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Senior Product Engineer.

Build the AI operating system that vocational education runs on.

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Role
Senior Product Engineer
Vocational Education · Operations
Reports to
CTO
Location
Auckland
Hybrid (Office-First)
Type
Full-time
About the role

What we’re building, and where you fit.

SupaHuman builds AI platforms that let regulated industries use AI safely. Our flagship product, VETos, is the AI operating system that vocational education providers across New Zealand and Australia run on. It generates assessments, training resources, and audit-ready compliance documentation in minutes, grounded in the frameworks the sector is actually held to (NZQA, ASQA, AQF). Weeks of specialist work, done in one pass.

As a Senior Product Engineer, you'll work in one of our co-build pods: smart and experienced product engineers paired with the subject-matter experts who use the product every day. You own features end to end, from the first investigation through to the deploy. Real scope, real decisions, and the room to run with them.

You'll leverage AI coding agents as a genuine part of how we work, which means less time on the mechanical parts and more on the ones that need you: the architecture, the product judgment, and the technical craft that turns a fast draft into something you'd happily put in front of a customer or a regulator.

We're hiring a Senior Product Engineer in Auckland. VETos is the AI operating system vocational education providers run on. It generates assessments, training resources, and audit-ready compliance documentation in minutes, grounded in the frameworks the sector is actually held to (NZQA, ASQA, AQF). Weeks of specialist work, done in one pass. We're looking for someone to help build it.
What’s in it for you

Why this role is worth your time.

Why you'll like it here:

You don't need to know vocational education. Most of the team didn't when they joined, and you'll have the time and access to grow into it alongside the people who live it every day. What matters more is that you get genuinely curious about how a sector works, its real problems and where the biggest opportunities are. Ownership from day one, not something handed out slowly over years. A real mandate to push AI tooling as far as it goes, with the reusable agents and automation you build lifting the whole team. You'll sit close enough to customers to watch your work land and make a difference, rather than hearing about it secondhand through a tracker. And the problem itself is a good one. A legacy sector, genuinely ready to change, with plenty still to build.

What you’ll be doing

The scope is broad by design.

What you'd be doing:

  • You'll work in one of our co-build pods, smart and experienced product engineers paired with the subject-matter experts who use the product every day. You own features end to end, from the first investigation through to the deploy. Real scope, real decisions, and the room to run with them. You'll also get to build the way most engineers are still only reading about. Leveraging AI coding agents is a genuine part of how we work, and it means you spend less time on the mechanical parts and more on the ones that need you: the architecture, the product judgment, the technical craft that turns a fast draft into something you'd happily put in front of a customer or a regulator. Your expertise is what makes the output good.
Who we’re looking for

Be Brave. Be Hungry. Be Human.

We live by three values — and we’re searching for someone who embodies them and puts customers at the centre of their work.

What we're looking for:

Four or more years of senior-level engineering, with strong foundations across TypeScript, Python, React, and cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Real hands-on experience with generative AI: model SDKs, agent frameworks, RAG, MCP, prompt and context engineering, and a good sense of the tradeoffs between cost, accuracy, and latency. Someone who can make the call on a tough technical or product decision, talk comfortably with non-technical people, and stay curious about where the AI ecosystem is heading without getting swept up in the hype.

Skills & experience

What you’ll bring.

Technical skills & experience

  • 4+ years of senior-level engineering with strong hands-on skills across: Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python Frontend: React, Next.js Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure Data: SQL and NoSQL Knowledge and experience in core Gen AI technologies and concepts, such as: Model SDKs (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) Agent frameworks (e.g. LangChain, ADK) Vector DBs & RAG (e.g. pgvector, Pinecone) MCP Prompt & context engineering AI safety & guardrails Cost, accuracy & latency tradeoffs Beyond the stack, you can take a feature from investigation through to deploy on your own, make sound calls on technical and product trade-offs, and explain your reasoning to non-technical people without hiding behind complexity. You're curious about where the AI ecosystem is heading and can separate what's genuinely useful from hype.
Success in this role

What good looks like, twelve months in.

01You own a meaningful slice of VETos. Features you took from first investigation to deploy are live and in daily use, and you're the person the pod and the customer look to on that surface area.
02You've become the domain person others check with. You didn't arrive knowing vocational education, but a year in you understand how providers actually work, where compliance bites, and which problems are worth solving next. You're shaping what gets built, not just how.
03Your AI leverage shows up in other people's work. The agents, prompts, and automation you built are used by the rest of the team. The pod ships faster because of tooling you made, not just features you wrote.
04Customers know your name. SMEs and provider staff in your pod come to you directly, and you've turned that access into product decisions that wouldn't have been made otherwise.
05You've made the codebase better than you found it. Not just new features, but architecture and patterns that made the next thing easier to build.
06Quality holds under scrutiny. What you ship stands up to customers, auditors, and regulators. You're trusted to make the call on when something is ready.

Sound like you?

Tell us why you’re a great fit for the Senior Product Engineer role — send your CV and a short note to jobs@supahuman.ai.

Apply — jobs@supahuman.ai

Supahuman is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire for potential and value diverse perspectives.