Founding Full-Stack Engineer (Next.js)

Berlin

60.000 - 80.000 €

Berlin

acemate is on a mission to democratize access to personalized education. Our AI learning platform transforms uploaded documents into exams, mind maps, and more, providing university students with a personalized learning experience and real-time feedback. We also help educators automate content creation and enhance engagement, partnering with leading German universities – including TU Munich, RWTH Aachen, and TU Berlin. Built by founders with previous experience at BCG, Antler, BMW, SAP and N26, we have secured pre-seed funding and are excited to find new team members to join our mission.

Tasks

As a Founding Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the direction and technology of our company. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with Jan (CTO) and Paul (CPO) and scale a product from the ground up. We will treat you as a core member of the team from day 1 and you will be incentivized as such.

You will be working on:

Development, implementation and maintenance of features for our core product in Next.js
Optimize and enhance our AI toolchain to improve output quality
Analyze the performance to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization
Proactively contribute with ideas and lead the development of new features and improvements
Improve UX/UI design using Tailwind

To give you a better overview, here are some of the past projects you would have contributed to:

Enhanced the onboarding flow to increase retention
Implemented multi-tab/-window functionality with Drag and Drop
Build a RAG - Toolchain with generative UI elements for our chatbot
Overhauled mind maps by switching to a more robust framework

Requirements

We are looking for smart and driven people with the following qualifications:

Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Ideally 2+ years of software development experience (but open to juniors)
Strong background in Next.js (or at least React)
High level of ownership and superb problem-solving skills
Fluent in either English or German

You’ll get bonus points for:

Experience with Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL/Supabase, gen-AI applications (esp. Vercel AI SDK), UI/UX, web analytics tools and testing frameworks
Entrepreneurial spirit and experience in a startup environment
Background in ML/AI

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
Team events and acemate parties! :)