Junior AI Integration Engineer: Build AI Tools & Automation

ZURU; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture for Growth

Health Benefits

Global Opportunities

A Player Team

Competitive Remuneration

Amenities

Job summary

ZURU is seeking a Junior AI Integration Engineer to diagnose friction, build AI-powered tools, and ship them into production. You will run focused sprints with business units, translate workflows into AI prototypes, and hand off validated PoCs to engineering for production.

This role spans NZ, China and the US, offering broad visibility and hands-on ownership from week one. You will work with Python/JavaScript/TypeScript, develop AI workflows, and collaborate with business teams across toys,

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python/JS/TS and AI workflows.
• Experience building AI workflows and agents.
• Strong communication across business units.
• Ability to deconstruct complex workflows for automation.
• Familiarity with LLMs, RAG, and context engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead one-week focused sprints with business teams to identify automations and deliver a PoC.
• Build AI-powered tools: knowledge bots, RAG systems, data analysis agents, campaigns tools, web apps.
• Connect AI tools to data sources via semantic models for querying data and Databricks/MCP connections.
• Deploy and maintain infrastructure with Terraform, AWS, and CI/CD practices.
• Design RAG systems across units covering ingestion, chunking, retrieval and knowledge architecture.
• Facilitate hands-on workshops to upskill teams on AI.
• Mentor AI Champions and contribute to Claude skills templates.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

AI workflows

LLM capabilities

Stakeholder comms

PoC

Tools

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Job description

ZURU is seeking a Junior AI Integration Engineer to diagnose friction, build AI-powered tools, and ship them into production. You will run focused sprints with business units, translate workflows into AI prototypes, and hand off validated PoCs to engineering for production.

This role spans NZ, China and the US, offering broad visibility and hands-on ownership from week one. You will work with Python/JavaScript/TypeScript, develop AI workflows, and collaborate with business teams across toys,