Open role · Kiel
We're hiring: Working Student MCP & AI Integrations
We're looking for a computer science student in Kiel to look after Goalscape's integration with AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini — 15–20 hours a week, alongside your studies.
The role
Goalscape is looking for a computer science working student (m/f/d) in Kiel to look after our integration with AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.
Goalscape Software GmbH builds visual software for goal and project management, used worldwide on a subscription basis. Through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI assistants can work directly with Goalscape: create goals, analyse projects, track progress. This interface is becoming a core part of our product – and you will own it.
Your tasks
- Maintain our MCP connections – keep our MCP server running, fix bugs, and adapt it to new protocol versions and to changes in our backend (Java Spring Boot).
- Review and improve our guides – test our setup instructions step by step in every supported AI client and keep them up to date.
- Build a test rig – set up an automated test environment that checks whether the tools work reliably across AI clients and are used correctly by the models.
- Submit plugins to the major AI providers – prepare our applications for the connector and app directories of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, meet their technical requirements and see the review through.
You start with manageable tasks and take ownership of the area step by step.
What you bring
- Enrolled in a bachelor's or master's programme in computer science or a related field (CAU, HAW Kiel or similar)
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript/Node.js
- Basic knowledge of Java and Spring Boot, at least from university projects
- Interest in AI assistants and LLM tooling; first experience with MCP is a plus
- A careful, independent way of working – you notice when a guide is wrong
- Good English (German welcome but optional); our team works internationally
What we offer
- Working student contract with 15–20 hours per week, flexible around exam periods
- Pay: €18 per hour, €20 after onboarding (3 months)
- Start: immediately; office in Kiel (Esmarchstrasse 51), remote days possible after onboarding
- Direct collaboration with our experienced developers and with management
- Real production code and real responsibility for a topic that is reshaping the software industry
- The option to write your bachelor's or master's thesis with us (e.g. evaluating MCP tools across different LLMs)
How to apply
Send us a short email with your CV, transcript of records and a link to code you have written (GitHub, a university project or similar). No cover letter needed – two or three sentences on why the topic appeals to you are enough.
Contact: Marcus Baur, Managing Director – [email protected]
German and English, 2 pages
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What else we're building
Goalscape is the intent engineering platform — organisational intent made machine-actionable. Founded 2009 in Kiel, Germany; US-patented visual hierarchy for goal management; seventeen years of compound product wisdom. Today's customers include Volkswagen, TotalEnergies, multiple government agencies, education organisations, and enterprise deployments — alongside thousands of individuals and SMEs worldwide.
With Goalscape Flow — our EU-funded R&D programme — we're building the AI substrate: local LLM topology, MCP wiring, ingestion at production quality, evaluation rigour.
Who you'd be working with
- Marcus Baur, CEO — two-time Olympic sailor, ex-SAP.
- Ivan Klim, Lead Engineering — algorithms, AI integration, codebase depth.
- Richard Parslow — Support & Sales.
- Erik Wehkamp, CGO.
- Advisory board — academics and entrepreneurs.
How we work
Small team, wide scope — everyone's fingerprints are on the product. Direct communication, and honesty about trade-offs in both directions. Home-office friendly, with Kiel preferred for the occasional day in person.
Not the role for you?
We hire rarely and deliberately — the working student role above is the only opening right now. If you'd be a fit for something else here, there's no need to wait for a posting: write to [email protected]. Tell us what you'd want to work on and what you've built — a couple of paragraphs is plenty, no formal application needed.
We read and answer every message personally, and we keep the good ones on file. When something opens that fits, you'll hear from us before it goes anywhere else.