Working Student - Product / Growth Engineer

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 Product Engineer (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 role is about solving problems for our users and owning the process of creation. As a Product Engineer (Working Student), you will bridge the gap between user needs, technical feasibility, and design while working closely with our founders.

Product Discovery & UX:

• Skip the lengthy specs: You’ll talk to users, spot the pain point, and jump straight into the code to build the solution.
• Prototype in Production: Why build a Figma mock when you can prompt a working UI in minutes? You will validate concepts by shipping working code, not static images.
• Intuition + You’ll combine user empathy with real-time feedback (PostHog) to spot friction and fix it instantly.

Product Development:

• Own features end-to-end including architecture, development, and deployment.
• Build and refine AI-driven features that feel like magic, not like a chatbot wrapper.
• Embrace a