Verda

Verda is building a scalable training program for its data centre technicians across multiple sites. You will own onboarding, competency frameworks, and the documentation behind training and safety, ensuring consistency across the footprint. You will develop a full curriculum covering hardware handling, cabling, networking, cooling, and electrical safety; track certifications; run hands-on and classroom sessions; and maintain up-to-date SOPs and runbooks in collaboration with Operations,

At Verda, we're building a fully featured European AI cloud, covering everything needed to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale. We are a full-stack AI infrastructure company, meaning we design, operate, and optimize the compute powering modern AI workloads across training and inference. Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy, helping build a more sustainable AI ecosystem. Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished. About the role You will own how Verda's data center technicians learn their craft: onboarding, training, and the documentation behind both, across every site. As we grow, you make sure that a technician anywhere in our footprint is trained to the same standard, qualified for the work in front of them, and working from documentation that is actually current. What You'll Do Build the onboarding program that takes a new technician from their first day to independently productive, and the competency framework that defines what "qualified" means for each task they perform Develop and maintain the training curriculum across the full range of work our technicians do - IT hardware handling and rack and stack, structured cabling and patching, network operations, liquid cooling handling, and low voltage electrical safety - alongside the site specific procedures each location requires Make sure technicians hold the certifications and safety qualifications their work demands, tracking currency and renewals so nothing lapses unnoticed Run both hands on and classroom training, then measure whether it stuck through assessments and sign offs rather than attendance sheets Own the documentation loop: keep SOPs, runbooks, and training materials accurate and versioned as hardware and procedures evolve, partnering with Operations, Hardware, Networking, Safety, and Architecture to catch changes before they reach the floor Manage the training records and reporting that show, at any moment, who is trained and qualified for what Representative projects: build the technician onboarding program end to end; define the competency matrix that says exactly which technician is qualified for which task across every site; stand up the training records and certification tracking system; establish the documentation maintenance loop that keeps SOPs and training materials current What We're Looking For Experience building technical training or onboarding programs for hands on technical staff - data centre, manufacturing, field service, aviation, or similar Ability to turn expert and tribal knowledge into structured curriculum, competency frameworks, and assessments Strong documentation discipline - keeping SOPs and training materials versioned, accurate, and current Enough familiarity with the work data centre technicians do (hardware, cabling, networking, and the safety context around liquid cooling and low voltage electrical) to build credible training, partnering with subject matter experts for depth Understanding of certification and safety qualification tracking, and compliance reporting Experience delivering hands on training and measuring whether it actually changed how people work Comfort running an LMS or training records system as a source of truth Bias toward speed and ownership - comfortable building a program from scratch and driving it to adoption Practicalities Location: Helsinki Finland, London UK or Remote Work mode: Office or remote with regular travel to sites during design and deployment phases Travel: Regular travel on sites Employment type: Full time and permanent What's Next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now. Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don't accept applications sent by email.

At Verda, we're building a fully featured European AI cloud, covering everything needed to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale. We are a full-stack AI infrastructure company, meaning we design, operate, and optimize the compute powering modern AI workloads across training and inference. Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy, helping build a more sustainable AI ecosystem. Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished. About the role You will own the operating model for Verda's data centers: how IT operations run day to day across every site. Your focus is the procedures, standards, and processes that keep our compute healthy, available, and serviceable, and the discipline that lets us repeat them site after site. What You'll Do Define and document the operating procedures technicians work from: the full IT hardware lifecycle (receiving, rack-and-stack, imaging and provisioning, break-fix, RMA, and decommissioning), captured as SOPs and runbooks that people actually follow, not shelfware Stand up the operational disciplines that keep a fleet under control: incident, change, and problem management; escalation and on-call paths; maintenance windows; and postmortems that turn every event into an improvement Own asset and inventory management: a source of truth for what's installed where, spares and consumables, and chain of custody from the receiving dock to decommission Define the metrics that tell us whether operations are working (SLAs, KPIs, and the reporting cadence around them) and drive process improvement from real data, closing the loop on root causes rather than symptoms Work across teams to make this stick: Operations technicians, Hardware, Networking, Architecture, Expansion, and the Cloud and Support functions Align standards, clarify hand-offs, and make sure a procedure defined for one site is the procedure everywhere Representative projects: author the operations playbook for a new site, the full set of SOPs and runbooks technicians work from on day one; stand up incident and change management across sites so every event is triaged, tracked, and reviewed to a single standard; build the asset and inventory process from receiving dock to decommission, with a source of truth every team trusts; define the operations KPI set and reporting cadence that turns raw tickets into concrete process improvements What We're Looking For Experience defining and running operational processes in a data center, cloud, or large-scale IT environment Command of IT service management fundamentals: incident, change, problem, and asset/configuration management (ITIL or equivalent), without being dogmatic about frameworks Track record writing SOPs, runbooks, and standards that technicians genuinely use, and improving them from operational data Working knowledge of the IT hardware lifecycle: receiving, rack-and-stack, provisioning, break-fix, RMA, and decommissioning Strong cross-functional coordination, aligning hardware, networking, operations, and support teams on shared standards and clean hand-offs Data-driven approach to process improvement: defining KPIs and SLAs, finding root cause, and closing the loop Clear technical writing and documentation discipline Bias toward speed and ownership, comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and driving them to a repeatable result Practicalities Work mode: Hybrid, office (Helsinki, Finland or London, UK) or remote Travel: Regular travel to sites to observe operations and roll out standards Employment type: Full-time and permanent What's Next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move.

