<div>At Halter, we’re not just building the future of farming we’re engineering products that survive years in the most unforgiving environments. This commitment to longevity starts on our production line, where <b>software is the bedrock of quality, integrity, and</b> <b>traceability.</b></div><div>We are looking for a High-Impact <b>Full Stack Software Engineer </b>to take definitive ownership of the critical systems that ensure every Halter collar is flawless. This is a rare chance to move beyond generic application development and solve fascinating, hard problems where software touches the physical world from device test automation and real-time data streaming to powerful cloud visualization.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are a Highly Motivated engineer who thrives on owning complex architecture, formalizing services for massive scale, and seeing your code directly impact the quality of a physical product, then this is your next challenge.</div><div><br></div><div><b>About the Role: The Architect of Quality</b></div><div><br></div><div>Joining the Production Engineering team, you will be the core software owner responsible for building a smooth, data-rich, and agile production test process that scales globally. Your primary mission is to define and develop our manufacturing backend and associated frontends, solidifying our testing capabilities and formalizing the ownership of critical services to handle increasing security and complexity.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a deep, full-stack, cross-disciplinary role that demands absolute ownership. You will collaborate directly with our hardware, firmware, and test engineers to integrate, automate, and commission the intelligent systems that truly <b>make the best product.</b></div><br><br><h3>What You'll Own:</h3><ul><li><b>Factory floor software ownership:</b> Own and continually enhance our Python-based hardware test framework used in production and R&amp;D. This is a critical opportunity to formalize, secure, and expand the services that communicate with embedded devices and factory machinery.</li><li><b>Full-Stack Development:</b> Design and implement RESTful APIs to integrate production systems with internal tools and cloud services. Develop data visualisation dashboards (using Grafana, React) that give leadership, quality, and engineering teams real-time insight and end-to-end traceability.</li><li><b>Pipelines and Backend Services :</b> Build and enhance robust  pipelines that collect, process, and store data, while ensuring data integrity - which enables key engineering and business insights to lift our production processes quality and scale.</li><li><b>Hardware Automation:</b> Collaborate closely with hardware and firmware teams to automate end-of-line tests, calibration routines, and performance checks, ensuring code quality directly translates to product quality.</li><li><b>Code for the Real World:</b> The work is what it is—you will be equally comfortable writing low-level Python for device communication as you are building polished frontend dashboards for engineers.</li><li><b>Active Deployment &amp; Commissioning:</b> Travel approximately <b>25%</b> to factory sites to carry your projects through to deployment. You will be on the floor debugging test routines, integrating new machine APIs, and commissioning your systems in the real world.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For (Your Toolkit)</h3><ul><li>3+ years as a full-stack software engineer, ideally with proximity to hardware or physical systems.</li><li>Expertise in <b>Python</b> (especially for automation, testing, or backend services) and proficiency in modern frontend frameworks like React.</li><li>Experience building and maintaining APIs and familiarity with relational and non-relational databases.</li><li>Comfort working close to hardware (automating lab equipment, test rigs, device interfaces). Strong problem-solving skills for complex, cross-team systems.</li></ul><br><div><b><span style="font-size:16px;">Why our team loves working at Halter</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">At Halter, we’re committed to creating an environment where people thrive. We offer unlimited paid annual leave, as well as additional wellness days. Each year, every team member receives a $1,000 self-development budget to invest in whatever fuels their personal growth.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">We offer six months of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid leave for secondary caregivers, along with a range of additional family-friendly benefits. To support your wellbeing, we offer subsidised health insurance through Southern Cross.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">And finally, everyone at Halter is an owner. Every employee is part of our stock ownership plan; when we succeed, you share in that success.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size:16px;">Our office-first approach</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">We’re office first, not office only. This means that working from the office every day is our default setting, but we flex when needed. Your growth, learning, and impact are truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together, solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">We have a state-of-the-art, dog-friendly office in the heart of Auckland City and a test farm in Morrinsville. Delicious snacks and drinks are readily available.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size:16px;">About Halter</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">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 and revolutionizing grazing with Halter. People join Halter to do meaningful work. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.bvp.com/">Bessemer Venture Partners</a><span style="font-size:16px;">, </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.dcvc.com/">DCVC</a><span style="font-size:16px;">, </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.blackbird.vc/">Blackbird</a><span style="font-size:16px;">, </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.promusventures.com/">Promus Ventures</a><span style="font-size:16px;">, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz/?utm_term=icehouse%20ventures&amp;utm_campaign=Brand+Keywords&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=4064636360&amp;hsa_cam=16902737884&amp;hsa_grp=134004309485&amp;hsa_ad=592971340272&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-1082530126230&amp;hsa_kw=icehouse%20ventures&amp;hsa_mt=b&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0J0DepRVFDmjQlAkJPbZuQnLSA5UVzUzOXYiPxkjX-SeVa513_BhkaAr-MEALw_wcB">Icehouse Ventures</a><span style="font-size:16px;">.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size:16px;">Join our team</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Feel free to check out the </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.halterhq.com/careers">careers page</a><span style="font-size:16px;"> for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/halter-limited">LinkedIn</a><span style="font-size:16px;"> &amp; </span><a style="font-size:16px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/lifeathalter/">Instagram</a><span style="font-size:16px;">.</span></div>

