About this role
About Augustus
Augustus is re-thinking money clearing for the internet era. Built from the ground up to provide programmable access to the world’s hard currencies. It’s designed for global financial institutions that need instant, always-on, clearing of major Western currencies.
The dollar is the best product in the history of the world, with practically infinite global demand, but its distribution is broken. The existing clearing model runs on legacy banks that are closed 115 days a year, is built for humans and take two days to settle. Augustus is the update to the internet era. We received conditional approval from the OCC to charter America’s first stablecoin-native clearing bank that is always open, made for machines, at the speed of compute.
We're backed with $40M by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Creandum and the founders of Ramp, Deel and Circle.
The Role
You'll join one of our core teams - CEO Office, Operations, Product, Growth, or Talent - and own real work from day one. Like everyone at Augustus, you'll run day-to-day work in parallel with one or two larger projects.
Recent projects run by interns:
- Rebuilt our talent engine and cut time-to-sign from 82 days to 34.
- Took a new product from first customer call to production launch.
- Relaunched our CRM to drive data accuracy
- Built the sales case behind our largest deals.
Who Will Thrive At Augustus
We believe that throwing smart people with high agency at big problems produces the best outcomes. The people who succeed here share the following traits:
- Relentlessness: When given a task - whatever scope it may be - you make sure that it gets done. You don’t make excuses. You execute.
- Sharpness: You pick up new domains, tools, and problems with ease and apply them effectively.
- Judgment: Strong opinions, loosely held. You solve problems as simply as needed and focus on the highest leverage by default. You know when to be scrappy and when to be precise.
- Team Play: Low ego, high trust. You follow someone else's lead when they're right and you never optimize for yourself over the team winning.
- Systems Thinking: You don't solve problems once - you build something that solves them repeatedly. Your default is to design for automation, not execution.
This role is for you if:
- You build your personal AI stack that optimises your productivity and you treat new AI tools as defaults, not curiosities
- You can build workflows in n8n/zapier/make
- You are low ego and ready to jump in where you are needed most
- You are comfortable talking to senior leaders, external partners, and candidates from day one
- You are genuinely excited about what we are building
This is not for you if:
- You only want to work on strategic projects
- You need to know exactly what you will be working on before you join
- You are looking for a 9-5 role
Hard Requirements
- You are currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree, or between degrees
- You have 1-2 previous internships or roles in high-growth startups, venture capital, or consulting and/or you have demonstrated initiative through side projects, student organisations, research, or entrepreneurial experiences
- You are based in Berlin or willing to relocate (in-person role)
- You are available for 3-6 months
What We Offer
- Career Growth: You will be given more responsibility more quickly than in any traditional bank. You will be pushed to grow faster than ever before.
- Network: Your peers are brilliant, highly motivated people. These people will be foundational in your future opportunities.
- Cutting Edge Tools: You’ll have the best tools for the job. You’ll leverage AI in every aspect of the business and stay on top of emerging tools.
- Real Participation: Employees are shareholders. You will think and act like an owner.
- Perks & Benefits: Relocation support, visa support, the latest Apple gear (MacBook + AirPods), lunch benefit, gym benefit, a beautiful office in the heart of the city, 4x on-/offsites per year, and an annual development budget.