internship

MycoFarming

We turn fungi into pollution fighters, and with their help we are tackling the Nitrogen Crisis.

Mechanical engineering: Applied to biotechnology and water treatment.

Marketing: Give our mission a voice worth listening to.

Ecology & natural sciences research: Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of our impact.

Software engineering: Contribute to the IT systems of the most sustainable water treatment.

AI/data: Build the data and AI layer of the most sustainable water treatment.

Caddy

Revolutionize an industry with great software for Civil Engineers.

Software Engineer Backend (C# / Rust / PostgresQL / k8s).

Software Engineer Frontend (React / Tauri / Tanstack / Tailwind / TypeScript).

Design Engineer (UX / UI / Figma / React / Tauri).

Graphic Designer UX / UI (Figma / Framer / Canva).

Product Positioning / Marketing (Marketing expertise combined with capacity to understand technical details).

The Hand Project

We bring teams together to build real prosthetic hands for people who need them. Every workshop is a mix of teamwork, purpose, and global impact. Built by teams, given to individuals. Teambuilding that actually works.

Create and manage our socials across platforms. Collaborate with our African ambassadors on fitting camp content. Support campaigns, share impact stories, and join workshops with companies like Adyen or Allianz. You’ll gain creative freedom, storytelling experience, and direct input from the field. Real responsibilites with real impact.

Outreach & Partnership Support: our referral campaigns and help grow our network. Reach out to companies, CSR teams, and already formed partnerships. Create pitch decks and track leads. You’ll work directly with the founder and African team to amplify impact through word-of-mouth, repeat workshops, and purpose-driven collaborations.

Beyond Bounds

We are three friends building a design startup that is reinventing lighting through 3D-printed, customizable lamps made from sustainable materials. Based at the VU W&N in Amsterdam, we collaborate closely with talented designers to merge craftsmanship, innovation, and eco-design. With ongoing material R&D, we offer students the chance to shape the future of sustainable design.

Help bring our products and brand to life through creative photoshoots and video production. You’ll capture our 3D-printed lamps in lifestyle settings, develop short-form video content, and support campaigns. Perfect for students passionate about visual storytelling, photography, and videography with an eye for design and aesthetics.

Join our team to create engaging content for Instagram and TikTok, support influencer collaborations, and strengthen our online community. You’ll gain hands-on experience in digital marketing, storytelling, and brand building while working on a sustainable design startup based in Amsterdam.

Help us scale a fast-growing design startup by exploring new markets, building alliances, and approaching new clients. This internship offers experience in entrepreneurship, strategy and sales while working closely with the founders. Perfect for students passionate about innovation and sustainable business models.

Be part of cutting-edge R&D by experimenting with PLA and wood fibers to create sustainable 3D-printing materials. You’ll test, analyze, and refine bio-based composites for our designer lamps. Ideal for science and engineering students excited about sustainability, materials research, and circular innovation.

Work hands-on with our team to refine and develop product designs for our 3D-printed lamps. Using tools such as Blender, Shapr3D, or SolidWorks, you’ll explore form, function, and sustainability while testing how small design changes impact production and aesthetics. Ideal for students passionate about design innovation.

Storks Robotics

Robotic systems for sustainable and circular cities. We build rovers that keep our parks safe and clean!

ROS2 Developer – You will be responsible for connecting different parts of the system (sensors, motors, robotic arm, navigation system, cameras, AI models), and making our rover autonomous.

Mechatronics / Embedded Developer – writing low level programming for the microcontrollers and communication with sensors and actuators.

Hydroponics Specialist – turn our lab into a greenhouse!

Communications Specialist – Working on branding, public image, promotional materials. Website design.

IoT/Electronics Specialist – working with sensors, batteries, microcontrollers, gps, data collection and monitoring.

Mozo

Mozo is a digital ordering and payment platform for hospitality venues. It streamlines ordering, payments, and the guest experience through QR codes, self-order kiosks, and full POS integration.

Frontend Internship: Build beautiful, high-performing UIs for Mozo’s QR and kiosk flows and analytics dashboards. You’ll work with Vuejs and TypeScript, ship real features, run experiments to improve conversion, and learn design-to-code craft. Mentorship from senior devs. Amsterdam/remote, 4–6 months, minimum 3 days/week.

Backend Internship: Help scale Mozo’s ordering and payments platform. Build resilient APIs, POS/printer integrations, and event-driven services in Node.js/TypeScript with PostgreSQL. Tackle performance, reliability, and security. Ship to production, monitor with logs/metrics, and learn modern DevOps basics. Amsterdam/remote, 4–6 months, minimum 3 days/week.

