Ingenious Minds

Ingenious Minds is a cloud and infrastructure-focused recruitment practice led by Hans Bolten, serving technology startups and scale-ups seeking to build exceptional engineering teams. Based in Amsterdam, the company specialises in cloud solutions, networking infrastructure and DevOps engineering roles, working with laser focus on culture-fit and human-centred recruiting. Bolten brings nearly 20 years of recruitment experience in the technology sector, having completed 250+ placements across 50+ clients and developed a deep specialist network in cloud and infrastructure domains.

The company focuses on finding cloud engineers, platform engineers, DevOps engineers and other infrastructure professionals who drive organisational progress. Ingenious Minds matches talent with conviction, taking time to understand role requirements through targeted questioning and personal outreach. Rather than rapid CV screening, the practice emphasises genuine candidate knowledge, identifying professionals who fit both skill and cultural requirements. With experience spanning nearly two decades in tech recruitment, Bolten applies specialist knowledge across cloud architecture, security and automation, networking infrastructure and platform engineering, ensuring candidates possess both technical depth and strategic thinking.

Ingenious Minds operates as a dedicated headhunter and strategic partner for technology organisations, rejecting arbitrary targets and fast-turnover models. The practice invests in long-term placements and candidate success, leveraging an extensive Google Maps-like knowledge map of available talent. By combining deep sector expertise, personal integrity and operational excellence, Ingenious Minds delivers recruitment solutions that benefit startups and scale-ups seeking talented infrastructure professionals ready to make genuine business impact.