Founders Associate Intern (m/f/d)

GoHiring GmbH; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 11.160 - 16.740; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Smalt is seeking a Founders Associate Intern (m/f/d) to work directly for the founders in Berlin. You will help hire exceptional people and move the founders' most important projects forward, with visible ownership of recruiting from week one.

Expect to build candidate pipelines, craft messaging, and contribute to decks, memos, and investor updates. Strong German and English writing skills are required; this internship is for 4–6 months with hybrid Berlin work.

Qualifikationen

• Proven written German; fluent or native
• Strong written English
• Interest in AI, startups and founder-led environments

Aufgaben

• Recruiting core: source and longlist candidates, maintain pipelines, coordinate scheduling
• Strategic projects: research and memos for founder decisions; draft investor updates
• Founder office: track actions and keep operating cadence
• Support onboarding and candidate experience with employer branding

Kenntnisse

German language

English language

Ausbildung

Student or recent graduate

Jobbeschreibung

As Founders Associate Intern (m/f/d), you'll work directly for our two founders. Your mission: help us hire exceptional people and move the founders' most important projects forward. Unlike most Founders Associate internships, you'll get visible ownership of recruiting from week one — at our stage, hiring is the founders' most important job, and you'll be at the centre of it.

What You'll Do

Recruiting (core): source and longlist candidates, keep pipelines current, coordinate scheduling, and shape our candidate experience and employer branding.

Strategic projects: research and analyses for founder decisions; first drafts of decks, memos, and investor updates — owned end-to-end.

Founder office: prepare and follow up key meetings, track action items, and keep the operating cadence moving.

Strong student or recent graduate with proof you perform at the top of your peer group — a demanding internship, founding experience, or real leadership somewhere.

Ideally - previous internships in quantitative, fast-paced environments, e.g. consulting, investing, tech

A people-person with excellent written German (native/fluent) and English — you write messages people answer.

Structured, discreet, and reliable: you keep pipelines, trackers, and confidences.

Curious about AI, startups, and how companies are actually built.

Available full-time for 4–6 months in Berlin (hybrid).

Why You'll Love Working With Us:

The closest seat to two founders scaling a VC-backed company — hiring, strategy, and fundraising from the inside

Real ownership: your sourcing fills real roles, your drafts go to real investors — and a genuine shot at a full-time offer

smalt is an equal-opportunity employer — we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

About us

Smalt is the AI-first backoffice and growth engine that empowers skilled tradespeople to become entrepreneurs.

We support craftsmen in starting and scaling their businesses by providing a digital backoffice – from setup, company registration & launch, to offer creation, invoicing, documentation, talent retention, and revenue growth tools.

Smalt is building the tech-first backbone to solve the labour productivity gap and create an abundance of craft entrepreneurs globally.

Since inception in 2023 , we have raised €12M from leading venture capital firms including General Catalyst, Owl Ventures, noa , and others.

We’ve built strong revenue traction ( €4–5M+ ) in our integrated service delivery business and are now rapidly expanding the partner network model.