Work at Hubs

The story of Hubs

We’re changing the face of traditional manufacturing with automation. We believe a distributed model of manufacturing can make the world a more efficient, sustainable, and adaptable place.

With over 6 million parts manufactured through our network, we’re empowering engineers to innovate faster to design and build revolutionary products. Learn how our platform works

Our cultural values

When we founded Hubs our Culture was there from day 1. Over the years it has grown with us. Culture is a living thing which is always evolving, we’ve done our best to capture it here:

We are all pragmatic makers

We’re on a mission to change how we make things, in order to understand our customers we have to be our customer. This means we value people who make, hack, create, write and invent new things. We couple that maker spirit with a healthy dose of pragmatism, that means we prefer to move quickly than to debate for hours.

Our processes allow us to move faster

We value results over process any day of the week, but that doesn’t mean Hubs is some Silicon Valley Start-up Anarchy. We have incorporated processes and traditions that have proven to be effective in the past. For every process we’ll ask ourselves, does this allow us to be smarter or move faster? If it doesn’t we’ll get rid of it.

We own our projects till they’re done

We’re not crazy about corporate politics and hierarchy at Hubs, we like to keep things simple and flat. In practice that means everyone who works at Hubs gets ownership of one or more projects or domains. That means you’ll have both freedom within and accountability for your project, and no one but you is responsible for getting the project to the finish line.

We create the winning user experience

Our founders both had a product design background. From day 1 we have differentiated ourselves through design and user experience. Why? Because we believe the best user experience eventually wins the industry. In practice this means we work with multidisciplinary teams to address the customers needs, while taking into account all aspects of the product.

We’re all students and teachers

Our industry is one of rapid change and cutting edge innovation, every week the playing field changes. We keep each other up to date with developments by teaching and sharing knowledge. Don’t be surprised to see an intern teaching our founders how to use the latest 3D Modeling software. If you join Hubs we’ll expect the same from you, share your knowledge and absorb everyone else’s.

Be honest. Be humble

Above all else we care deeply about honesty, we move too quick to have time for office politics or hiding behind excuses. Failures are just stepping stones to success, so we embrace them and talk openly about them. Hubs is a competitive company in a competitive industry, this results in a pressure to perform. We embrace this and support each other to do our best work possible by being our most humble selves.

We are all pragmatic makers

We own our projects till they’re done

We’re all students and teachers

Our processes allow us to move faster

We create the winning user experience

Be honest. Be humble

Awesome perks

Photo with a view out the front windows of the Hubs Amsterdam office of a restaurant boat

Awesome office space in Amsterdam

Based in up and coming Amsterdam Houthavens enjoy our beautiful open plan office with cool hangout areas and outdoor spaces

Hubs employees from different nationalities having drinks together

40+ nationalities

Mix with colleagues from 40+ different nationalities. We’ve got colleagues from Columbia to China to New Zealand.

Vacation photo of the leaning tower of Pisa

25 days paid leave + national holidays

Enjoy long weekends or extended getaways with paid holidays

Various meals our in-house chefs have made, including roasted potatoes, chicken and sausages

In-house chef with free lunch with 50% vegetarian days

Free hot lunch and snacks everyday made by our talented chef Miguel

Hubs team members dancing together on our presentation stage

Monthly team events

Every month we like to celebrate together - rooftop views with high swings, trampolining, climbing and laser tag. One Friday a month we have an epic night together somewhere in Amsterdam - compliments of Hubs.

Yearly team trip

Join the whole Hubs team from across the globe for a 3 day retreat somewhere in Europe. In previous years we’ve been skiing, hiking, on a yacht and to a chateau

Imate of our Design for Manufacturing tool, with the banana shown for scale next to the part, which was invented during one of our innovation sprints

Innovation sprints

Every quarter we spend 2.5 days working on projects that we otherwise wouldn’t have time for - past projects have included our infamous Banana-for-Scale, planting trees for employee’s birthdays or an internal search tool

Our selection of 3D printing machines in our makerspace in the Amsterdam office

In-house 3D printing lab

Our very own makerspace inside our office in Amsterdam with all you can 3D print

A group of Hubs developers attending a presentation

Knowledge sharing sessions

We believe that we’re all students and teachers so we host knowledge sharing sessions and weekly’s project demos on a variety of topics, from manufacturing technologies and python coding to productivity and innovation.

Hubs team members watching a presentation

Learning & development budget with paid leave

Use your budget and paid leave to attend seminars, conferences or learn a new skill

The 3D Pubs sign above our office alcohol selection at our in-house bar

Friday drinks at our in-house bar

Each Friday we all have a drink and socialise together

Gym membership

Stay fit with a contribution to your gym membership through GymPass

A Hubs team member shaking paws with our head of security, Quentin the office dog

Office dogs

Hangout with our furry friends in the office to combat that afternoon slump

2 weeks paternity leave

Hubs Dads/Partners will receive 10 working days of parental leave to enjoy their little miracle (and smelly diapers) to the fullest

24 days paid leave + national holidays

Enjoy long weekends or extended getaways with paid holidays

Group of Hubs employees on a canal boat in Amsterdam under a bridge

2 weeks onboarding in Amsterdam

Travel to Amsterdam and enjoy the city for your onboarding

A group of Hubs employees in muddy climbing/spelunking gear

Yearly team trip to Europe

Join the whole Hubs team from across the globe for a 3 day retreat somewhere in Europe. In previous years we’ve been skiing, hiking, on a yacht and to a chateau