Companies/Caruso Software Limited

Caruso Software Limited

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HQ

Auckland, New Zealand

NZ Employees

30-50

Industry

private markets fund administration SaaS

Open Positions

3

NZ Presence

Headquarters at Level 5, 10 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland Central; primary engineering and operations hub in NZ with many employees based in Auckland.

AI Focus Areas

AI-powered fund intelligence and automationagentic tooling with frontier models

AI Maturity Evidence

Launched AI-native platform with Fund Intelligence for automating onboarding, operations, compliance; blogs on AI use cases in fund admin (e.g., 5 key areas in 2026); hiring Software Engineer (Agentic) for frontier models, indicating integration but scaling advanced capabilities.

Transformation Opportunities

AreaOpportunityImpactComplexity
Engineering & DevelopmentDeploy agentic AI agents for code generation, testing, debugging, and deployment automation to accelerate feature releases.highmoderate
Sales & MarketingAI-driven lead generation, personalized demos, and outreach to private fund managers using frontier models.highsimple
Customer SuccessAI chatbots and automation for investor onboarding support, ticket resolution, and usage analytics.mediummoderate
Operations & HRAutomate recruitment screening, employee onboarding, and internal compliance workflows.mediumsimple

Decision Makers

Mark Hurley

CEO & Founder

LinkedIn

Leads overall strategy including AI-native product direction and scaling.

Paul Freeman

Engineering Lead

LinkedIn

Oversees engineering team with AI focus; key for agentic tooling development and hiring.

Tech Stack Signals

GoTypeScriptPHP/GolangAWSPython for ETLFrontier LLMs

Competitive Landscape

Competitors in fund administration (e.g., traditional providers) are adopting AI per industry research; Caruso differentiates as AI-native but faces pressure to innovate faster in agentic capabilities amid growing private markets AUM.

AIA Fit Assessment

  • --NZ-based with Auckland HQ/office, experimenting/adopting advanced AI but hiring signals capability gaps
  • --Medium budget from recent multimillion funding, multiple high-impact ops opportunities in dev/sales/support
  • --Startup stage ripe for full AI transformation beyond product

Hiring Signals

Total Roles

1

Remote

No

Levels

mid-senior

Skills Sought

agentic toolingfrontier modelsbackendfrontend

Company Timeline

2022-11-25

Company incorporated

2023-11

A$3M seed funding

2024-12

$3.2M strategic funding

2026-03

Agentic Software Engineer job posted

Open Positions (3)

TitleLocationSalaryTags
Software Engineer (Agentic)
Auckland CBD, Auckland-Full time, Hybrid (premium office, top-tier kit), technology, high, mid, unknown

Title

Software Engineer (Agentic)

Location

Auckland CBD, Auckland

Tags

Full time, Hybrid (premium office, top-tier kit), technology, high, mid, unknown

Posted

4 days ago

Cloud Security Engineer
Auckland CBD, Auckland-Full time, comprehensive health insurance with Southern Cross, premium office space, new workstation package (MacBook Pro etc.), generous leave (5-6 weeks), unlimited sick leave., technology, low, unknown, unknown

Title

Cloud Security Engineer

Location

Auckland CBD, Auckland

Tags

Full time, comprehensive health insurance with Southern Cross, premium office space, new workstation package (MacBook Pro etc.), generous leave (5-6 weeks), unlimited sick leave., technology, low, unknown, unknown

Posted

5 days ago

Software Engineer (Agentic)
Auckland CBD, Auckland-Full time, onsite. Benefits: premium Viaduct Harbour office, MacBook Pro and peripherals, Southern Cross health insurance, extended parental leave, unlimited sick leave., technology, high, mid, onsite

Title

Software Engineer (Agentic)

Location

Auckland CBD, Auckland

Tags

Full time, onsite. Benefits: premium Viaduct Harbour office, MacBook Pro and peripherals, Southern Cross health insurance, extended parental leave, unlimited sick leave., technology, high, mid, onsite

Posted

0 days ago

Engagement Angle

With your recent agentic engineering hire and AI-native platform scaling to 500+ funds, how are you accelerating internal dev cycles and sales ops with AI agents to outpace legacy competitors?

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