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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - **Company:** Earthkeep Farmcommon - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €10,417.0 - €14,583.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Information Technology - **Published:** August 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://nl.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d348bba5e1185eef ## About the Role * Senior technical leadership experience in data centers, energy infrastructure, or industrial/process engineering - ideally with exposure to both power/cooling systems and a second, unrelated technical domain (agriculture, process heat, or similar), reflecting the hybrid nature of the role. * Credentials: strong education in engineering, computer science, or related fields * Comfort operating as a technical generalist and translator at an early-stage company, not just a specialist in one system. * Experience working with or managing external engineering/construction partners on capital projects. * Genuine interest in sustainability-driven infrastructure design, not just conventional data center delivery. * Based in or willing to relocate to Amsterdam. ## Description This is a job for someone who wants their engineering decisions to move the needle on climate, not just optimize uptime. Earthkeep's CTO owns the technical architecture that makes the "data center + farm" model actually work - the systems, standards, and engineering judgment that turn a resource-sharing concept into a facility that a hyperscale or AI-compute tenant will sign a lease for, and that a greenhouse operator can actually run on the heat and CO2 it produces. What you'll do * Define Earthkeep's technical playbook for colocating data center and controlled-environment-agriculture infrastructure: power delivery, cooling, heat recovery, and CO2 capture/distribution. * Act as Earthkeep's technical counterpart to specialized delivery partners (CHP engineering firms, data center construction partners, tenant technical teams), setting standards and holding the line on what Earthkeep owns versus what it contracts out. * Lead technical diligence on prospective sites and technical due diligence from prospective tenants and investors. * Build the technical roadmap for replicating the model across future sites in the UK and US, turning site #1's lessons into a repeatable design. * Recruit and eventually lead a technical team as the company scales past its first flagship project. * Build a pipeline of future projects: build and feed the funnel; seek and solicit future sites, screen with investment committee, etc., * If you're shortlisted, we'll let you know within a week and set up a short video call - under an hour of your time. * We'll send you a hypothetical site's technical setup - power, cooling, and heat-recovery design. Use your expertise to flag what would and wouldn't work, and what you'd change. Under an hour of your time. Trust and empowerment once you're hired: * Join a team of optimists who believe technology can do right by people and the planet at the same time. * Flat leadership structure: the entire leadership team - CFO, CTO, CEO, and beyond - decides collectively on every project Earthkeep takes on, weighing the financial, ecological, and human impact together. ## Related Videos - [The Sustainability Race: AI's Promises, Pitfalls and Potential](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100155-the-sustainability-race-ai-s-promises-pitfalls-and-potential) - [Hidden efficiency - How to enable your non-engineers as a CTO](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1412-hidden-efficiency-how-to-enable-your-non-engineers-as-a-cto) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [How to build a sovereign European AI compute infrastructure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1102-how-to-build-a-sovereign-european-ai-compute-infrastructure) - [Building the Nervous System of AI - Michael Kagan (NVIDIA)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2133-building-the-nervous-system-of-ai-michael-kagan-nvidia) ## Related Articles - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [How to Find Tech Jobs in Amsterdam](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/279-how-to-find-tech-jobs-in-amsterdam) - [How to land a developer job in Amsterdam](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/36-how-to-land-a-developer-job-in-amsterdam) - [Best Companies in the Netherlands: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/193-best-companies-in-the-netherlands-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [The Best Tech Hubs in Europe: 5 Best Cities For Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/246-the-best-tech-hubs-in-europe-5-best-cities-for-software-engineers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence)