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 Do
Your day-to-day duties will be tailored to fit your unique skills and career goals, spanning across product engineering and core infrastructure. As an early and pivotal team member, you will exercise significant influence over our high-level strategy, technical design, and product decisions.
Product Development:
- Architect novel features and improve current system capabilities by working closely alongside Paul and Emile
- Proactively collect user feedback and translate those insights into concrete improvements for the platform
Technical Leadership:
- Ensure the system remains highly scalable and resilient to accommodate our continuous growth
- Continuously refine and update our AI toolchains to leverage the latest advancements in artificial intelligence
- Work with state-of-the-art tech, concentrating mainly on backend architecture deployed across Cloudflare and Google Cloud
Past examples of what you could be building:
- Duolingo-inspired daily quiz system crafted to increase student interaction with their university coursework
- Complex AI pipelines developed to extract textual and visual data from diverse document types, subsequently integrating those elements into comprehensive knowledge graphs
- Custom authorization engine created to handle the growing intricacies associated with distinct institutional setups
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
Don't worry if you aren't familiar with every single technology from day one. We firmly believe in your ability to quickly learn and smoothly transition into utilizing new tools and frameworks as we grow.
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! 🥳
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