Forward Deployed Engineer Intern

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.