After scaling Meatable and PublicSonar (now Maltego Monitor), Krijn and Richard teamed up again to build something even more ambitious. We combined our backgrounds in AI, security, energy, and large-scale projects.
We are focused on the real, messy problems behind capital project design, development and delivery. This is not our first time doing this, and we are building Iconic Works with the clarity, urgency, and care that only comes from having done it before.
We default to being in the room.
We are not remote-first. Not five days a week in an office, not performative presence, but the default is being together in person in Amsterdam. That is how trust builds, how ideas sharpen quickly, and how we move as a single team.
Everyone is forward deployed.
We all spend time with users directly. Whether you are building backend systems, shaping the product, or running operations, you stay close to the real users and the problem. We want to empathise with our users, live in their world.
We’re here to win.
We are building the winner in this space, and that actually matters to us. We want people who are genuinely all-in on the mission and the outcome.
We own it, and we care about the craft.
We do not track hours. We care about what gets built and how good it is. Whether you are writing infrastructure, designing a dashboard, setting an internal process, or preparing a client proposal, the work should make you proud. This is your craft. You have to enjoy doing it.
We debate hard and stay kind.
We speak up. We challenge ideas. Friction is part of building great product. We keep it constructive and without ego, but we do not water things down. That is how a good idea becomes a great one..
Smart, structured, and hands-on.
We like first-principles thinkers who can go deep quickly. People who think in systems and know when to zoom out and when to roll up their sleeves. If you care about getting things right and you do not need a playbook, you will fit right in.
A mission that matters.
We’re building software for the physical world, energy, infrastructure, defense. These are the systems that shape economies and societies. If we do our job right, more of these get built, faster and with less waste. That’s more clean energy, better transport, safer countries. This work is real.
A moment of leverage.
We’re well funded and moving fast. These aren’t edge-case roles, they’re foundational. The people who join now will shape the product, the architecture, and the culture. You won’t be “early hire #17.” You’ll be the team.
A team that wants to win (and build).
We’re ambitious. This will be intense. We take the work seriously, not ourselves. You’ll have real ownership, and real responsibility. If you want to go deep, move fast, and build something lasting, this is it.
Real upside
We’re going after a big, underserved space. The value we create will be real and long-term. Early team members will have meaningful equity, and ample opportunity to scale as we grow.
