Build the future of AI at FirstCape. Take solutions from idea to production and help shape how AI transforms the way we work.
About First Cape | Mo FirstCape
FirstCape is one of New Zealand’s largest and best resourced wealth advisory and asset management business, creating an enhanced and broadened product offering to help our clients achieve their goals at whatever stage of their investment life cycle. Here at FirstCape, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. Our success is dependent on the collective talent, expertise, and dedication of each and every one of our team members. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, and contribute to their fullest potential.
Job Description
About the opportunity | Mo te whai waahi
We're looking for a hands-on AI Solutions Engineer to help turn validated AI use cases into scalable, production-ready solutions across the FirstCape Group. Working closely with business stakeholders and AI leaders, you'll rapidly prototype new opportunities, then apply strong engineering practices to deploy secure, governed, and repeatable solutions in a regulated financial services environment.
This is a high-autonomy role for someone who enjoys building, solving complex business problems, and taking ownership of delivery from concept through to production and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities | Ngā Kawenga Mahi
Design, build, test, and deploy AI-powered solutions that solve real business problems and deliver measurable value.
Partner with business teams to identify opportunities, validate use cases, and rapidly develop MVPs that prove value or inform decision-making.
Develop production-grade solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, APIs, and related technologies.
Integrate AI solutions with business systems, including CRM platforms, document repositories, and other enterprise applications.
Implement governance, security, auditability, and compliance controls to support operation in a regulated environment.
Design and maintain multi-step agentic workflows, including human-in-the-loop approval and escalation processes where required.
Create reusable components, patterns, and frameworks that accelerate future AI delivery across the organisation.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and continually improve deployed solutions to maximise adoption, performance, and business outcomes.
Collaborate with technology, business, and AI teams to prioritise opportunities and contribute to the broader AI capability across the Group.
Document solutions, standards, and operating procedures to support scalability, maintainability, and knowledge sharing
Desired Skills and Experience
What you will bring to the role | He aha ka kawea e koe ki te mahi
We require that you have:
3–7 years' software engineering, solutions engineering, or application development experience delivering solutions into production environments.
Proven experience building and deploying solutions using Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, Dataverse, or similar platforms.
Strong understanding of systems integration, including REST APIs, Microsoft Graph, event-driven architectures, webhooks, and automation workflows.
Experience taking solutions from concept and proof-of-concept through to production deployment, support, and optimisation.
Practical experience designing AI-enabled workflows, prompt engineering approaches, and evaluating LLM outputs in a structured manner.
Understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing, version control, documentation, monitoring, and operational support.
Knowledge of AI governance, data management, security, audit requirements, and responsible AI principles.
Experience working in financial services, professional services, or another regulated environment would be highly regarded.
Why work at FirstCape? | He aha mahi i te FirstCape?
We offer a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience. Additional benefits include wellbeing support, volunteer days and a great company culture. We pride ourselves on offering our employees outstanding development and learning opportunities to support career growth, and the opportunity to work alongside the best talent in the market.
We are an inclusive employer and want our workforce to reflect a rich and diverse way of thinking and working. We know people are more than a single identity and the qualities that make each one of us unique need to be valued and embraced. So regardless of your gender, age, background or how you choose to identify, there's room for you to realise your potential here. And importantly, there's room to be yourself.
We’re also committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates. Let us know if you have any accessibility requirements so we can work with you to make adjustments where possible to support your application. Alternatively, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role but think you would be a great candidate, please apply explaining why you want the role, how you think your skills or background are transferable, and how you plan to upskill where needed (we will support you with this, but want to know you have thought about this too).
To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to work in New Zealand. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert.
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