Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Healthcare & Life Sciences

WEBSITE

http://www.kalialab.de/

About the company

Kalia Lab is a German clinic brand focused on “Skin Longevity”, combining aesthetic medicine with a medical, evidence-based approach and a digitally supported patient journey. Kalia Lab was founded in 2021 and has expanded from an initial Hamburg location to additional clinics in Berlin and Düsseldorf, with further locations described as planned. Kalia Lab markets a standardized “Kalia Medical Concept” and runs internal training through a “Kalia Academy” alongside clinic operations. Kalia Lab has also raised external funding (a €3.9m seed round was publicly announced by an investor).

Locations and presence

Kalia Lab operates clinics in Hamburg, Berlin, and Düsseldorf, plus a Berlin HQ address listed on the job board. Hiring is mainly Germany-based and split by clinic location and HQ roles.

Palpable Score

62.8

/ 100

Kalia Lab is more early-career friendly than most clinic operators because the company posts internships, working-student roles, and “Junior” roles alongside operational clinic hiring. The main ceiling is pay transparency and outcomes: salary ranges are not shown in the roles reviewed, and there is limited public evidence about junior retention and promotions.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company lists early-career routes on the jobs page, including “Praktikum” roles and a “Werkstudent/in Front Desk Manager” track.
Kalia Lab advertises junior-titled roles like “Junior Project Manager/in”, which is a clearer 0–3 year entry point than most healthcare employers publish.
The company’s clinic roles (for example reception and medical assistant roles) are more experience-led, so entry-level access exists but is not broad across every function.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.7

/ 20

The company publishes a staged hiring flow for clinic roles, including a short intro call, an on-site hospitation day, and a final conversation.
Kalia Lab states that any case study is optional and role-dependent, which reduces the risk of open-ended unpaid work.
The company does not publish salary ranges in the role descriptions reviewed, which limits transparency at the decision point for graduates.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.7

/ 20

The company describes “structured onboarding” with internal training and close exchange with the medical team.
Kalia Lab positions ongoing development through the “Kalia Academy”, with regular internal training on medical standards, new treatment methods, and soft skills.
The company offers internships framed around active mentoring and hands-on exposure, including a Founder Associate internship explicitly offering mentoring from experienced entrepreneurs and a path to full-time conversion.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

9.7

/ 20

The company advertises stability perks that matter in clinic work, such as regulated hours with no night or public-holiday shifts for front-desk roles.
Kalia Lab leans on broad pay language like “performance-based pay” and “competitive compensation” without publishing ranges.
The company adds practical benefits like staff discounts across treatments and products, but benefit detail is not consolidated into a clear compensation package for early-career candidates.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

8.7

/ 20

The company explicitly offers internship-to-full-time conversion on at least one internship listing, which is a concrete early-career outcome lever when it is used consistently.
Kalia Lab has expanded to multiple cities since founding (Hamburg to Berlin and Düsseldorf), which suggests growing internal demand, but public evidence of junior promotions and retention is still missing.
The company’s LinkedIn profile shows a visible employee base (dozens of listed employees), but public progression patterns for early-career hires are not clearly documented.