Tech and innovation

What this sector is

Tech in this context covers the scale-up belt across Amsterdam, Delft, Eindhoven, and The Hague; deep-tech spin-outs from the Dutch technical universities; and the health-tech and medtech activity adjacent to organisations like AHF and the broader EU life-sciences ecosystem. The pace is different from the institutional side: growth-stage companies build engineering teams in weeks, not quarters, and the hiring window closes fast when the right person is on the market. Octagon's client-side work on these companies is described on /solutions/technology-scale-ups.

Who we place here

Full-stack and back-end engineers; ML and AI engineers; DevOps, SRE, and platform specialists; data engineers and analysts; product managers in fast-growth teams; and C-level commercial hires for growth-stage companies. On the health-tech side, clinical-adjacent engineers and regulatory specialists familiar with EU MDR and IVDR. Many placements go to internationally mobile candidates who need to move quickly into a new market.

• Scale-up and growth-stage engineering teams (Amsterdam, Delft, Eindhoven, The Hague)
• Deep-tech research spin-outs from Dutch technical universities
• Health-tech and medtech work alongside AHF and peer organisations
• Past and current clients include Swisscom, WHILL, Soliton Systems, and MOL Logistics

How Octagon supports you

Speed-to-hire matters here, so we run the employment setup on short timelines: Dutch or UK employment contract through our Employer of Record, 30% ruling filed for qualifying inbound senior engineers, and IND Highly Skilled Migrant sponsorship for non-EU candidates. Octagon coordinates the relocation workflow — housing introductions, banking introductions, school shortlists for candidates with families — and walks you through the BSN and DigiD steps you complete with the Dutch authorities yourself. The employer usually needs you on site in weeks rather than months, and the workflow is set up to support that timeline. One named Octagon contact runs the full engagement, including past clients such as Swisscom, WHILL, Soliton Systems, MOL Logistics, and AHF.