Companies hiring data scientists and AI engineers in New Zealand
As of 2026-10-02, 14 companies have 26 open data science & AI roles in New Zealand on their own career sites in our index. The most active: ZURU (4), Halter (3) and Meridial (3).
Companies with the most open data science & AI roles in New Zealand
| # | Company | Website | Open roles | ATS | Example role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZURU | – | 4 | Ashby | Junior Data & AI Engineer |
| 2 | Halter | – | 3 | Ashby | Machine Learning Engineer - All Levels |
| 3 | Meridial | – | 3 | Greenhouse | English (New Zealand) Language Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project |
| 4 | Partly | – | 3 | Ashby | ML Research Engineer Intern/Graduate, NZ |
| 5 | Xero | – | 3 | Ashby | Lead Product Manager - AI Enablement |
| 6 | TSMG | – | 2 | Lever | Audio Content Recorder (English language, New Zealand regional variant) |
| 7 | 90 Seconds | – | 1 | Lever | Marketing Designer (AI Native) |
| 8 | Beca | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Artificial Intelligence Developer |
| 9 | Equifax | – | 1 | Workday | Lead insights data scientist |
| 10 | Eroadgroup | – | 1 | Workday | Data & AI Consultant |
| 11 | KPMG New Zealand | – | 1 | Lever | Senior AI Engineer |
| 12 | Nab | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Technical Specialist - AI Domain |
| 13 | Pushpay | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Staff AI Platform Engineer |
| 14 | Tracksuit | – | 1 | Lever | Senior Data Scientist |
Applicant tracking systems these companies use
Ashby (13), Lever (5), Greenhouse (4), Workday (4)
Other roles in New Zealand
- Engineers and manufacturing staff 151
- Salespeople 144
- Operations and administrative staff 106
- Software engineers 65
- Customer success and support staff 48
- Retail and hospitality staff 44
- Finance and accounting staff 43
- Data engineers and analysts 43
- Marketers 38
- Logistics and warehouse staff 32
- Consultants 23
- Healthcare professionals 22
- Project and program managers 21
- Designers 19
- HR and recruiting staff 19
- DevOps and cloud engineers 19
- Legal and compliance staff 17
- QA and test engineers 13
- Product managers 12
- Tradespeople 9
- Teachers and trainers 9
- Security engineers 7
- IT specialists 4
Data scientists and AI engineers in other countries
- United States 9,168
- India 1,887
- United Kingdom 1,221
- Canada 1,078
- Singapore 695
- Germany 628
- France 386
- Spain 347
- Poland 341
- Japan 311
- China 305
- South Korea 268
- Israel 245
- Netherlands 225
- Australia 221
- Brazil 210
- Philippines 209
- Taiwan 204
- Ireland 182
- Malaysia 178
- Indonesia 165
- Sweden 163
- Mexico 157
- Switzerland 147
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FAQ
- Which companies are hiring data scientists and AI engineers in New Zealand?
- As of 2026-10-02, the companies with the most open data science & AI roles in New Zealand in our index are ZURU (4), Halter (3) and Meridial (3). 14 companies have at least one.
- How many data science & AI jobs are open in New Zealand?
- 26 open roles at 14 companies on 2026-10-02, each opening counted once.
- How is this list made?
- Every day TidyTools reads the public job boards of about 18,029 companies on 16 applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and others) and counts each open role once. The role family comes from the job title; the country from the ATS or the location text. Companies that hire through other systems are not included.
- Can I get the full list as data?
- Yes. The Career Site Jobs Actor on Apify and the Career Site Jobs API on RapidAPI return every open job of the companies you name, straight from their career sites, as JSON or CSV.