AI Automation Working Student

About Gateway Ventures

Gateway Ventures is an startup investment platform based in Vienna. Since 2016 we and our investors have deployed almost EUR 40 million into more than 60 startups across Europe. Beyond capital we support founders with access to our network strategic sparring and hands-on operational help especially in their most critical early phase.

The Role

As an AI & Automation Working Student you will help us identify design and implement automations that make our daily work faster smarter and more scalable. Youll work closely with Product Strategy & Operations and our Investment team and youll get a very practical view into how a startup investment platform really works.

• Type: Working Student (part-time)
• Workload: by agreement (e.g. 1520 hours/week during semester; more possible in lecture-free periods)
• Location: Vienna hybrid work possible

Aufgaben

• Analyze and evaluate internal business processes to identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements.
• Design develop test and deploy intelligent automation workflows to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual workload.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Operations Portfolio Management and Customer Success to understand requirements and deliver effective end-to-end automation solutions.
• Apply and experiment with leading AI and automation tools (e.g. Zapier n8n LLM-based agents MCP integrations) to build scalable digital workflows.
• Track and measure the impact of your automations with clear performance metrics.
• Document your architectures processes and learnings to ensure maintainability and knowledge sharing

Qualifikation

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters program (e.g. Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Data Science or similar).
• First hands-on experience with automation or AI tools e.g. Zapier n8n MCPs or similar.
• Basic understanding of APIs webhooks and integrations
• Strong analytical and structured thinking you enjoy breaking down messy processes into clear steps and edge cases.
• German skills (min. B2): you can read and understand internal documents.
• High curiosity and willingness to learn: you like to experiment with new tools and improve things continuously.

Benefits

• Real ownership: you can drive your own automation projects from idea to implementation.
• A dynamic ambitious environment where experiments with AI & automation are wanted.
• Flexible working hours suitable for your studies (working student or internship setup).
• Workload: by agreement (e.g. 1520 hours/week during semester; more possible in lecture-free periods)
• Steep learning curve in AI & automation as well as in startups investing and platform business models.