Founding Full-Stack Engineer (Next.js)

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 are excited to find new team members to join our mission.

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 workflow to drive user activation and retention
• Implemented multi-tab/-window functionality
• Build a RAG-Toolchain with generative UI elements for our AI tutor
• Overhauled mind maps by switching to a more robust framework

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

• 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! :)