Bijlex

At Bijlex, we create a new digital learning method for secondary schools to improve education. We redefine how students learn and absorb knowledge through modern functionalities, AI, and interactive tools that make learning more engaging and motivating.

For this app each component is custom-made. Therefore we have a many different projects, that each require a vastly different skillset!

Software Developer: In this role you will apply your programming on multiple projects. You will be involved from thinking out the component to creating the final result. Example projects: Interactive exercises, printing functionality, achievement systems, and more.

Social Media: For this role you will be in charge of creating video’s, media content and media posts. This function too intertwines with marketing and creative thinking related projects!

Marketing: This role requires vast knowledge of marketing in general. You will be involved in our marketing related projects, such as creating materials, marketing campaigns, research and more!

NextCrete

NextCrete develops sustainable sports chalk by transforming industrial waste streams such as magnesium byproducts, and captured CO₂ into high-quality chalk. By combining geochemistry, material science, and entrepreneurship, we plan on creating a circular solution that reduces mining while delivering a functional product for athletes.

For people interested in Business: – Conduct market research to identify opportunities in sports, sustainability, and industrial minerals. – Help analyze costs and pricing strategies for scaling production. – Assist in sourcing materials and partners for the supply chain. – Contribute to funding applications and pitch decks.

For people interested in Marketing: – Develop and manage social media content (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.) to grow our presence. – Help design flyers, banners, and event materials for pitches and networking events. – Track and analyze engagement to refine our communication strategy. – Support brand development and messaging for different audiences (athletes, researchers, investors).

For people interested in Chemistry: – Explore different sources of magnesium and CO₂ for carbonate precipitation. – Learn and apply concepts of CO₂ mineral trapping and sustainable material production. – Help optimize experimental protocols for better yield, purity, and crystal morphology.

PLEQ

Space Occupancy Data Platform for Universities.

Marketing Intern: Join PLEQ as a Marketing Intern and help shape our brand story. You’ll support campaigns, create content, and explore creative ways to reach universities and public institutions, gaining hands-on experience in a fast-growing proptech startup.

Sales Intern: As a Sales Intern at PLEQ, you’ll assist in lead generation, outreach, and client engagement. You’ll learn to build relationships with universities and organizations while supporting our sales pipeline, gaining practical experience in B2B SaaS sales within the proptech sector.

• Work on new dashboard features and data visualizations.
• Collaborate with designers and data engineers.
• Help create a clean, intuitive interface for campus insights.

• Analyze occupancy and scheduling data from sensors across European campuses.
• Build predictive models for space utilization and recovery patterns.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to improve accuracy and performance.

VU – Ambulatory Monitoring Solutions

VU-AMS B.V. offers physiological sensing and analytics solutions for behavioural and clinical science in natural settings (e.g. at work, during exercise, while sleeping). By facilitating world-class research, we enable scientists and medical specialists to discover novel ways to monitor and physical and mental health and prevent stress related disease.

Marketing and Branding Intern: Assist in executing marketing strategies for VU-AMS across academic, medical, and sports markets by creating content, managing campaigns, and analyzing engagement.

Business Development Intern: Conduct market analysis, identify new business opportunities, and assist in drafting proposals for partnerships and expansion into new sectors like sports and mental health.

Product Development Intern (Wearables): Collaborate with the engineering team to support hardware prototyping and testing of the VU-AMS ecosystem, including integration of new sensors and wireless technologies.

Software Development Intern: Work with the software team to enhance the VU-DAMS software package (java), and iOS app (swift) focusing on improving the user interface and implementing new features.

UX/UI Design Intern: Design and test user-friendly interfaces for the VU-DAMS software, improving the overall user experience for researchers and healthcare professionals.

CREATE

Leverage AI technology to streamline regulatory market access for medical devices.

(Vibe) Code a medical device regulatory app based on the CREATE AI platform. Full-cycle web development from customer requirements to implementation, automated testing and customer acceptance. Based on JS/Next/React/Typescript/OpenAI. We could host up to 2-3 interns of this type.

Voice of the Customer: conduct structured interviews with (potential) customers of regulatory affairs AI solutions. These are professionals in the medical device industry. In the assignment, you develop a questionnaire, conduct the interviews and generate an actionable report.

Business Intelligence: create a dashboard of the usage of an online webapp based on log file analysis and other available metrics. Highlight top users, profitability per account, usage patterns of the application. Mostly done in e.g. Excel, but some light tooling AI-assisted coding (e.g. to extract information) will be required.

