Real Outcomes. Real Impact.
Proven Impact.
Impact matters more than activity. When the right people join the right teams, things shift quickly: delivery accelerates, clarity improves and momentum increases. Here are some of the teams where that shift changed what was possible:
Challenge
We partnered with this early-stage AI company at inception, just as they were preparing for rapid growth. They needed to build a high-calibre engineering function from the ground up across multiple geographies, without compromising on quality.
Solution
MK Labs partnered with the founders from day one, acting as a core hiring partner through each stage of growth. Built the engineering organisation from the ground up, delivering senior ICs, engineering leadership, and AI specialists across Germany, the UK, and the US. Maintained a consistent hiring bar while scaling at pace.
Impact
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Scaled engineering from 5 → 50+ in 18 months
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Hires across Engineering, AI, Data, and Leadership
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Supported growth from seed stage to $43m Series B
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Enabled international expansion and significantly accelerated product delivery
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Supported the build of a platform now used by leading FTSE 100 organisations
Challenge
Experiencing major growth in the UK and required significant expansion of engineering capability. Following UK growth, secured major US contracts requiring a dedicated US based engineering team to deliver.
Solution
Operated under an exclusive partnership. Doubled engineering headcount in the UK to support rapid domestic growth. Subsequently built a US based engineering team aligned to delivery milestones.
Impact
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More than doubled UK engineering headcount.
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Enabled scalable delivery during rapid UK growth.
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Built US engineering capability to support major contract wins.
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Strengthened internal technical capability during a key commercial inflection point.
Challenge
Heavy reliance on consultancies and contractors. Needed to build internal digital engineering capability to support a business critical transformation programme.
Solution
Partnered directly with the CTO. Built a brand new internal digital engineering function from scratch, hiring Director of Engineering, Heads of Engineering, Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers and senior ICs.
Impact
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30+ hires delivered in 12 months.
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Reduced dependency on consultancies and external contractors.
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Embedded long term technical capability in house to deliver transformation sustainably.
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Supported delivery against critical D&I targets within engineering hiring.
Challenge
Required flexible engineering capacity to support fluctuating client demand across multiple programmes.
Solution
Delivered 20+ engineers across Full Stack, QA, Product and Data. Partnered closely to provide scalable, elastic engineering capability aligned to client demand.
Impact
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Maintained delivery continuity during periods of fluctuating demand.
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Enabled rapid scaling up and down without long term overhead.
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Supported consistent, high quality client delivery at scale.
Testimonials.
“They get our bar and move fast. We started working with MK Labs in 2024, Bluefish AI’s founding year, when we were still a small team and making our first external hires. Since then, they’ve helped us scale across the UK, Germany, and the US. Hiring senior engineering leaders and high impact IC engineers across AI and full stack. They move quickly, understand the bar we hire to, and consistently deliver strong talent. MK Labs have been a genuine partner throughout our growth.”
Andre Dunca
Co-Founder & CTO
"Our most trusted partner for building engineering teams at scale. MK Labs have been a key partner to Centrica as we’ve scaled our engineering organisation and brought several product and engineering squads back in house.
They supported us across multiple teams, helping hire engineering leaders and senior engineers during a period of significant growth. What stands out is their ability to understand the type of engineers we need, both technically and culturally, which means the candidates they introduce are consistently well aligned with our teams.
They’re responsive, easy to work with, and represent our organisation well in the market. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend MK Labs to any company looking to scale strong engineering teams."
Nicholas Buckley
Director of Product & Engineering
"Our most successful recruiting partner. MK Labs have been a key partner for us at Hyperbound as we’ve grown. They are the MOST successful recruiter out of all the contingency options we have worked with by over 2x. They’ve primarily supported us across engineering hires, and the calibre of talent they bring is consistently high. They’ve played a big part in helping us attract top engineers as we scale.
They also helped us fill a Product Designer role we’d struggled with for a long time, after we’d already interviewed a huge number of applicants. Communication is always sharp, and their advice on the market has been genuinely valuable throughout. They’ll continue to be a key partner for us as we scale!"
Atul Raghunathan
Co-Founder & CTO
“They consistently delivered against a very high hiring bar.
MK played a key role in scaling our engineering organisation during a major period of growth, helping us more than double the size of the team. They consistently delivered proven engineers & leaders, while also making a real impact on our diversity goals."
Harriet Cresswell
Talent Acquisition Lead