Working Student Software Engineer (Flutter) (m/f/d)

<p>Maple Tales builds reading and language-learning apps that real schools use every day. A Flutter-based reading app for elementary students, a teacher dashboard, and a white-label language-learning platform running under several school brands. We're a small team, so this isn't a shadowing role: you'll ship real fixes and features into production apps, work directly with the founders, and see your work reach classrooms within days, not sprints.</p> <h2>Tasks</h2> <ul> <li>Ship features and fixes across our Flutter apps, including our student reading app, language-learning app, and teacher dashboard, on both mobile and web.</li> <li>Maintain and extend our white-label language-learning codebase that powers several branded language schools.</li> <li>Work directly with Firebase, from Firestore data and Authentication flows to Hosting deploys and Remote Config.</li> <li>Help us build a real CI/CD deployment pipeline. We already lint and test in GitLab CI. Deployment is still manual today, and we want you to help us change that.</li> <li>Test across browsers, devices, and branded instances to catch inconsistencies before our schools do.</li> <li>Review code, pair with the team on harder bugs, and contribute to technical decisions.</li> <li>Help us understand how students actually use Maple Tales. Instrument new features, analyze user journeys, and turn what we learn into product improvements.</li> <li>Prototype new reading and language-learning experiences and help turn the promising ones into production features.</li> <li>Improve our automated testing and monitoring so we catch regressions before our students and schools do.</li> <li>Build reusable components and internal tooling that make it faster to ship features across our apps and white-label brands.</li> </ul> <h2>Requirements</h2> <ul> <li>Enrolled student in Computer Science (Informatik), Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik), or a related field, available for roughly 20 hours per week during the semester.</li> <li>Based in Germany and legally eligible to work in Germany as a working student. Ideally, you are based in Frankfurt am Main or the surrounding area.</li> <li>Solid hands-on experience with Flutter and Dart, or strong cross-platform mobile development experience and the motivation to get fluent quickly.</li> <li>Familiar with state management patterns. We use BLoC, but experience with comparable approaches is absolutely fine.</li> <li>Experience with Firebase, or a transferable background with another BaaS or cloud platform, particularly authentication, document databases, and hosting.</li> <li>Enough web fundamentals, including HTML, CSS, and the DOM, to debug how Flutter Web actually renders. It has its own quirks.</li> <li>Comfortable with Git and collaborative development workflows. Experience with GitLab is a plus.</li> <li>Comfortable taking ownership of a problem, asking the right questions, and figuring things out without needing every step predefined.</li> <li>You know how to debug systematically and chase root causes rather than just symptoms. When something is "flaky," you want to understand why before you fix it.</li> <li>Fluent in English and comfortable working in an English-speaking team. German skills are a plus.</li> </ul> <h2>Benefits</h2> <p><strong>Modern workplace:</strong> Our office is located right in the innovation hub of Goethe University and Frankfurt School, surrounded by startups, research, and an entrepreneurial community.</p> <p><strong>Hybrid and flexible working:</strong> We offer flexible working hours and the option to work from home, giving you the flexibility to balance work with your studies and everyday life.</p> <p><strong>Work in an agile team:</strong> You’ll be part of a collaborative and motivated team that values continuous improvement, open communication, and achieving goals together.</p> <p><strong>Sports and wellness benefits:</strong> Get access to a wide range of sports and wellness activities through Wellpass.</p> <p><strong>We’re hiring two working students for this role:</strong> one to join us at the beginning of October and another to start in January. Let us know in your application which start date works best for you.</p> <p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>