Verda is building a European AI cloud and seeks an Operations lead to own the data center operating model across sites. You will design procedures, standards, and processes to keep compute healthy, available, and serviceable, with strong emphasis on repeatability and governance. You'll define SOPs, incident/change management, asset lifecycle, and KPI reporting, coordinating with Hardware, Networking, Architecture, Expansion, and Cloud/Support teams to ensure consistent site-wide practices.

Verda is building a European AI cloud and is looking for a seasoned Technical Program Manager to own the end to end delivery of new sites from lease to first racks online. You will coordinate Architecture, Electrical, Thermal, Structural, Hardware, Networking, and Operations teams, plus external contractors and OEM partners, ensuring delivery on time and to spec. In this hybrid role, you will drive complex fit out, hardware deployment, and handover processes, turning builds into repeatable

At Verda, we're building a fully featured European AI cloud, covering everything needed to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale. We are a full-stack AI infrastructure company, meaning we design, operate, and optimize the compute powering modern AI workloads across training and inference. Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy, helping build a more sustainable AI ecosystem. Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished. About the role You will own the program that turns a new site or expansion from empty space into live, operational capacity. You will coordinate every team involved and streamline the whole path, from fit-out, through hardware deployment, to a clean handover to operations, so each site comes online faster and more predictably than the last. What You'll Do Build and own the master schedule and critical path across every parallel workstream: site fit-out, electrical and thermal build, structured cabling and fiber plant, hardware deployment (rack and stack, InfiniBand and Ethernet fabric, liquid cooled Blackwell and Rubin systems), commissioning, and operational handover Coordinate the full cast turning a plan into capacity: Architecture, Electrical, Thermal, Structural, Hardware, Networking, Operations, and Procurement, along with external contractors and OEM partners (including Supermicro) Keep dependencies visible, hand offs clean, and decisions moving so no workstream waits on another longer than it has to Manage risk, budget tracking, and reporting across the program: RAID logs, stage gates, and the escalations that keep a slip from becoming a stall, always driving toward time to live Run the handover to operations: acceptance criteria, punch lists, and documentation, so the Operations team inherits a site that is genuinely ready to run, not one still being finished around them Turn each build into a repeatable playbook, so the sequencing, dependencies, and hand offs you get right once become the default for every expansion that follows Representative projects: drive a new market site from lease and fit out to first racks online and handed over to operations, on schedule; build the master program plan that sequences fit out, deployment, commissioning, and handover across every team; stand up the expansion playbook so the next site launches faster than the last; own the operational handover so operations inherits a site that is truly ready What We're Looking For Proven technical program management of complex, multi team infrastructure builds in data center, construction, telecom, or large scale IT deployment Ability to build and own a real critical path schedule across many parallel workstreams, and hold every team to it Fluency coordinating across engineering, construction and fit out, hardware deployment, networking, and operations teams Understanding of the data center build lifecycle (fit out, power and cooling commissioning, structured cabling, GPU/HPC hardware deployment, and operational handover), enough to be credible, with the specialist engineering owned by the respective teams Strong risk, dependency, and stakeholder management: RAID logs, stage gates, and clear escalation Experience running vendor and contractor relationships against schedule and scope Track record standardizing a repeatable delivery process across multiple projects or sites Bias toward speed and ownership, comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and driving them to a deployed result Practicalities Work mode: Hybrid, office (Helsinki, Finland or London, UK) or remote Travel: Significant travel to sites during fit out and deployment phases Employment type: Full time and permanent What's Next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move.

Verda is building a European AI cloud and seeks a People Technology Lead to own HRIS, data, and analytics as we scale. This hands-on role focuses on configuring HRIS (HiBob), ensuring data integrity, automating workflows, and applying AI to reduce manual work. You'll design scalable People experiences, deliver dashboards, and collaborate with Head of People Operations across countries from London-based hybrid setup.

