- Own deployments end-to-end. Sit between Engineering, Customer Success, and the customer to bring apps live; fast and clean.
- Translate complexity. Turn integration and customer needs into clear, actionable technical action items for our engineering team.
- Shape AI features. Conceptualize and build AI-driven features based on customer requests - from document processing automations to in-app intelligence.
- Troubleshoot with data. Use SQL, Python, and DBT to dive into data pipelines, debug issues, and validate results.
- Be the connector. You align all sides - from customer expectations to product capabilities - ensuring every rollout turns into a success story.
Forward Deployed Engineer - Intern
Berlin
Full-time
Intern / Student
Your responsibilites
You’ll be the bridge between Business & Tech - owning the technical deployment of our AI platform for new customers. From ERP integrations to AI feature enablement, you’ll make sure Plato delivers measurable value from day one.
Your qualifications
- Technical background (Computer Science, Information Systems, or related)
- Practical experience in coding/development (e.g., via internship or project) and first customer facing roles
- Fluent in German, excellent communicator
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- AI-native mindset and curiosity for automation
As Oli, our CTO, would say:
“We don’t expect you to be the best developer or see yourself as a developer at all, but rather a clear, concise communicator with an eye for details”
Why us?
- Become part of a top tier VC-funded rocket ship that reinvents the largest B2B software category with AI and decarbonizes the supply chain, granting you a high level of autonomy
- Create meaningful impact by shaping the future of the wholesale industry, bringing Plato’s software to life in the market, and realizing value in the day-to-day work of sales leaders.
- Vast learning opportunities for scaling sales and customer success in a high-growth AI startup, with close collaboration with the founding team.
- Perfect balance between a high level of ownership and extensive mentorship from an A-team with experience at leading companies & schools, including McKinsey, Rocket Internet, Celonis, Stanford, CDTM, HSG to name a few.
- Extremely diverse team with a fun and dynamic company culture, featuring weekly team lunches, regular team events, and get-togethers.
- For outstanding interns, the potential option to convert into a full-time role, join the Plato journey and enter a generational company as part of it first 30 employees.
About us
Plato is building the AI operating B2B wholesale distributors in the DACH region. We closed a $14.5M seed round backed by Atomico and Cherry Ventures, and we're growing fast. Our customers are mid-market distributors who've never been exposed to cutting-edge AI software - we're changing this, starting with sales.
We're a small, high-conviction team of engineers and operators. Decisions get made fast, the work is real, and there's no hiding behind the process.