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Code Labs

Build wider engineering judgment without disappearing into a giant consultancy.

Code Labs is a Swedish consultancy for engineers who want more than one long stay in the same environment. The work is grounded in platform engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, reliability, internal tooling, and modern delivery work that matters in production.

Work shape

Platform, cloud, delivery, and tooling work close to production.

Career upside

More environments means stronger pattern recognition and broader technical judgment.

Company feel

A small team with support, continuity, and real life between assignments.

Close support, wide exposure
Code Labs team gathering together

Life between assignments

Conferences, dinners, meetups, and shared momentum are part of what makes the company feel human instead of transactional.

Why people join

To keep seeing new systems, new teams, and new ways of working without losing the feeling of belonging somewhere.

The point is not change for its own sake. It is compounding real engineering judgment faster.

Typical exposure

The kinds of engineering work people usually come here for, not consulting theatre or abstract advisory work.

Platform engineeringAI deliveryDeveloper toolingCloud operationsTeam scaling

What you could actually work on

What this can look like in practice.

These are the kinds of assignments and technical situations Code Labs already works in.

Code Labs team at KubeCon Europe

Exposure in practice

The value is not variety for its own sake. It is seeing more real systems, delivery habits, and engineering constraints while still belonging to one team.

Code Labs team member at KubeCon
Code Labs team in a social activity together

The point

Different domains sharpen technical judgment faster than staying too long in one internal setup.

ClientsPlatformsTeams
01

Modernizing delivery in established organizations

Helping teams move from fragile manual flows to smoother, more repeatable delivery through CI/CD, automation, testing, code quality work, and better internal foundations.

CI/CDPipelinesTesting automation
02

Platform and cloud engineering with real operational stakes

Building or improving the cloud and Kubernetes foundations that products, internal platforms, and developer teams rely on every day.

AzureGCPKubernetes
03

Developer tooling and internal tools that make teams faster

Working close to build systems, workflow tooling, APIs, integrations, and developer experience in places where engineering leverage really matters.

Build systemsInternal toolsIntegrations
04

Selective product, frontend, and AI-adjacent delivery

Contributing in modern web and product contexts, plus enterprise AI rollout and automation work where new capabilities have to fit into real teams.

React / Next.jsFull-stackAI rollout

Where we have worked

Across gaming, retail, media, e-commerce, and larger engineering organizations.

Code Labs has worked in environments where build pipelines, cloud platforms, observability, modernization, and internal engineering all matter in practice.

Trusted in real delivery environments

Code Labs has worked in product and platform environments where cloud operations, delivery pipelines, modernization, internal tooling, and reliability all matter in day-to-day engineering.

Mojang logoDICE logoPricer logoPriceRunner logoTUI logoNetEnt logoKlarna logoSVT logoICA logo

Why consulting

A strong consulting path can make you broader without making you shallow.

Staying too long in one product environment can narrow your exposure while technology and practices keep evolving elsewhere. Consulting gives you more teams, more tools, and more ways of working to learn from.

Why it adds up

You are not only changing clients.
You are compounding engineering experience faster.

The difference is exposure: different architectures, different delivery models, different expectations, and different technical constraints. That tends to make people more adaptable and more capable over time.

01

Broader exposure builds better engineers

At one product company, you can spend years in the same stack, architecture, and decision culture. Consulting gives you exposure to more teams, more tools, and more ways of working.

02

Breadth makes you more adaptable

Working across multiple domains helps you recognize patterns faster, adapt with less friction, and build a career that is stronger than any single internal context.

Environments

Different domains, different engineering situations, different ways to grow.

It is not just a list of logos. It is the kind of range that changes how quickly someone learns and how adaptable they become.

Gaming and developer enablement

Work in gaming environments has included build systems, tooling, CI/CD, and helping developers across the organization work more effectively day to day.

MojangDICEBuild systemsDeveloper tooling

Retail, e-commerce, and SaaS platforms

We have experience in environments where delivery speed, cloud operations, platform maturity, and reliable automation matter across busy product organizations.

PricerAdlibrisPriceRunnerTopgolf

Enterprise platform engineering

Some assignments sit deep in internal platform work: pipelines, worker node optimization, infrastructure as code, automation around testing and quality, and Azure-based delivery environments.

Tele2 / TDCNetEntAzureKubernetes

Media and larger public systems

The team also brings experience from larger organizations and critical environments where reliability, observability, and modernization work need to hold up in practice.

SVTICAReliabilityObservability

Product and web contexts

Alongside the main platform focus, we also have experience from product and full-stack environments where frontend architecture and implementation matter to the overall delivery.

FinflowNordiska GallerietTupiReact / Next.js

Selected work

A few good examples of the kind of work we get close to.

Not full case studies. Just enough to make the work feel real.

Gaming

Build systems, CI/CD, and developer support in gaming environments

Context: In gaming-related environments such as Mojang and DICE, the work has included maintaining build systems and tools while acting close to CI/CD stakeholders across the organization.

Challenge: These are environments where developer productivity and delivery reliability matter at scale, and where internal engineering work has direct impact on many teams.

Code Labs helped with: Code Labs contributed through build tooling, CI/CD thinking, and practical developer enablement rather than staying at the edge of the engineering work.

What it means if you join: Future hires can recognize the kind of work that improves other engineers' everyday experience, not just the product in front of the user.

Platform

Cloud, Kubernetes, and automation in retail-tech and product-heavy companies

Context: Across companies such as Pricer, Adlibris, PriceRunner, TUI, NetEnt, and Topgolf, the team has worked in platform and DevOps-heavy delivery environments.

Challenge: The recurring challenge is to help teams move faster with better infrastructure foundations, clearer automation, and more dependable delivery pipelines.

