Working Student Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails /Python, AI Accelerated (all genders)

Our vision is to create a better future for businesses and talent - one hire at a time. We’re driven by our winning aspiration: to be the #1 provider of hires for our core customers, making this vision a reality.

To do this, we need you and your talents on our team . Become a part of HeyJobs and shape the future of recruiting with us! Join the HeyVolution!

For 8 years, we've been revolutionizing the recruitment market with our AI-based job platform. Our technology simplifies the path to a new job like never before and helps companies solve their skilled labor shortages.

With over 4,700 satisfied clients, including 8 of the top 10 largest employers in Germany and Austria, leading companies rely on HeyJobs for their recruiting. Last year alone, we helped over 100,000 people find their new jobs. Already, more than 1% of all hires occur through the HeyJobs platform.

We offer you an influential role in a fast-growing company:

As a Working Student Software Engineer in the Marketing Engineering Team, you will have a direct impact on Heyjobs’ marketing performance. In this role, you will have an opportunity to take part in designing, building, optimizing and maintaining services and tools which we use to generate job ads, analyze and control marketing performance and integrate with marketing partners.

As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with different programming languages like Python, Ruby, JS (React), and a modern cloud-based tech stack based on AWS (dockerized as well as some serverless).

At HeyJobs, we invest heavily in leveraging AI-augmented software engineering tooling to increase time to market and impact significantly. You will be using the latest tooling (currently Claude Code and your IDE of choice, including Cursor or Github Copilot) and adopting it for new workflows and use cases, as well as adopting it for emerging ones. As part of your journey with us, you will grow further into an AI-accelerated engineer that significantly punches above their own weight.

In this role, you can earn an hourly target salary between 16 - 18 €.

Your personal development and promotion opportunities are also guaranteed with us.

🎯 How you can contribute to HeyJobs

Design, build, improve, and maintain tools and services in collaboration with the Technical Product Owner, Tech Lead, and the team to:

• Generate job ads efficiently and at scale

• Analyze marketing performance to provide actionable insights

• Integrate with marketing partners to streamline workflows

• Support internal teams, including Marketing Managers and Customer Success

• Assist with operational tasks

• Drive impact on marketing performance through your work

• Work closely with stakeholders, ensuring a quick and efficient feedback loop

• Tackle performance marketing automation challenges

• Address scalability challenges to support growth

• Collaborate within a unique, open, and friendly team, solving challenges together while having fun

🤝 What sets you up for success

• Student status in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or Engineering

• The ability to work with us for at least 12 months (rather longer)

• Good English skills - both in writing as well as speaking

• Good knowledge of Ruby or Python and interest to learn and work with both

• Passion for writing code and good logical skills

• Pragmatic, can-do attitude (you like to dive deep and get things done)

• Reliable and committed to deliver solutions fast

• Willingness to write and maintain well structured documentation

Bonus:

• Experience with relational databases, AWS, Claude Code, Cursor and Docker

❤️‍🔥 What you will love about us

• People & Values: We treat people in the way people should be treated, we bring out the best in everyone, we put our people first.

• Transparent Communication & Recognition: Monthly All-Hands meetings, Q&A sessions with our Founders, and dedicated Slack channels for sharing updates and keep everyone connected.

• Work-Life Balance: 28 holidays*, 3 weeks work from anywhere per year and flexible work hours

• Growing individually and as a team: 7 step career framework, regular performance reviews

• We take care of your health: 10 free nilo.health coaching sessions per year for your mental health & Urban Sports Club membership program

• Events & Feel Good initiatives: Fresh fruit, great drinks, company-wide end of year event, quarterly team events & plenty of feel good initiatives

• Great offices with high quality equipment: High-quality equipment tailored to your department, including a MacBook or ThinkPad, screen for home office + additional hardware; HQ Berlin (Kreuzberg, Paul-Lincke-Ufer) and HeyHub Cologne (Design Offices Gereon), all with standing desks, hybrid set-up meeting rooms & AC - good public transport connections & great lunch options.

At HeyJobs diversity and inclusion is key to creating a culture attracting the best talent and ultimately leading to achieving our vision. Together, we are 30 different nations, 45% women and 50% female leaders.

We are explicitly not hiring anyone who discriminates on the basis of religion, national origin, gender-identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or any other aspect that makes you. We encourage individuals from LGBTQIA+ and other underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to have been continuously ranked as one of Berlin's best tech employers!

See for yourself: Top Startup Employer (German) , Kununu , Glassdoor , Top 25 LinkedIn Startups .

*offers may differ for international hubs and for employment status.