Senior Engineering Manager

About this role

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 Founders Fund https://foundersfund.com, Bessemer Venture Partners https://www.bvp.com/, BOND, https://www.bondcap.com/ DCVC https://www.dcvc.com/, Blackbird https://www.blackbird.vc/, Promus Ventures https://www.promusventures.com/, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz/?utm_term=icehouse%20ventures&utm_campaign=Brand+Keywords&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4064636360&hsa_cam=16902737884&hsa_grp=134004309485&hsa_ad=592971340272&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1082530126230&hsa_kw=icehouse%20ventures&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0J0DepRVFDmjQlAkJPbZuQnLSA5UVzUzOXYiPxkjX-SeVa513_BhkaAr-MEALw_wcB.

To find out more, visit our LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/halter-limited & Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeathalter/.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Imagine building the technology that helps one of the world’s most advanced ag-tech companies scale… from the tools our teams use on the road to the systems powering our commercial and customer operations.

At Halter, we’re building an ecosystem of custom applications, connected platforms, and AI-powered capabilities that help our teams work smarter and move faster. We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who gets excited about turning ambitious ideas into reliable software - and building a great engineering team along the way.

Reporting to our Head of Ecosystem and AI, you’ll lead a growing team of software engineers and our Solution Architect. Your team will build across revenue, finance, marketing, localisation, and internal tools, connecting the systems and experiences that support Halter’s growth.

You’ll bring strong technical judgement and real ownership of delivery. You’ll help the team make good architectural decisions, remove blockers, develop their skills, and ship work that makes a measurable difference. You’re comfortable getting into the detail, while giving your team the context and space to own their work.

YOU’LL BE GREAT IF YOU BRING:

- Experience leading software engineers, coaching people, managing performance, and building strong teams.

- Strong engineering depth to challenge designs, review approaches, and solve complex problems.

- Experience delivering applications, APIs, and integrations from discovery through to production and ongoing support.

- Sound architectural judgement, balancing speed, reliability, security, and maintainability.

- Experience managing delivery across multiple projects, making trade-offs clear and addressing risks early.

- Ability to turn ambiguous business problems into clear technical work with product and business stakeholders.

- A practical approach to engineering standards, testing, deployment, observability, and documentation.

- Clear communication and collaborative energy that helps others understand technical decisions and move forward.

BONUS THINGS YOU COULD BRING ALONG TO THE ROLE:

- Experience building internal applications or tools for commercial and customer teams.

- Experience integrating with Salesforce, finance, marketing, or other critical business systems.

- Hands-on experience delivering AI-powered applications, agents, or automation.

- Experience with TypeScript, Python, cloud infrastructure, and modern application architectures.

- Experience supporting software across markets, including localisation.

- Experience growing an engineering team in a fast-paced tech scale-up.

WHAT YOUR DAY COULD LOOK LIKE:

- Lead, coach and develop our software engineers and Solution Architect, setting clear expectations and supporting growth.

- Own engineering delivery, turning agreed priorities into achievable plans and keeping work moving.

- Partner with our Senior Product Manager and Ecosystem Manager to scope solutions, manage dependencies, and deliver connected experiences.

- Guide design and architecture with our Solution Architect, keeping decisions aligned with the wider ecosystem.

- Build and improve applications, integrations, services, and AI capabilities for Halter’s commercial and customer operations.

- Set engineering standards that help the team ship quality, maintainable software.

- Own operational health, including monitoring, incident response, and reliability improvements.

- Balance new capabilities, technical debt, and platform improvements, making trade-offs clear.

- Lead hiring and onboarding, building the team’s capability to deliver our roadmap.

- Work with the Head of Ecosystem and AI to shape technical direction, team capacity, and investment priorities.

OUR BENEFITS

- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.

- 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…