Forward Deployed Engineer Intern

Plato; Berlin; On-site; EUR 18,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-of-market compensation for interns

Weekly team lunches

Dinner on us when working late

Sports membership

Team events

Job summary

Plato is building the AI operating system for distribution. As an intern in Solutions Engineering in Berlin, you’ll own deployments end-to-end, coordinating between Engineering, Customer Success, and the customer to bring apps live from day one.

You’ll translate complex customer needs into actionable tasks, shape AI features, and troubleshoot data with SQL, Python, and DBT. This role offers real responsibilities from day one and a clear path into a full-time position.

Qualifications

• Technical background in CS, IS, or related field.
• Coding/development experience and some customer-facing exposure.
• Fluent in German and excellent communication.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• AI-native mindset with curiosity for automation.

Responsibilities

• Own deployments end-to-end, coordinating between Engineering, Customer Success, and the customer to bring apps live; fast and clean.
• Translate complexity into clear, actionable technical items for our engineering team.
• Shape AI features based on customer requests—from document processing automations to in-app intelligence.
• Troubleshoot with data using SQL, Python, and DBT to debug data pipelines and validate results.
• Be the connector aligning customer expectations to product capabilities for successful rollouts.

Skills

Technical background

Customer-facing experience

German fluency

SQL

Python

Job description

Your Responsibilities

You’ll be the

• 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.

Your Responsibilities

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.

• 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.

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?

• Real customers from day one. No months of shadowing.
• Learn how AI really gets adopted. One of the most in-demand skills right now.
• A real path into a full-time role, with direct coaching from our Solutions Engineering team.
• Top-of-market compensation for interns.
• Close to the founders at a fast-growing AI startup backed by Atomico and Cherry Ventures ($14.5M seed).
• Great team, great perks. Weekly team lunches, dinner on us when we work late, a sports membership and regular team events.

About Us

Plato is building the AI operating system for distribution. 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.