Data & AI Engineer
Pubblicato il 14-10-2026 - Zespri International in Italia
Kō wai mātou? Who are we?
Zespri is more than simply the world’s single-largest marketer of kiwifruit. We like to think of ourselves as fruit on a mission and as rebels with a cause: to help people, communities and the environment around the world thrive through the goodness of kiwifruit. We are proudly the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, selling kiwifruit in more than 50 countries. We work with around 2,800 New Zealand and 1,500 international growers and post-harvest companies to source the best-quality Zespri Kiwifruit which we supply through our distribution partners to wholesale and retail customers. We are one of New Zealand’s best-known international brands, dedicated to creating sustainable long-term value for growers.
He aha te mahi? What’s the role?
Based in Bologna, the Data and AI Engineer is accountable for the data backbone on which every analytics, AI, and BI initiative depends (through the entire data lifecycle). The role designs, builds and owns the pipelines, data quality and governance that turn fragmented, manual processes into a trusted,
accessible single source of truth, building the agentic AI and LLM-powered automation that replaces repetitive workflows. The Data and AI Engineer prepares the ground (data quality, curation, governance) and owns the automation layer, embedding cross-functional analytics support and data literacy through direct collaboration across teams and coordination with the global Zespri digital team.
Accountabilities
Data Foundation & Pipeline Engineering
- Design, develop and maintain data pipelines to ingest, process and transform data from different sources into a cloud platform
- Connect currently unintegrated platforms through robust API integrations.
- Develop and maintain feature stores, data catalogues and curated datasets to deliver the ZGS Data Strategy’s AI initiatives.
Data Quality, Governance & Audit
- Audit data availability and quality across ZGS: profile datasets for completeness, consistency a