Experienced Backend Engineer (Animal Team)

About the role

Halter is a dynamic fast-paced workplace where our Animal team is working on Halter’s market-leading virtual fencing technology. ​​We’re working on the exciting intersection of IoT, data processing, and predictive analytics, helping to build a system that actively improves farm productivity and sustainability, and you can be a part of that! 

We are looking for experienced backend engineers who are extremely motivated, want their work to matter and are not afraid to push hard to help Halter achieve our mission. You'll develop technology that farmers rely on daily to monitor and protect their livestock. Your code will directly impact animal well-being and has the potential to improve farming practices worldwide. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our systems reliably support our farmers 24/7 and you’ll be scaling our systems as we anticipate rapid growth over the next few years. If you’re up for it, this role could include people leadership of a diverse group of highly motivated and talented engineers.

Who we’re looking for

• A proven track record as a software engineer who wants to be hands-on. Ideally you have experience with Kotlin, Java and AWS.
• Passionate about coaching and mentoring fellow engineers.
• You’re a leader and have experience setting technical direction for your team.
• You love solving hard problems and know how to scale backend systems with extremely high-reliability requirements. 
• You thrive in ambiguity and don’t mind working with evolving requirements and perform at your best with high levels of ownership and accountability. 
• You’re a team player that drives the team’s performance and excels in giving and receiving feedback.

What your day could look like

• Mostly hands-on coding to deliver high-quality and reliable software
• Mentoring and coaching fellow engineers in your team
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional brainstorming and design sessions
• Lead cross-functional projects
• Assess incoming support queries and action appropriately
• Identify, fix and prevent problems as you maintain our backend systems
• Be a part of our 24/7 on-call support roster.
• Implement improved engineering practices

Why our team loves working at Halter ❤️

• Dedicate yourself to solving real-world problems alongside an epic team in a culture designed around growth.
• A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
• The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company. The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up on the global stage.
• Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
• State-of-the-art, dog-friendly office that’s been thoughtfully designed right in the heart of Auckland city. Did we mention dogs and cows?
• Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being.
• We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family.
• Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth.
• Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
• We offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
• Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.

Our Office First Approach

There’s a reason you visit your friends in person, live with your family and don’t do dinners over Zoom. Humans are wired for connection. We believe a world-class, in-person office culture is the best way for high-performing teams. 

Being office first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in-person connections are key to driving your own growth, learning, impact, and building genuine long-lasting relationships. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful and aligned work. We don’t like having heaps of rules or policies, but this means having strong, trusted relationships is critical.

Our office vibe is something special, it’s hard to describe until you’re here, but people at Halter who have come from fully remote or hybrid companies say they could never go back - the high energy and spectacular people they are now surrounded by everyday makes work so enjoyable. Your growth, your learning and your impact is truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.

About Halter

At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

To find out more, visit our careers website, LinkedIn & Instagram.

Join our team

Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!

If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!

Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.