Working Student / Intern in Software Engineering & AI

About the role

Join alago as a Working Student / Intern in Software Engineering & AI and help build a platform that modernises the construction industry. You will work side‑by‑side with the core development team, gaining hands‑on experience on a fast‑growing early‑stage startup.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with the CTO and development team on real product features.
• Design, implement, test and deploy backend or frontend components of the alago platform.
• Use modern developer tools such as Cursor and Claude Code to accelerate development.
• Contribute ideas to improve performance, usability and overall user experience.
• Assist with quality assurance, customer onboarding and deployment tasks.

Required profile

• Enrolled in a Master’s program in Informatics, Computer Science, Business Informatics or a related field.
• Fluent in German (C1) to work with industry‑specific terminology.
• Passionate about AI/ML and eager to learn retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) techniques.
• Available for a minimum of six months.

Required skills

• Experience with web development using JavaScript and React.
• Familiarity with TypeScript, Next.js and Tailwind.
• Basic knowledge of serverless Node.js functions.
• Understanding of PostgreSQL and vector embeddings (Supabase).
• Exposure to LangChain, LangGraph or similar LLM‑chain frameworks.
• Version control with Git/GitHub.

What we offer

• Hands‑on experience in a cutting‑edge AI‑driven product.
• Mentorship from the CTO and senior engineers.
• Opportunity to shape the future of construction technology.
• Flexible working environment in a dynamic startup.