<p class="break-words white-space-pre-wrap t-black--light text-body-medium">We&rsquo;re on a mission to unlock more productive and sustainable agriculture. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They&rsquo;re growing more grass, increasing milk production and improving the health and well-being of their cows. We bridge deep tech into real-world farming by enabling farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows&rsquo; health and behaviour. We&rsquo;re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab&rsquo;s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures. Halter's headquarters are in Auckland, New Zealand.</p>

Full Stack Software Engineer - Production Systems

<div>At Halter, we’re not just building the future of farming we’re engineering products that survive years in the most unforgiving environments. This commitment to longevity starts on our production line, where <b>software is the bedrock of quality, integrity, and</b>&nbsp;<b>traceability.</b></div><div>We are looking for a High-Impact <b>Full Stack Software Engineer </b>to take definitive ownership of the critical systems that ensure every Halter collar is flawless. This is a rare chance to move beyond generic application development and solve fascinating, hard problems where software touches the physical world from device test automation and real-time data streaming to powerful cloud visualization.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are a Highly Motivated engineer who thrives on owning complex architecture, formalizing services for massive scale, and seeing your code directly impact the quality of a physical product, then this is your next challenge.</div><div><br></div><div><b>About the Role: The Architect of Quality</b></div><div><br></div><div>Joining the Production Engineering team, you will be the core software owner responsible for building a smooth, data-rich, and agile production test process that scales globally. Your primary mission is to define and develop our manufacturing backend and associated frontends, solidifying our testing capabilities and formalizing the ownership of critical services to handle increasing security and complexity.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a deep, full-stack, cross-disciplinary role that demands absolute ownership. You will collaborate directly with our hardware, firmware, and test engineers to integrate, automate, and commission the intelligent systems that truly <b>make the best product.</b></div><br><br><h3>What You'll Own:</h3><ul><li><b>Factory floor software ownership:</b> Own and continually enhance our Python-based hardware test framework used in production and R&amp;D. This is a critical opportunity to formalize, secure, and expand the services that communicate with embedded devices and factory machinery.</li><li><b>Full-Stack Development:</b> Design and implement RESTful APIs to integrate production systems with internal tools and cloud services. Develop data visualisation dashboards (using Grafana, React) that give leadership, quality, and engineering teams real-time insight and end-to-end traceability.</li><li><b>Pipelines and Backend Services :</b> Build and enhance robust&nbsp; pipelines that collect, process, and store data, while ensuring data integrity - which enables key engineering and business insights to lift our production processes quality and scale.</li><li><b>Hardware Automation:</b> Collaborate closely with hardware and firmware teams to automate end-of-line tests, calibration routines, and performance checks, ensuring code quality directly translates to product quality.</li><li><b>Code for the Real World:</b> The work is what it is—you will be equally comfortable writing low-level Python for device communication as you are building polished frontend dashboards for engineers.</li><li><b>Active Deployment &amp; Commissioning:</b> Travel approximately <b>25%</b> to factory sites to carry your projects through to deployment. You will be on the floor debugging test routines, integrating new machine APIs, and commissioning your systems in the real world.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For (Your Toolkit)</h3><ul><li>3+ years as a full-stack software engineer, ideally with proximity to hardware or physical systems.</li><li>Expertise in <b>Python</b> (especially for automation, testing, or backend services) and proficiency in modern frontend frameworks like React.</li><li>Experience building and maintaining APIs and familiarity with relational and non-relational databases.</li><li>Comfort working close to hardware (automating lab equipment, test rigs, device interfaces). Strong problem-solving skills for complex, cross-team systems.</li></ul><br><div><b><span>Why our team loves working at Halter</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span>At Halter, we’re committed to creating an environment where people thrive. We offer unlimited paid annual leave, as well as additional wellness days. Each year, every team member receives a $1,000 self-development budget to invest in whatever fuels their personal growth.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We offer six months of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid leave for secondary caregivers, along with a range of additional family-friendly benefits. To support your wellbeing, we offer subsidised health insurance through Southern Cross.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>And finally, everyone at Halter is an owner. Every employee is part of our stock ownership plan; when we succeed, you share in that success.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span>Our office-first approach</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span>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.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We’re office first, not office only. This means that working from the office every day is our default setting, but we flex when needed. Your growth, learning, and impact are truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together, solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>We have a state-of-the-art, dog-friendly office in the heart of Auckland City and a test farm in Morrinsville. Delicious snacks and drinks are readily available.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span>About Halter</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span>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 and revolutionizing grazing with Halter. People join Halter to do meaningful work. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including </span><a href="https://www.bvp.com/">Bessemer Venture Partners</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.dcvc.com/">DCVC</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.blackbird.vc/">Blackbird</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.promusventures.com/">Promus Ventures</a><span>, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and </span><a href="https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz/?utm_term=icehouse%20ventures&amp;utm_campaign=Brand+Keywords&amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;hsa_acc=4064636360&amp;hsa_cam=16902737884&amp;hsa_grp=134004309485&amp;hsa_ad=592971340272&amp;hsa_src=g&amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-1082530126230&amp;hsa_kw=icehouse%20ventures&amp;hsa_mt=b&amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0J0DepRVFDmjQlAkJPbZuQnLSA5UVzUzOXYiPxkjX-SeVa513_BhkaAr-MEALw_wcB">Icehouse Ventures</a><span>.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span>Join our team</span></b></div><div><br></div><div><span>If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>Feel free to check out the </span><a href="https://www.halterhq.com/careers">careers page</a><span> for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/halter-limited">LinkedIn</a><span> &amp; </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifeathalter/">Instagram</a><span>.</span></div>

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