Software Developer (Working Student)

acemate is building an AI learning & teaching platform for higher and further education institutions. We have strong traction, secured funding and are entering an exciting growth phase. We're looking for a passionate Full-Stack Developer (Working Student) to drive our product forward and help us scale. About acemate Founded in 2024, acemate has quickly become the leading AI learning platform for higher and further education, trusted by top-tier institutions across four countries, including University of Cologne, WHU and the German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IHKs). Our Mission: Democratizing access to personalized learning. We don’t believe that AI will replace educators. Instead, we empower them to design and deliver personalized learning experiences at scale. Our Growth: We've raised pre-seed funding and are growing rapidly. While we focus on higher and further education today, we're already expanding into new regions and markets. Our Culture: We’re a young, driven team passionate about tackling the toughest challenges in education. We embrace builder culture and minimize scheduled meetings for ad-hoc discussions and maximized focus on coding and creating. Meet the Team Antong (CEO): BCG, BMW & Antler background, leads business strategy, DJ by night Jan (CTO): NLP research, experience from SAP & N26, morning bike commuter Paul (CPO): Product expert with startup and education research background, devoted dog dad Emile (Fullstack): Ex-founder with product & AI background, ETH graduate, avid runner Anas (Fullstack): TypeScript specialist, functional programming enthusiast, chief photography officer Rohit (Fullstack): Specialist in modern large-scale web architecture, escape room explorer Ammar (Fullstack): Ex‑founder with webdev and blockchain experience, a learning violinist Hanna (Marketing): Social media & creative design, Scandinavian sports enthusiast turned Berlin city girl Tasks What You'll Be Working On You'll be tackling both core infrastructure and product engineering, with your day-to-day tailored to match your specific strengths and career objectives. As an early team member, you'll have a loud voice in directing our system architecture, product roadmap, and high-level strategy. Building the Product: Work closely with Emile and Paul to build out new features and improve our current systems Talk directly to users to get their feedback, then translate what you learn into real upgrades for the platform Engineering Leadership: Ensure our base architecture stays resilient and scales smoothly alongside our growing user count Continuously update and refine our AI toolchains to ensure we're taking advantage of the latest advances in artificial intelligence Spend a lot of your time on backend engineering, shipping primarily on Cloudflare and Google Cloud using modern tech Examples of things you might build: A Duolingo-inspired daily quiz system created to boost how much students engage with their course materials Complex AI pipelines that extract text and visual data from different document types to construct deep knowledge graphs A custom authorization engine built to handle the growing complexities across varying institutional environments Tech Stack: Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL) Infrastructure: Cloudflare (Workers, Pages, Workflows, R2, KV), Google Cloud (Gemini, Cloud Run) Tools: Sentry, Langfuse, PostHog, Stripe It's completely fine if you aren't familiar with every single tool in our stack yet. We know you can learn fast and pick up new tools and frameworks as the company scales. Requirements What We're Looking For Ownership mindset: You think like a founder and treat the product like it’s yours Commitment to excellence: You’re driven to go above and beyond when it matters Curiosity and adaptability: Eager to learn new technologies and stay open to innovation Balanced AI approach: You knew how to code before Cursor and AI tools, but understand how to leverage them effectively Availability: You’re enrolled at a university and available for at least the next 12 months Benefits Benefits Working in a small but driven team built around performance and learning Flexible environment with high degree of autonomy Frequent team events and acemate parties! 🥳 Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow

acemate is building an AI learning & teaching platform for higher and further education institutions. We have strong traction, secured funding and are entering an exciting growth phase. We're looking for a passionate Full-Stack Developer (Working Student) to drive our product forward and help us scale. About acemate Founded in 2024, acemate has quickly become the leading AI learning platform for higher and further education, trusted by top-tier institutions across four countries, including University of Cologne, WHU and the German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IHKs). Our Mission: Democratizing access to personalized learning. We don’t believe that AI will replace educators. Instead, we empower them to design and deliver personalized learning experiences at scale. Our Growth: We've raised pre-seed funding and are growing rapidly. While we focus on higher and further education today, we're already expanding into new regions and markets. Our Culture: We’re a young, driven team passionate about tackling the toughest challenges in education. We embrace builder culture and minimize scheduled meetings for ad-hoc discussions and maximized focus on coding and creating. Meet the Team Antong (CEO): BCG, BMW & Antler background, leads business strategy, DJ by night Jan (CTO): NLP research, experience from SAP & N26, morning bike commuter Paul (CPO): Product expert with startup and education research background, devoted dog dad Emile (Fullstack): Ex-founder with product & AI background, ETH graduate, avid runner Anas (Fullstack): TypeScript specialist, functional programming enthusiast, chief photography officer Rohit (Fullstack): Specialist in modern large-scale web architecture, escape room explorer Ammar (Fullstack): Ex‑founder with webdev and blockchain experience, a learning violinist Hanna (Marketing): Social media & creative design, Scandinavian sports enthusiast turned Berlin city girl Tasks What You'll Be Working On You'll be tackling both core infrastructure and product engineering, with your day-to-day tailored to match your specific strengths and career objectives. As an early team member, you'll have a loud voice in directing our system architecture, product roadmap, and high-level strategy. Building the Product: Work closely with Emile and Paul to build out new features and improve our current systems Talk directly to users to get their feedback, then translate what you learn into real upgrades for the platform Engineering Leadership: Ensure our base architecture stays resilient and scales smoothly alongside our growing user count Continuously update and refine our AI toolchains to ensure we're taking advantage of the latest advances in artificial intelligence Spend a lot of your time on backend engineering, shipping primarily on Cloudflare and Google Cloud using modern tech Examples of things you might build: A Duolingo-inspired daily quiz system created to boost how much students engage with their course materials Complex AI pipelines that extract text and visual data from different document types to construct deep knowledge graphs A custom authorization engine built to handle the growing complexities across varying institutional environments Tech Stack: Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL) Infrastructure: Cloudflare (Workers, Pages, Workflows, R2, KV), Google Cloud (Gemini, Cloud Run) Tools: Sentry, Langfuse, PostHog, Stripe It's completely fine if you aren't familiar with every single tool in our stack yet. We know you can learn fast and pick up new tools and frameworks as the company scales. Requirements What We're Looking For Ownership mindset: You think like a founder and treat the product like it’s yours Commitment to excellence: You’re driven to go above and beyond when it matters Curiosity and adaptability: Eager to learn new technologies and stay open to innovation Balanced AI approach: You knew how to code before Cursor and AI tools, but understand how to leverage them effectively Availability: You’re enrolled at a university and available for at least the next 12 months Benefits Benefits Working in a small but driven team built around performance and learning Flexible environment with high degree of autonomy Frequent team events and acemate parties! 🥳 Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow