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.