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You Are Not a Label

You are a person. With ideas, ambitions, and a way of thinking that no title can capture. At InitLabs, you work on meaningful projects, grow on your terms, and get treated like a human, not a resource.

The InitLabs Difference

Why Join InitLabs

We built InitLabs for people like you, professionals who want more than a placement. Here is what that looks like in practice.

You are not junior, medior, or senior. You are you. We assess your real capabilities, not whatever title your last employer made up.

Know exactly what you earn. We are open about our margins, our fees, and where every euro goes. No hidden costs, no surprises.

Remote, hybrid, or on-site. Full-time or project-based. You choose how you work best. We find engagements that match your life, not the other way around.

We invest in your development with training and certification support. After a strong engagement, you can join the client directly. No lock-in, ever.

Work on challenges that push boundaries, not maintenance tickets. We connect you with companies building the future, not patching the past.

A team of four founders who actually have your back. Not a recruiter who disappears after placement. We stay involved because we genuinely care.

Our Manifesto

What We Look For

We do not have a checklist of requirements. We look for a mindset.

Curiosity over credentials

You chase understanding, not certificates. You learn because you want to, not because HR scheduled it.

Portfolio over resume

Show us what you have built, broken, and rebuilt. A GitHub profile tells us more than a list of job titles ever could.

Problem-solving over process-following

You think in solutions, not procedures. When the playbook does not cover it, you write a new one.

Initiative over instruction

You do not wait to be told what to do. You see what needs doing and you do it, then tell the team what you found.

Open Opportunities

Current Focus Areas

These are the domains where we are actively connecting pioneers with projects right now.

Full-stack engineers, frontend specialists, backend architects, and mobile developers who care about craft and ownership.

ML engineers, data engineers, and AI researchers who turn complexity into production-grade solutions, not just impressive demos.

Infrastructure thinkers who design resilient systems, automate intelligently, and treat reliability as a craft, not a checkbox.

Technical leaders who unblock teams, align stakeholders, and get results. Not clipboard carriers, but real operators.

From a Pioneer
I spent years being labelled "senior" and getting matched to projects that had nothing to do with what I actually care about. InitLabs was the first agency that asked me what I wanted to build, not what box I fit in. Three months into my current project, I finally feel like I am doing work that matters. And I know exactly what they earn on me. That transparency changed everything.
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David Mensink
Platform Engineer · Placed via InitLabs at a fintech scale-up
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