry-level sales roles in Amsterdam?

None of the 15 listings in this snapshot look like intern, graduate, junior or trainee roles. If you're early career, aim for the SDR titles and get a referral, because your CV will be stacked against experienced applicants.

Do these sales jobs in Amsterdam list salary information?

No. Zero of the 15 listings show a salary. Reported pay for sales roles in the Netherlands varies a lot by base plus commission structure, so ask about the split early and check the employer's own careers page for current figures.

Should I apply to all 15 openings at once?

No. Fifteen listings is small enough to target properly, so pick the four or five that match your language and territory, and go deep with referrals and tailored bullets on those instead of firing off generic applications.