CPU Solutions Specialist

Verda; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Verda in Helsinki is building a European AI cloud, seeking a CPU Solutions Specialist to own CPU specifications and vendor interactions across AMD, ARM, and Intel. You will gather internal requirements, translate them into clear specs, and enable technical conversations with engineers, vendors, and stakeholders.

This role offers direct influence on hardware decisions in a fast-growing AI infra company. Based in Finland, you’ll collaborate with the Hardware Solutions Architect and travel

Qualifications

• Hands-on CPU knowledge with emphasis on AMD.
• Experience gathering requirements and managing stakeholders.
• Ability to document technical decisions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Track the CPU landscape for 12–18 months ahead and identify relevant workloads.
• Gather and consolidate CPU requirements across internal teams (infra, platform, cloud, storage).
• Translate internal needs into clear CPU specifications for vendor discussions.
• Hold credible CPU conversations across engineers, vendors, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Independently handle technical discussions with CPU manufacturers or support your manager.
• Document the reasoning behind recommendations so the process is repeatable.

Skills

CPU knowledge

AMD experience

Vendor discussions

Stakeholder management

Technical documentation

Hardware compute

ARM/Intel exposure

EU work permit

Job description

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

CPU selection touches everything Verda builds (infra, platform, cloud, storage), and right now no one owns it full-time. As we scale our compute, we need someone on top of what CPUs exist, what's coming to market, and which parts fit which workloads, both for our internal teams and for what we offer customers.

We are looking for a CPU Solutions Specialist to be that person. This is an advisory and information-gathering role at its core: you'll gather and consolidate CPU requirements across our internal engineering teams, translate them into clear specifications, and feed those into our vendor discussions. You'll be the recognized internal authority on "what CPU, and why" (across AMD, ARM, and Intel) and you'll hold credible technical conversations with everyone from engineers to vendors to non-technical stakeholders. This is a fast-paced team with a lot of informal brainstorming, and the role is as wide as you make it. You'll work most closely with our Hardware Solutions Architect on vendor strategy and hardware selection.

What You’ll Do

• Track the CPU landscape: what exists, what's coming to market over the next 12 to 18 months, and what's worth Verda's attention and why.
• Gather and consolidate CPU requirements across internal teams (infra, platform, cloud, storage), understanding each team's workloads and constraints.
• Translate internal needs into clear CPU specifications and constraints that feed into vendor discussions.
• Hold credible CPU conversations across audiences: engineers, vendors, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Independently handle technical discussions with CPU manufacturers, or support your manager in them.
• Document the reasoning behind recommendations so the process is repeatable and others can build on it.

What We’re Looking For

• Deep knowledge of CPUs from hands-on work experience. AMD is essential; ARM and Intel are a strong plus.
• A solid understanding of CPU compute nuances and the role CPUs play in the wider system.
• Experience gathering requirements and managing stakeholders.
• The ability to document the reasoning behind technical decisions clearly.
• Relevant work experience in a related hardware, infrastructure, or compute environment.
• The ability to lead CPU vendor conversations independently from a technical perspective.
• A valid EU work permit.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with HPC, cloud compute, or virtualization workloads.

Practicalities

• Work mode: You can be based in our UK, Taiwan or Finnish office.
• Travel: Occasional travel, plus some meetings outside regular business hours due to timezone differences
• Employment type: Full-time and permanent

What's Next

This is a role you can shape, with direct access to hardware decision-making and leadership, and the chance to own a function end-to-end at a rapidly growing AI infrastructure company.