Founding AI Engineer Retrieval and Knowledge Layer

Lokalaise builds local AI infrastructure for companies that cannot move sensitive knowledge into cloud AI systems.

We deploy AI inside customer-controlled environments and connect it to file servers, SharePoint, Outlook, project folders, technical documents and internal knowledge bases. Our stack combines local inference, secure connectors, permission-aware retrieval, citations and audit trails.

We are a small founder-led team in Hamburg with live customer deployments. As a Founding Full Stack Engineer, you will work directly with the founders and help turn early deployments into a repeatable product. This is an office-first, hands-on role for someone who wants to build core product and infrastructure from the ground up.

Tasks

• Develop and implement AI models for local inference that integrate seamlessly with customer-controlled environments, ensuring data privacy and security.


• Design and build secure connectors to interf...