Code Labs helped with: That includes cloud-native setups, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, migration work, and the operational pieces that keep modern platforms healthy.

What it means if you join: For future hires, this means exposure to real platform engineering rather than slideware or advisory work detached from implementation.

Internal platforms

Delivery acceleration inside internal engineering teams

Context: Some assignments sit inside internal platform teams working on CI/CD, pipelines, worker node optimization, Docker, Kubernetes, test automation, and code-quality tooling.

Challenge: The goal is usually to reduce friction for product teams, improve reliability, and create a more scalable delivery setup across the organization.

Code Labs helped with: Code Labs contributes hands-on engineering: building the tooling, tuning the workflows, and improving how engineering organizations ship software.

What it means if you join: This is attractive for engineers who enjoy making whole organizations better, not only delivering isolated features.

AI rollout

Enterprise AI adoption grounded in real operations

Context: The team also works with AI rollout, automation, and agentic workflows inside larger organizations where new capabilities have to fit existing setups and delivery realities.

Challenge: The challenge is not only model capability, but governance, integration, developer workflows, and making AI useful inside real engineering environments.

Code Labs helped with: Code Labs brings a practical approach to rollout, tooling, and automation instead of treating AI as a disconnected innovation exercise.

What it means if you join: For new hires, it is a chance to work on modern problems without losing the engineering discipline that production environments require.

Internal initiative

Hackathon-born ideas that turn into real projects

Context: Internal or semi-internal initiatives such as Mealplan / Finflow show that Code Labs also makes room for experimentation, hackathon energy, and building ideas beyond client work.

Challenge: These projects require the same fundamentals as client delivery: web and mobile thinking, auth, testing, and a willingness to explore new ideas quickly.

Code Labs helped with: They show that internal momentum is real, and that curiosity has a place alongside client work.

What it means if you join: Future hires can expect room for certifications, upskilling, internal initiatives, and hands-on learning outside the narrowest interpretation of billable work.

How we work

A consultancy that still feels like a company.

The work matters, and the company around it should matter too.

Code Labs team members together at KubeCon Europe

What support looks like

Senior people close by, problems surfaced early, and a company that still feels like a real team between assignments.

In practice

  • Onboarding and introductions instead of “figure it out”.
  • Assignment goals and learning goals discussed openly.
  • A small-company culture where people know each other.
Code Labs team social moment together

Why it works

The consulting part gives breadth. The company part gives continuity, support, and people who stay connected between projects.

01

Hands-on

Code Labs is for engineers who want to build, modernize, automate, and improve real things rather than stay at the PowerPoint layer.

02

Small-company closeness

The company is small enough to feel human. People know each other, support each other, and contribute to the company beyond a single assignment.

03

Low-ego competence

You can learn from senior colleagues, share problems early, and work in teams where practical competence matters more than performance.

04

Growth with structure

Onboarding, team introductions, career goals, assignment goals, education goals, internal projects, and meetups create a clearer path for development over time.

Life at Code Labs

Good work, good people, and a life around it.

Conference trips, recruiting lunches, activities, meals, meetups, and shared projects all help answer the same question: would it feel good to belong here?

Conference trips and meetups

Recent team activity includes KubeCon Europe 2026 and ongoing meetup energy, which signals a company that stays active in the wider technical community.

Recruiting lunches and employer-brand momentum

The company invests time in recruiting, outreach, and building a place people actually want to join.

Sports, dinners, and shared time together

There is room for activities, meals, internal ideas, and sports support without pretending that culture is a substitute for good work.

Code Labs at KubeCon Europe 2026
Code Labs team activity
Code Labs by Marre pickleball activity

Blog and Code Labs by

This is where you get a feel for the company between assignments.

You can see conference trips, monthly Code Labs by activities, team dinners, meetups, and the kind of shared energy that makes consulting here feel like belonging to an actual company.

Read the latest posts

What we offer

A setup built for the long run.

The offer is meant to support work, wellbeing, family life, learning, and flexibility.

Offer snapshot

Built for engineers who want both meaningful work and a life that holds together.

The offer is designed to feel sustainable over time: security, flexibility, learning support, and the kind of everyday structure that makes consulting viable for the long run.

Wellness

SEK 7,000

Annual wellness allowance together with support for sports and endurance goals outside work.

Study + conference

~SEK 20k

Conference and study budget for certifications, events, and the kind of learning that keeps your edge moving.

Edenred / Rikskortet

SEK 2,900

Food benefit support through Edenred so everyday work life feels a bit more supported, not just the headline perks.

Learning

Ongoing

Certifications, upskilling, internal projects, and shared learning stay part of how the company wants people to grow.

01

Security and flexibility

The package is designed to feel sustainable over time, not optimized around one narrow compensation story.

  • Pension setup with the possibility to increase pension through salary switching.
  • Healthcare insurance together with longer-term illness and income protection coverage.
  • Parental pay support after the qualifying period.
  • Optional benefit car or leasing setup depending on arrangement.
02

Everyday support

The basics around work, wellbeing, and daily life are treated as part of the offer rather than afterthoughts.

  • Budget for work tools such as computer and phone.
  • SEK 7,000 per year in wellness allowance.
  • Food benefit support through Edenred / Rikskuponger with employer subsidy.
  • Support for sports goals such as triathlon, marathon, Vasaloppet, and similar activities.
03

Growth that keeps moving

Learning is part of the job here, not something people have to squeeze in around it.

  • Support for certifications and deliberate upskilling.
  • Internal projects, demos, and shared initiatives that create room to build beyond client work.
  • A flexible compensation and benefits setup that can be structured with some room for the individual.

Contact

If you want broader engineering experience without losing team support, write to us.

Code Labs is for people who want more technical range, stronger growth, and a company that still feels human. If that sounds like what you are missing, reach out directly.

Reach out directly

[email protected]