Junior AI Integration Engineer
ZURU, Auckland | New Zealand
About the job
🚀 Ready to Lead AI Sprints, Build Smart Tools, and Put Automation Into Action from Day One? 🚀
About ZURU
ZURU is on a mission to disrupt industries, challenge the status quo, and catalyze change through radical innovation and advances in automation. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; and ZURU Edge is pioneering new-generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers. Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5,000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations. One of the largest toy companies in the world, our globally recognized and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns, and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, BONKERS, and Gumi Yum Surprise.
About the role
As a Junior AI Integration Engineer, you'll work hands-on with business teams across ZURU to diagnose friction, build AI-powered tools, and ship them into production. From knowledge bots and workflow automations to campaign reporting agents and data analysis agents, your work will directly impact how thousands of people across ZURU get their jobs done every day.This role sits at the centre of ZURU's AI transformation. You'll run focused sprints with business units, translate real workflows into working AI tools, and hand off validated prototypes to the engineering team for production. This is a hands-on, build-and-ship role with real ownership from week one.You'll work across business units spanning toys, consumer goods, tech and construction — in NZ, China, United States giving you visibility into shared problems and reusable patterns no single-team role would offer.