Software Developer (Intern)

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 (Intern) 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

• Specialist in modern large-scale web architecture, escape room explorer

Tasks

What You'll Be Working On

How this role shapes up will depend on what you're good at and what you enjoy, covering both technical infrastructure and product development. Since you're joining the core team, you'll have a major say in our technical architecture, product direction, and big-picture strategy.

Product Development:

• Collaborate directly with Emile and Paul to ship new features and improve the ones we already have

• Take user feedback and turn it into actual product updates

Technical Leadership:

• Keep our systems reliable and scalable as our user base expands

• Iterate on our AI toolchains so we are always taking advantage of the newest AI capabilities

• Build on a modern foundation powered primarily by Cloudflare and Google Cloud

A look at past projects to show what you'd be building:

• A Duolingo-style daily quiz system to keep students actively engaged with their university material
• Advanced AI pipelines that pull text and visuals from various documents, embedding those topics into knowledge graphs
• A custom authorization engine designed to manage the increasing complexity of different 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 don't know every technology listed above on day one. We trust your ability to pick things up quickly and learn new frameworks and tools as we build.

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: 6-month fixed internship duration

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! 🥳