Capisoft

Capisoft builds cutting-edge software combining AI, smart automation, and custom solutions to help companies stay ahead. From web platforms to data-driven tools, we create scalable, high-impact software that solves real business challenges. In just 2.5 years, our Amsterdam-based team has grown from 4 to 75+ employees.

Full-Stack Development Traineeship: You’ll be trained in frontend and backend development, integrations, web scraping, and building small mobile apps. You’ll start with our in-house training guide, completing tasks and exercises, and once finished, you’ll move on to a real client project where you’ll continue learning on the job.

HBO Traineeship: You’ll build tools to analyze and optimize crawler performance, collecting metrics and creating visualizations. You’ll also run tests to identify the best proxies, frameworks, and settings for each platform, aiming to bypass bot detection and automatically determine optimal configurations.

Tekkers

Tekkers is a new sports-tech startup building the first all-in-one platform for pickup sports. Whether you’re a player looking to join a local game or a host wanting to organize one, our app makes it easy to find, create, manage, and join casual sports matches anytime, anywhere, across any sport.

We’re looking for a passionate Flutter Developer with strong Firebase experience to help us scale our cross-platform mobile app. You’ll work closely with a dynamic founding team that lives and breathes sports—and wants to revolutionize how people discover and join pickup games.

This project requires a developer with experience in configuring Firebase for both iOS and Android, as well as strong skills in building Flutter applications using Dart.

Platform-specific configuration files (google-services.json and GoogleService-Info.plist), and managing environment settings. Knowledge of platform channels, push notification setup (including APNs for iOS), and debugging build issues across platforms is essential to ensure seamless cross-platform functionality.

Heart Harmona

A digital self-management support (VR+app) for heart failure patients.

Business Development & Implementation Strategy Intern: Help shape Heart Harmona’s go-to-market strategy by interviewing innovation managers, insurers, and clinicians to map real adoption routes in Dutch healthcare. You’ll gain hands-on experience in stakeholder engagement, health system strategy, and business development within a fast-growing digital health startup.

Medical Content & Education Intern: Research and curate evidence-based heart failure education content from trusted sources (ESC, WHO, Harteraad, etc.). Translate complex information into engaging, patient-friendly material for our VR and mobile platforms. Ideal for medical, biomedical, or health sciences students interested in patient education and digital health innovation.

Data Science / Machine Learning Intern: Help us design and prototype a personalized recommendation system based on behavioral and clinical data. Apply ML, data visualization, and behavioral modeling to create our “Behavior Change Matrix” — a core part of the Heart Harmona algorithm.

UI/UX & Product Design Intern: Design intuitive, engaging user experiences for our mobile application. You’ll work on prototypes using Figma and AI design tools, translating behavioral science into beautiful, accessible interfaces. Perfect for students passionate about digital health, design thinking, and impact-driven innovation.

VR Animator Intern: Collaborate with our technical team to animate character interactions within the VR experience.

Liion Power B.V.

Liion Power is a smart charging solutions company. Its first product, Leo, is a plug-and-play device that extends battery life and improves charging efficiency.

The internship focuses on data analysis and software testing for Liion Power’s smart-charging device, Leo. The student will analyze charging data, build a library of charging profiles, and use it to run automated tests across different devices and chargers.

Hempax

At Hempax, we develop sustainable packaging and paper products made from industrial hemp. Our goal is to replace wood- and plastic-based materials with a more sustainable alternative. Hemp serves as this alternative because it grows fast, uses little water, needs no chemicals, and is highly recyclable. We can have paper without using trees! Join our mission and apply for an internship at Hempax.

Web design expert: Help us build the new Hempax website. As we grow, we need an upgraded website. We have a vision for the website but would also love input from your expert point of view. Let your creativity out and build something lasting! Requirements. Skilled knowledge in (or the will to quickly learn) one or more of the following tools: Figma, Adobe, Canva, WordPress, Wix, GoHighLevel.

Social media expert: Want to gain experience in developing a social media strategy, building a content calendar, and writing content for a fast-growing startup? Use your social media expertise and join our team. At Hempax, we post on LinkedIn, Instagram, and our own website.

Ingy BV

Ingy is a tech company that develops smart building solutions. We make buildings more energy-efficient, sustainable, and intelligent by using wireless sensors and controls that connect lights, people, and spaces. Our technology not only controls lighting automatically but also enables features like energy monitoring, people counting, and indoor positioning all through a single wireless network.

Firmware driver DALI. Summary: create a cross-platform (Silicon Labs and Nordic Semiconductor) firmware driver for DALI.

