Fellowship - AI Product Building & Consulting (6 months) (m/f/d)

We are looking for a Fellow for 6 months, starting as soon as possible. Voluntary and mandatory internships are both welcome. Advise. Invest. Build. Meet ALAIKA, a new kind of Financial Services firm, globally scaling, headquartered in Munich. The work is hard. The bar is high. We want builders. Convince during your Fellowship and earn the opportunity to join ALAIKA full-time as an Associate Consultant, with partner-track ambition from day one. Stop reading if any of these describe you: • Building. You would rather talk about AI than build something with it → We build with AI every day and show working products. • Drive. You need someone to fire the starting gun → We only hire people who can prove they are intrinsically driven and execute. • Ownership. You spot the problem and walk it to your boss → We fall in love with problems. Own them. Solve them. Ship solutions. • Mindset. “Not possible” is part of your vocabulary → We hire people who always find a way. Still there? Then ALAIKA might be for you. At ALAIKA, our vision is to build the future of Financial Services with three brands under one roof: Advisory (Strategy Consulting), Capital (Private Equity), Building (Company Builder). Right now, we are in the midst of building our trojan horse ALAIKA Advisory. The ambition: building the leading Financial-Services-specific entrepreneurial holding, with Fortune 500 access, PE discipline, and Silicon Valley technology depth and thinking. Three networks that compound and multiply. • One industry. Financial Services. Nothing else. • One focus. The intersection of business and technology, across Strategic Transformations, AI & Data Intelligence, and Cybersecurity. • One goal. Being the go-to partner for the world’s leading Fortune 500 financial services companies, and the ones we might help build into that. Founded in October 2022 by Johanna von Geyr (build-up and led Financial Services Practice for a NASDAQ-listed strategy consultancy) and Harald Braunstein (serial entrepreneur with exits incl. IPO), we bring together deep functional domain expertise and networks in global Financial Services, with a proven track record in building, scaling, and investing in leading software product companies. Curious what ALAIKA is all about? Explore our website and introduction deck . Join the movement - apply now. The role and what you will work on You work directly with our Head of IT and AI Systems, between building and advising. We do not just advise clients on AI. We build with it every day: the tools the firm runs on, our own core business systems, and JARVIS, our AI recruiting platform. • Build. Design, build and ship the AI tools ALAIKA runs on, from quick prototypes and automations to full web apps used across the firm. Write prompts and AI logic, test new workflows, and keep everything stable. Working products, not slideware. • Rebuild. We are replacing our legacy enterprise software with our own core business systems. Map how we work today, shape requirements with the people who will use the new systems, and build parts of them yourself. • Scale. Push JARVIS, one of ALAIKA Building’s most advanced ventures, towards international investors. Turn recruiter feedback into features, sharpen positioning against the AI recruiting landscape, and prepare demos and pitch materials. • Advise. Support client engagements across Strategic Transformation and AI & Data Intelligence: research, analysis, slide writing and workshop preparation, alongside experienced consultants and partners. • Own. Own your features and deliverables end-to-end, from user feedback to release. Run testing sessions with real users and turn what you learn into clear priorities. You are not support staff for the seniors. When you are a fit “Show me an athlete