At Verda, we're building a fully featured European AI cloud, covering everything needed to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale. We are a full-stack AI infrastructure company, meaning we design, operate, and optimize the compute powering modern AI workloads across training and inference. Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy, helping build a more sustainable AI ecosystem. Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished. About the role As we grow internationally, we're looking for a People Technology Lead to own our People systems, data and analytics and make them the backbone of how we scale. This is a hands on role for someone who thinks in systems, cares about leading with data, and wants to build the operational infrastructure of a fast growing People function. You'll own our HRIS end to end - configuration, data integrity, integrations, and automation - working closely with the Head of People Operations to turn manual processes into scalable workflows, use AI to do more with a lean team, and design a People experience where employees and managers get fast answers and lifecycle moments that feel effortless. What you'll own Verda's HRIS as the system of record - configuration, workflows, permissions, and data model - kept accurate and scalable as we add people, entities, and countries. The end-to-end People Ops experience, mapping employee and manager journeys, removing friction, and building self service so people get fast, accurate answers without waiting on the team. People data integrity: standards, audits, and clean numbers leadership can trust for headcount, org design, and planning. Integrations across the People tech stack (eg HRIS, payroll, ATS) so data flows automatically, working with IT, Finance, and external providers. An automated, AI augmented employee lifecycle: onboarding, changes, and offboarding as workflows designed around the employee, with AI handling routine queries and repetitive work behind the scenes. People reporting, analytics and dashboards on the metrics that matter, with self serve access for managers and leaders. Payroll and benefits data integrations across multiple countries - accurate and on time to internal partners and external providers (payroll, PEO/EOR). Systems compliance and data privacy, access controls, GDPR aligned data handling, and audit ready records across our countries including responsible use of AI around sensitive employee data. At our current stage, you'll also roll up your sleeves on broader People Operations topics as they arise, this is a build it all environment, and the role will flex with the needs of a fast scaling team. What you'll bring Solid People Operations or HRIS experience with real depth on systems and data - you've owned or heavily administered an HRIS, not just used one. We care more about demonstrated ownership than an exact number of years. Hands on expertise with modern HRIS platforms (e.g., HiBob): configuration, workflows, permissions, and reporting. A strong data mindset: data quality, audits, and reports people actually use. Strong spreadsheets competence, comfortable with analytics/data tools, light scripting or APIs a plus. A service design instinct, you measure success by how effortless the experience feels, not just whether the system works. Fluency with AI tools and genuine curiosity about applying them to People operations - you already use AI in your own work and will via AI automate and improve how the function runs. Working knowledge of HR administration and employment/data privacy compliance, across more than one country. Attention to detail, a continuous improvement mindset, and sound prioritization in a fast moving environment. Strong stakeholder and communication skills, excellent English, and comfort working independently and owning outcomes. Nice to have Experience in cloud, AI, deep tech, or a high growth scale up. Experience implementing or migrating an HRIS Experience with international, multi country teams and PEO/EOR providers. Familiarity with HRIS APIs, integration tools, or automation platforms. Experience building AI powered workflows or automations in an operational context. Practicalities Location: London Hybrid mode: 3-4 days per week in the office Employment type: Full time and permanent Reporting line: Head of People Operations What's next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move.

Verda in the UK is seeking a Senior Procurement Specialist to take ownership of UK hardware sourcing, supplier management, logistics, and the commercial agreements that keep operations moving. You will operate with autonomy, coordinating with the Finland team while ensuring UK activities run smoothly. This role is on-site five days per week, in a fast-moving environment. You will play a key part in Verda's data center hardware strategy and supplier ecosystem across Europe.

