As a Junior Data and AI Engineer, you will build and maintain data pipelines that power real business decisions across ZURU’s global operations. Working with modern tools like Databricks, dbt, Fivetran, and AWS, you’ll gain end-to-end exposure to data systems while contributing to scalable, production-grade infrastructure. This is a hands-on role with real ownership from day one.
This role plays a key part in enabling data-driven decision-making across ZURU’s global business. By building reliable pipelines, improving data quality, and supporting platform scalability, you directly impact commercial, marketing, and logistics performance. Your work ensures teams can trust and act on data, while contributing to the long-term evolution of ZURU’s data platform and AI capabilities.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Build and maintain data pipelines ingesting data from SAP, retail POS systems, logistics platforms, and marketing channels
Migrate legacy pipelines into scalable, maintainable modern data architectures
Monitor and improve data quality, identifying issues before they impact the business
Support and enhance data platform infrastructure and tooling
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable datasets and insights
Contribute to end-to-end data workflows including ingestion, transformation, and governance
Document processes, pipelines, and learnings clearly
Continuously improve workflows using automation and AI tools
What You Bring To ZURU
Skills & Experience:
Strong SQL skills (joins, window functions, CTEs)
Experience using Python for scripts, pipelines, or automation
Understanding of data pipelines and common failure points
Ability to learn quickly, solve problems, and work with ambiguity
Strong communication skills, including asking questions and documenting solutions
Bonus:
Experience with dbt, Spark, or cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
Exposure to AWS or similar cloud environments
End-to-end data project experience (academic, personal, or professional)
Think you’ve got what it takes? Apply now and tell us your story.
LIFE@ZURU
ZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group spans three core divisions—ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge, and ZURU Tech.
At ZURU, we foster a high-performing culture that encourages growth, ownership, and continuous improvement. You are responsible for driving your career, and we provide the platform to accelerate it.
Learn more at www.zuru.com
WHAT WE OFFER
🌱 Culture for Growth
🌎 Global Opportunities
💡 Surrounded by an A Player Team
ZURU – Reimagining tomorrow 🚀
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ZURU may use AI tools to help screen, assess or select applicants.
Skills Required
- Strong SQL skills (joins, window functions, CTEs)
- Experience using Python for scripts, pipelines, or automation
- Understanding of data pipelines and common failure points
- Ability to learn quickly, solve problems, and work with ambiguity
- Strong communication skills, including asking questions and documenting solutions
- Experience with dbt
- Experience with Spark
- Experience with Databricks
- Experience with Snowflake
- Experience with BigQuery
- Experience with Redshift
- Exposure to AWS or similar cloud environments
- End-to-end data project experience (academic, personal, or professional)
- Experience with Fivetran or similar ingestion tooling
What We Do
ZURU is a disruptive and award-winning company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative toys and consumer products. Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU is one of the fastest growing toy companies in the world and is known for their agility, creativity and new-age manufacturing techniques. The company that started in New Zealand now employs more than 5,000 staff across 18 offices, produces 600,000 toys a day and distributes to most major retailers in over 120 countries. ZURU has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™ and Metal Machines™ as well as through partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. With a strong commitment to the community, ZURU supports Captivating International, local China orphanages and also student development programs in Asia and in New Zealand. ZURU will continue to pave new ways for kids to play and focuses on reimagining what this looks like every day.
