MLabs

MLabs is a recruitment firm headquartered in London that helps technical founders and CTOs hire engineers in AI, blockchain and advanced engineering. Its clients include AI startups, blockchain and protocol teams, Rust and distributed systems companies, data infrastructure and security teams, and high-growth SaaS businesses with complex backends.

The roles it recruits for include machine learning, LLM infrastructure, applied AI and AI research engineers, data scientists, staff backend and distributed systems engineers, security and authentication specialists, data engineers, and blockchain protocol, Rust, smart contract and zero-knowledge engineers.

Every candidate submission comes with a Tech Report, an assessment generated from the job description that includes project-based tasks and ID, location and cheat detection. Its process covers refining the role with the client, sourcing from open-source contributions and technical communities, structured technical screening, and support with offers and closing. It says it delivers a first shortlist within 2 to 7 days of role kickoff, and it reports success across the UK, Europe, Asia and the US.