Full-Stack Developer

acemate is building the leading AI learning & teaching platform for higher education institutions. We have strong traction secured funding and are entering an exciting growth phase. Were looking for a passionate Founding Engineer to drive our product forward and help us scale.

About acemate

Founded less than a year ago acemate has quickly become Germanys leading AI learning platform for universities trusted by top-tier institutions across three countries including TU Munich WHU and the Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer (DIHK).

• Our Mission: Democratizing access to personalized learning. We dont believe that AI will replace educators. Instead we empower them to design and deliver personalized learning experiences at scale.
• Our Growth: Weve raised pre-seed funding and are growing rapidly. While we focus on higher education today were already expanding into new regions and markets.
• Our Culture: Were 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
• Alejandro (Founders Associate): Mechanical engineering background Roland Berger & Amazon experience reggaeton enjoyer

We have an office in Berlin and believe in the value of in-person work but were also realistic about the time people spend commuting.

Tasks

What Youll Do

As a core team member your role will evolve based on your strengths and interests spanning both product development and technical infrastructure. Youll have significant influence on our product decisions technical architecture and overall strategy.

• Build features end-to-end: Collaborate closely with Paul and Emile listen to users translate their feedback and deliver scalable full-stack improvements.
• Design core backend services: Implement the modern APIs background jobs and internal tools that form the backbone of our product.
• Shape our technical infrastructure: Take ownership of our systems reliability performance and scalability as we grow
• Develop enterprise-grade systems: Implement critical backend foundations for enterprise customers including access controls SSO and multi-tenancy integrations.
• Advance our AI workflows: Build and optimize the AI pipelines and asynchronous processes that power our core features continuously improving our toolchains to leverage the latest advancements.

Examples from the past of what you might build:

• Duolingo-inspired daily quiz system to engage students with university content
• Complex AI pipelines that extract textual and visual content from diverse documents and embed topics in knowledge graphs
• Custom authorization engine to handle growing complexity across different institutional settings
• Backend migration from a monolithic fullstack setup to a dedicated API layer with granular access control

Tech Stack:

• Frontend: TypeScript Tailwind CSS
• Database: PostgreSQL (Supabase)
• Infrastructure: Cloudflare (Workers Pages Workflows R2 KV) Google Cloud (Gemini Cloud Run)
• API backend: Hono tRPC Bun Typescript
• AI: Custom pipelines built with the Vercel AI SDK
• Tools: Sentry Langfuse PostHog Stripe

Dont worry if youre not familiar with everything from the start. We believe in your ability to learn fast and adapt to new frameworks and tools as we go.

Requirements

What Were Looking For

• Ownership mindset: You think like a founder and treat the product like its yours
• Commitment to excellence: Youre driven to go above and beyond when it matters
• Product passion: High identification with our mission to transform education
• 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
• Startup experience: You ideally have worked in a tech team in a startup environment

Benefits

Benefits

• Competitive salary package with equity component
• Working in a small but driven team built around performance and learning
• Flexible environment with high degree of autonomy and option to work remotely
• Frequent team events and acemate parties!

Ready to Join Us

Send us your GitHub profile your portfolio and any other relevant links and lets build the future of education together.