AI Technical Partner / Founding AI Architect

We are building a Private AI solution for Singapore SMEs . We aim to provide SMEs with practical AI solutions that can work with their own company knowledge, documents, SOPs and workflows. The founder brings strong experience in Singapore SME business development, industrial real estate, SME relationships and business strategy , with an existing network of SME owners and decision-makers. We are looking for a strong technical person to become the technical brain behind the venture . You will have the to shape: • AI product architecture • Private AI infrastructure • AI agents • RAG / company knowledge systems • SME AI applications • GPU/server deployment • Security architecture • Technical product strategy • Development team structure • Future AI SaaS products The commercial side will be led by the founder, allowing the technical partner to focus heavily on building a strong and scalable technology foundation. Examples: • AI quotation generator • AI email assistant • AI SOP generator • AI proposal generator • AI document summariser • AI customer-service assistant • AI HR assistant • AI Excel/data assistant • AI marketing assistant • AI business document generator Your Role As the Technical Partner, you will initially be responsible for: 1. Technical Architecture Design the overall architecture for our Private AI platform. This includes evaluating: • Open-source LLMs • Commercial APIs • Local inference • RAG • Vector databases • AI agents • GPU infrastructure • Cloud infrastructure • On-premise deployment • Authentication • User management • Data isolation • Backup • Monitoring • Security The objective is not to build the most expensive system. The objective is: Build the most commercially viable Private AI system for Singapore SMEs. 2. Private AI Infrastructure Help determine when we should use: Cloud versus Dedicated server versus On-premise GPU server versus Hybrid architecture You should be able to explain the trade-offs between performance, cost, security and scalability. 3. RAG / Knowledge Base Build systems that allow SMEs to interact with their own information. 4. AI Agents & Automation Develop practical AI agents for SMEs. Potential applications include: • Sales assistant • Customer-service assistant • HR assistant • Operations assistant • Document assistant • Quotation assistant • Internal knowledge assistant • Lead qualification • Workflow automation Ideal Candidate We are looking for someone who has a combination of: Technical ability Strong understanding of several of the following: • LLMs • RAG • AI agents • Python • APIs • Vector databases • Docker • Linux • Cloud infrastructure • GPU infrastructure • Open-source AI models • Database systems • Authentication • Cybersecurity • AI application development Experience with local/private LLM deployment is highly advantageous. Entrepreneurial Mindset This is extremely important. We are not looking for someone who only wants: “Tell me what to build and I’ll build it.” We want someone who can say: “This approach will cost $X, this alternative will cost $Y, and I recommend Y because it is more suitable for SMEs.” You should be comfortable challenging assumptions and helping shape the product.