Imagine a future where everyone has instant, low-cost access to intelligence. We're building a fully featuredEuropean AI cloud -with everything one needs to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models. In addition, our GPUs run on 100%renewableenergy. We're ambitious, curious, and gutsy doers. We practice a low hierarchy across the company and high morale in our teams. We've already achieved a lot, yet we're only getting started. Now it's your chance to join the ride. We offer more than just the job - we offer acareer-definingopportunity to be part of building something big! Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished. Why Verda Cash + equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (e.g., healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, etc.). Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth. 31 nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team. An opportunity with make a clear impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem. Practicalities On-site: Given the operational nature of the role on-site coordination, logistics, and hands on procurement work, we expect full-time office presence 5 days a week. This isn't a remote or hybrid position. Employment type: Full-time and permanent. About the role Verda has a data center in the UK and a hardware supply chain that spans Taiwan, Japan, the US, and Europe. The UK is one of our top-priority markets and the Senior Procurement Specialist here will own it independently, sourcing hardware, managing suppliers, coordinating logistics, and handling the commercial agreements that keep everything moving. This is a role for someone who thrives with ownership. You'll be Verda's procurement presence in the UK, working closely with the central team in Finland while running UK operations with a high degree of independence. The expectation is that you bring the judgment and drive to make things happen locally and reach out when you need to, not because you have to. What you'll do Own end-to-end procurement for UK operations: sourcing components and servers, issuing RFQs, evaluating quotations, negotiating pricing, placing orders, and tracking delivery through to invoice reconciliation. Define and execute sourcing strategies for key hardware categories, identifying the right vendors, developing new supplier relationships, and building the supply options that give Verda flexibility and competitive pricing. Manage supplier relationships day to day: performance tracking, lead time management, issue escalation, and RMA coordination. Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics for the UK data center, customs clearance, shipment tracking, and resolving delivery issues before they become operational problems. Support CAPEX planning and procurement forecasting in close coordination with the Finland-based procurement team and Finance. Review and manage procurement contracts and supply agreements, covering delivery terms, SLAs, liability, and price escalation, coordinating with Legal when escalation is needed. Maintain accurate procurement documentation: purchase orders, invoices, contracts, and supplier records. Develop new vendors and maintain a market view on hardware pricing, availability, and supply trends relevant to Verda's hardware categories. What we're looking for Required 5+ years in procurement, supply chain, or vendor management in a hardware, technology infrastructure, or data center environment. Proven ability to run end-to-end procurement independently, from receiving a purchase request through to delivery confirmation and invoice reconciliation. You don't need a process to be handed to you. Strong negotiation skills: you've negotiated hardware supply agreements, volume pricing, and delivery terms and can evidence the outcomes. Comfortable with logistics coordination and international shipping, customs clearance, Incoterms, freight forwarding, and the practical reality of moving hardware across borders. Able to review and manage commercial contracts without routing everything through Legal first - you understand what you're signing and what exposure it creates. Given the operational nature of the role, on-site coordination, logistics, and hands on procurement work. We expect full time office presence five days a week. This isn't a remote or hybrid position. Proficiency in both Mandarin and English. Strong plus Experience procuring GPU servers, AI accelerators, or data center infrastructure hardware. Familiarity with server ODMs and the supply dynamics of this market. Understanding of Asian supply chains, ODM and OEM procurement from Taiwan, Japan, or mainland China, including lead time and allocation dynamics. Experience in a scaling startup or high growth environment where structure was still being built while work was being executed. Additional languages relevant to our supply chain: Japanese, or a major European language. What we offer Full ownership of UK procurement - a real remit with direct impact on Verda's data center operations. A lean, direct team where your decisions have immediate visibility and your work shows up in hardware going live. The opportunity to build supplier relationships and sourcing strategies in one of Europe's most active data center markets. What's next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now. Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don't accept applications sent by email.

Imagine a future where everyone has instant, low-cost access to intelligence. We're building a fully featured European AI cloud - with everything one needs to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models. In addition, our GPUs run on 100% renewable energy. We're ambitious, curious, and pragmatic builders. We operate with low hierarchy, high ownership, and a strong bias for action. We've already achieved a lot, but we're just getting started. Now it's your chance to join the ride. Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished! Storage is the backbone of everything Verda runs. Training jobs, inference workloads, and customer data all depend on file systems and object stores that are fast, reliable, and priced right. This role owns that portfolio end to end: local and shared file systems, block storage, and object storage. You'll work closely with the Storage Team to match technology to what customers actually need, define how we package and price it, and set the target state for where our storage products are going. Getting there means planning migrations off what we run today and executing them alongside our infrastructure and software teams. It's a technical product role in a fast-moving environment, so comfort with ambiguity matters as much as product craft. What you'll do Own the storage product portfolio: local and shared file systems, block storage, and object storage. Identify customer needs across the range of storage workloads we support. Choose the right technology for each need, working with the Storage Team to weigh the trade-offs. Define tiers and pricing. Set the target state for our storage stack, then plan the migrations from where we are today to get there. Execute those migrations together with the infrastructure and software teams. What we're looking for 6+ years in product management, with a track record of shaping technical products around both customer needs and real technical limits. A genuine technical background with hands on experience working with storage solutions such as Ceph, WEKA, VAST, or DDN. Surface familiarity won't be enough here. Real understanding of how Ceph works internally, how file systems get mounted, and the differences between NFS, CephFS, and Virtiofs. Working knowledge of storage media (NVMe and HDD), networking, and servers, at the level of their performance characteristics and limitations. Solid grounding in Linux and virtualisation. Comfort navigating chaos. Priorities shift, context is incomplete, and you can still move things forward. Strong communication skills across engineering, infra, and customers. Nice to have Experience as a Storage Engineer, ideally with Ceph. Experience as a Network Engineer. Experience building distributed systems. Relevant product management experience from a hyperscaler (AWS, Google Cloud and such). Practicalities Location: Helsinki or London. Work mode: Hybrid, 3 days/week on-site. Department: Product. Employment type: Full-time and permanent. What's next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now. Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don't accept applications sent by email.