Founder’s Associate

<h2>🏢 Who we are</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">A team from Germany with the vision to make advanced network security accessible for everyone</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are a software company developing an open source zero-trust network security platform that is both easy to use and affordable for teams of all sizes and budgets. Our mission is grounded in a simple yet powerful belief: secure private networking is a fundamental right of every modern company.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Since our launch on GitHub in 2021, we have gained trust among thousands of companies seeking secure and seamless solutions for connecting remote employees and infrastructure. By replacing traditional centralized VPNs, NetBird has become a trusted choice for modern network security, connecting today hundreds of thousands of users and machines worldwide. Our open source, community-driven approach has been a key driver of our success. We listen to our users, and their input helps us make network security better for everyone.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Want to see what we're working on? Check out our GitHub repo at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird">https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird</a> or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://netbird.io/knowledge-hub">https://netbird.io/knowledge-hub</a><br /></p><h2>✏️ What you will do</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">As Founder's Associate at NetBird, you'll work directly with our founders and Chief of Staff on the topics that matter most to the company. This is a hands-on, high-trust generalist role: you'll experience every part of how a fast-growing open source startup is built, from strategy to day-to-day execution, and grow into real ownership as you prove yourself.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Specifically, you will:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support the founders on strategic projects across growth, product, operations, and fundraising, and drive your own workstreams within them</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Help grow the team, from coordinating our recruiting process to helping win exceptional people for NetBird</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Research markets, competitors, and customer needs to identify new opportunities and risks</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support cross-team initiatives and help keep Product, Growth, and Engineering aligned on key company milestones</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Help design and improve the internal processes that keep a scaling company running, and jump on whatever matters most right now, from testing new GTM ideas to supporting the founders day to day<br /></p></li></ul><h2>🔎 What we are looking for</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're looking for an exceptional generalist: highly motivated, analytical, and hands-on, with the ambition to help build and scale a tech startup from the inside.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">What you bring</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A track record of excellence and real ownership, for example through top academic results from a top tier university or internships in high-caliber startups, venture capital, investment banking, or strategy consulting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You're highly structured, organized, and able to drive multiple topics