ZURU

Tech / AI / Software

JuniorAIIntegrationEngineer

auckland, auckland, new zealand FULL TIME
The Brief

“Junior AI Integration Engineer at ZURU. Skills: AI Integration, AI-powered tools, automation, RAG systems, data analysis agents, workflow automations. diagnose friction. build AI-powered tools”

What You'll Achieve.

Build AI-powered tools including knowledge bots, RAG systems, data analysis agents, campaign reporting tools, and custom web apps; ship them into production; directly impact how thousands of people across ZURU get their jobs done every day; creating scalable, repeatable solutions rather than ad-hoc fixes

Industry & Context.

Tech / AI / Software
Problems you'll solve

diagnose friction; Ability to deconstruct complex business workflows and re-engineer them for automation; Ability to take a problem from discovery through to working PoC

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Comfortable reading and writing code in Python and JavaScript or TypeScript, Comfortable using AI coding tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude Code, Experience building AI workflows, Understanding of modern LLM capabilities including agents, tool use, RAG, context engineering, and structured output, Ability to deconstruct complex business workflows and re-engineer them for automation, Builder's mentality, focused on creating scalable, repeatable solutions rather than ad-hoc fixes, Ability to take a problem from discovery through to working PoC

Nice to Have

Exposure to Terraform, AWS, or similar cloud environments, Experience building data pipelines or working with semantic layers (dbt or similar), Exposure to vector databases, embeddings, or retrieval systems, Hackathon, side project, or open-source contributions you can show us, End-to-end project experience (academic, personal, or professional)

What You'll Do.

build AI-powered tools

ship them into production

run focused sprints with business units

translate real workflows into working AI tools

hand off validated prototypes to the engineering team for production

identify high-value automations

Connect AI tools to business data sources

Deploy and maintain infrastructure

Design and build RAG systems across multiple business units

Facilitate hands-on workshops to upskill teams

Mentor team-level AI Champions

contribute to the shared skill library

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work hands-on with business teams across ZURU; sit with business units across commercial, marketing, design, manufacturing, and finance; translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders; Mentor team-level AI Champions

Communication Scope

communication skills; able to sit with business units across commercial, marketing, design, manufacturing, and finance; translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders; run workshops; present to senior leadership

Process & Methodology

Lead one-week focused sprints

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