Building in the Fenua

The founder

Kevin De Silva

Vision, strategy and product

10+ years of digital product development and tech transformation projects, rooted in Germany and delivered across Europe. Kevin designed and built the VAI platform, and runs it from Tahiti. He builds products that hold up economically and are good for the people who use them. He started VAI to give the entrepreneurs of the Fenua technology built for them.

• 10+ years in product innovation & digital transformation
• Architect & developer of the VAI platform
• Founder of VAI
• Based in Tahiti, French Polynesia

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The co-founder

Amandine Launois

Local brand, marketing and partnerships

Amandine has spent seventeen years in Tahiti's hospitality, gastronomy and marketing. She founded the communication agency REDSOYU, now VAI's exclusive local marketing partner for content and campaigns. She created and directs the anoe magazine and the Chefs de Tahiti platform, and in 2026 she opened the restaurant Anoi Tahiti. She knows the islands' restaurateurs, event organisers and hoteliers by name. At VAI she leads local brand, marketing and partnerships, and keeps the technology anchored in the real Fenua.

• Owner of the communication agency REDSOYU
• Creator of the anoe magazine and Chefs de Tahiti
• Opened the restaurant Anoi Tahiti in 2026
• Based in Tahiti, French Polynesia

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Product & Engineering

Senior Product Engineer

Anoe and Anoe Connect run in production across the islands. You carry the product forward: the codebase, the next generation of features, and AI as a normal part of the craft. You work directly with Kevin on architecture and product decisions, with real autonomy over what you build. Remote works. If you would rather own a whole product than a queue of tickets, we should talk.

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Community & Local Expertise

Guide Success Manager

Guides are the heart of the platform. This role is about walking beside them: onboarding, day-to-day support, and making sure their activities are live, current and easy to book. You would be the voice of guides in our product decisions, and the first person they call when something is not right. Local knowledge matters more than a CV here, and speaking reo Tahiti is a real advantage. If you are close to the Fenua's tourism community, we would like to hear from you.

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Demand & Distribution

Growth Lead, International Markets

Amandine leads everything local. This role owns everything beyond it: the travellers in the markets that send people to French Polynesia. Acquisition, visibility in search and with AI assistants, content, distribution partnerships, and clear measurement of what works. You would build the traveller side of Anoe with the freedom to test quickly and the discipline to measure it. If you have taken a product from local traction to international reach before, we want to talk.

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Students & first experience

Internship

An internship at VAI means real ownership from your first week and a say in where your part of the platform goes. We have supervised interns before, and you would work beside the person who built the platform. We take students from the Université de la Polynésie française and from schools in mainland France or further afield, at BTS, licence or master level, and we sign the convention de stage. French and English are both required, and reo Tahiti is a real bonus. Tell us what your programme needs: the dates, the length, and whether the stage is obligatoire or facultatif. Come to us at least a month ahead, because your school needs the paperwork signed before you start.

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Something we have not thought of

Open application

If what we are building speaks to you and you can see where you would fit, write to us. Tell us who you are, what you are good at, and what you would want to own.

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