Internship SAAS Sales and Business Development

Company

Founded in Berlin, autarc is a 30 person start-up who have just graduated from the Y Combinator in San Francisco. Our team consists of people in Sales, Tech and Operations, with the Sales department currently 6 people and looking to grow by an intern in summer 2025.

Role description

You will be working alongside the COO and co-founder of autarc, as well as other Sales employees to push further expand our reach of our AI tools and improve the day to day work of our customers. This internship has a specific focus on sales, business development and product expansion. You will support our fully fledged sales team and become a product expert in AI and the market of home electrification / renovation.

You will need to work on sales decks, presentations, will join fairs, and work yourself into trends and use-cases of AI phone. As an intern within the team, you will be supported by Senior people to drive your own initiatives. 

• Hands on support of our sales work in their day-to-day work, including customer contact
• Automation of repetitive tasks in our CRM
• Support the development of AI and automation tools that improve our effectiveness

The role has a 75/25 split between operational tasks & strategic topics. Anticipated starting date for this 4-6 months internship would be 1st of October 2026.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics or software engineering
• Previous startup, consulting or VC experience
• Fluent in German and English
• Based in Berlin with a willingness to work hybrid (office in Mitte)

What we offer

• Freedom to choose your own equipment
• An annual team retreat
• The choice between Dance or Deutschland Ticket for mobility 
• Urban Sports Club for fitness
• Regular team events, lunches and activities

Our values

Next steps

If your application is successful, you will participate in the following:

• Screening call with someone of the sales team
• Culture fit call with Thies (Co-Founder)
• Take home case study (approx. 1 hour)
• Final on-site interview with the team 

About us

Right now, 25% of CO2 emissions in Europe are caused by heating our buildings. In order for this to be reduced, the transition towards renewable energy needs to be simplified and made more accessible. There are too few installers to meet the growing demand for heat pumps, and a solution to match this trend needs to be brought to the market.
autarc is developing the leading operating system (OS) for heat pump installers, enabling a more digital and efficient installation process for heat pumps.
Through this, autarc is reducing the hurdles to decarbonizing single-family homes and small apartment buildings in Europe, with the goal to help with the planning and designing of 1 million heat pumps by 2030.