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Urban Ground GmbH posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Berlin: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by Urban Ground GmbH
Location: Berlin (Office-first)
Working hours: 20 hours per week
Start date: As soon as possible
We are looking for a hands-on Automation Engineer who enjoys building practical solutions, automating workflows, and shipping products from idea to production.
Your Responsibilities- Design, build, and maintain automation workflows using tools such as n8n, Make, or Zapier
- Integrate APIs, databases, webhooks, and third-party platforms
- Develop internal tools and improve existing operational processes
- Use AI-assisted and agentic coding tools to accelerate deployment
- Take ownership of projects from initial concept through implementation, testing, and deployment
- Troubleshoot automation failures and improve system reliability
- Collaborate closely with product, operations, and engineering teams
- You are currently enrolled at a university and have at least three semesters remaining
- You are available for 20 hours per week and can work from our Berlin office
- Practical experience with n8n, Make, Zapier, or similar automation platforms is mandatory
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals
- Experience working with APIs, webhooks, databases, and version control
- Familiarity with GitHub and modern development workflows
- Experience with agentic or AI-assisted coding tools
- You have built and shipped at least one project or product end-to-end
- Proactive, structured, and comfortable taking ownership
- Good English communication skills
Application Requirements
Please include the following with your application:
- Your CV
- Your GitHub profile
- Your portfolio or links to relevant projects and automations
- A brief description of a product or workflow you built and shipped end-to-end
- Your current semester and expected graduation date
- Your earliest possible starting date
- Your contact telephone number
We are particularly interested in seeing what you have built, not only the technologies listed on your CV.
Working student essentials
What this Tech working student role in Berlin means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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