Lead Engineer - Relocate to New Zealand

The role

Lead Engineers will solve hard problems and make architectural decisions for a system of hardware, software, and AI. You will ship robust code, mentor other engineers, and develop deep domain knowledge by going out on farms.

What you will do

• Take on the hardest problems and ship the work that proves them out
• Make architectural calls and write the code
• Set the standard for clean, observable, and easy-to-evolve code and systems
• Support and mentor other engineers through design conversations and code reviews
• Help set the pace and quality bar for engineering
• Help evolve testing strategies, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure patterns
• Own the reliability and performance of your domain
• Participate in an on-call rotation
• Get out on farm to develop deep domain knowledge

Required qualifications

• Years of experience shipping complex systems in production
• Ability to stay calm under pressure
• Low ego
• Ability to rally a team through tough or complex work
• Product engineering mindset
• Ability to use AI tools well
• Experience growing other engineers by working alongside them
• Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
• Experience working in cloud environments

Nice to have

• AWS
• Degree in software engineering (or equivalent)
• React
• React Native
• Node.js
• Kotlin
• Go
• Systems that integrate with hardware/IoT
• Strong AWS and Terraform at scale

Benefits

• Remuneration package including salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan
• Southern Cross Health Insurance
• Annual $1000 self-development budget
• 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave
• Wellness leave
• Unlimited paid annual leave

About the company

Halter enables farmers and graziers to run productive and sustainable operations using hardware, software, and AI. The company is backed by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund and Bessemer Venture Partners.