Bandwidth optimization: Bandwidth optimization in-network as well from the phone to the embedded devices.

Pre-commissioning tool: Develop a pre-commisioning tool to easily design a lighting control scheme by loading in an existing CAD drawing and quickly assigning (repetitive) lighting control settings to sensors positioned in the drawing.

Sales Interns

Samadhi’s Secrets

We address the problem of chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation — the root cause of most modern physical and mental health conditions. Our solution, Samadhi’s Secrets, combines ancient wisdom practices (mindfulness, yoga, sound, breathwork, sleep science) with AI-driven biometric prediction and adaptive intervention to create a personalized wellbeing system.

Organic Digital Marketing: Drive our beta launch with science-backed storytelling across Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Plan and create content, manage community, run A/B tests, and track performance. Help shape Samadhi’s voice and organic growth from zero.

Development of Technical Solution: Co-develop Samadhi’s technical blueprint: draft a clinical-grade whitepaper and product roadmap, define data pipelines, AI intervention loops, research architectures, privacy/GDPR, and feasibility. Translate science into specs with founders, turning ideas into milestones for an AI-driven wellbeing platform.

Thymos Research

Thymos Research develops high-frequency algorithmic trading systems and constantly works on being in line with the advancements in the dynamic and competitive environment of algorithmic trading.

Thymos Research is looking for software engineering interns who have a solid working base with Python/Rust/C++. It’s an opportunity to dive in to HFT world. Being curious and self-dependent is essential. Having experience with concurrency and parallelism is a must, familiarity with networking is a plus.

Thymos Research is looking for quantitative research interns who have a solid grasp of time-series data analysis and econometric models. You are expected to analyze vast amount of high frequency financial data and identify the patterns. Being curious and self-dependent is essential. No experience is required but curiosity is essential.

SolarFoil

At SolarFoil, we’re transforming sustainable agriculture by developing light-converting nanomaterials to optimise sunlight for plant growth. Our mission is to provide innovative solutions that address the challenges of climate change and a growing global population. We’re a small, diverse team with a startup mindset, dedicated to making a meaningful impact.

BUSINESS | This internship touches every part of the company: technology, market fit, partnerships, and fundraising. It’s ideal for someone interested in startup strategy with a curiosity for science and sustainability. You’ll help with strategy, research, and business development, from mapping potential partners to refining how we communicate our value to the world.

CHEMISTRY | Our polymer nanocomposites must be stable for long. You will design, plan and execute stability testing (UV/solar exposure, humidity/temperature cycling) and work on mitigation strategies (macro and micro encapsulation, use of additives, different polymer materials).

CHEMISTRY | Nanoparticles are at the core of SolarFoi’s nanocomposites. You will focus on optimizing synthesis methods for a high-quality nanomaterial with blue or red emission, emphasizing efficiency and sustainability. You’ll have access to advanced spectroscopy setups to characterize optical properties and work towards achieving high photoluminescence quantum yield and photostability.

MARKETING | As we continue to grow, we’re focused on creating a strong online presence that reflects our identity as a forward-thinking startup. Your work will directly impact how we present ourselves to the world, attracting interest from potential collaborators and industrial partners. You bring creative ideas and may work on social media/LinkedIn exposure, development of a blog, or webdesign.

BIOLOGY | Besides foil development, we are actively working on the validation of our technology. To this aim, you can design and execute greenhouse and algae trials to test how the films improve light use efficiency and crop/growth quality. You may be collaborating with the greenhouse (UniFarm), AlgaeParc and LightLab of Wageningen University & Research and University of Amsterdam.

Aleri

Aleri is an app to help people with allergies or special diets to find allergy-safe foods and products.

A UX researcher to assist our designer with the product’s user experience.

An AI developer to help us create our machine learning system.

A Nutrition / Food Data Intern to help us analyze different foods and ingredients.

A Marketing Intern to help us grow Aleri’s visibility among allergy-aware audiences.

A Business Development Intern to help us build partnerships with brands and food producers.

GymBuds

GymBuds is an Amsterdam based start up that makes it easy for people to find sports partners and book venues in one simple app. Users can search for players at their level, connect, and instantly reserve a court or field nearby. We’re currently building our platform and are looking for motivated software engineering interns to help develop, test, and launch the first version of the app.

As a Software Engineering Intern at GymBuds, you’ll help build our web and mobile app that connects players and manages sports bookings. You’ll work with modern technologies (React, Firebase, and APIs), contribute to real product features, and gain hands on experience in a fast growing Amsterdam start-up environment.