Company Profile Verder is a multi-national manufacturing company, headquartered in Netherlands, with 80+ subsidiaries, employing over 2000 people. We at the Agent Factory, exist to redesign how this global industrial organisation operates, given that LLM’s exist. We don’t measure ourselves based on delivering demos, features, or prototypes - we measure ourselves against outcomes and lasting material impact. Verder Group has been building industrial businesses across Africa, Europe, and Asia since 1959. We're the team they've backed to do it differently.

What we do We build, govern, and scale AI agents across Verder Group's entities worldwide, with businesses in pumps, scientific instrumentation, water treatment, mining, and more. We own the full lifecycle for complex cross-functional workflows (process mapping through to deploying an agent, monitoring it, and iterating it - working closely with the domain owners). We do not spend days solving minute-long problems. We do not force AI into workflows that can be fixed with better process design. We focus on creating value where it matters most.

Why work here You're not at a startup hoping for customers. You have a global group of industrial companies as day-one clients, with real problems and real stakes. You own work end-to-end, from mapping the process to deploying the agent. You'll set standards, pick tools, and ship business-critical automations fast. Backed by Verder means the infrastructure, the clients, and the operational access are already there.

Our culture Small, deliberately. The people here figure things out independently, build things that actually ship, and care about whether it actually worked. We value ownership, honest communication, and simple systems over clever ones. We measure ourselves by business impact — hours saved, workflows replaced, capabilities unlocked. We're early-stage inside an established organisation, which means you'll shape how this team operates, not inherit someone else's process.

How we work We use whatever tool makes the most sense to get the job done. Nothing is off the table. Naturally, we reach for agents as a very high leverage building tool. We value good processes - which means we interrogate them with first principles, to optimise them. We work directly with operational teams across Verder entities — which means you need to be as comfortable in a conversation with someone in operations as you are writing the automation that replaces their manual process.

How we hire Your name, your email, and a link to something you've built — that last one is required, and it replaces a cover letter. We're not looking for the perfect background. We're looking for people who move fast & take ownership; someone who can dig into a vague operational problem, and get something valuable working by the end of the week.