Halter
About
Welcome to the future of farming
At Halter, we're unlocking the connection between humans and animals, starting with cows and then expanding to other animals.
Driven to revolutionise farming, our world-first technology helps farmers break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming and empowers a more sustainable future for farmers, their cows and our land.
Halter is giving farmers the freedom to spend more time with their families, the technology to increase production and meet the growing demand for food and the data to help them care for their cows, which we know is paramount for farmers.
- Location
- Auckland
- Website
- Visit website
- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 101-200
- Industry
- AgriTech
- Funding stage
- Series B
Culture
Our space
Careers
Available roles
The Matchstiq Top 100
Matchstiq's take on Halter
At Halter, we’re dedicated to empowering farmers to run the most productive, ethical and sustainable dairy farms.
The market opportunity ahead for Halter
With over 1.5B cows in the world, the market size is enormous. They are the second most populous mammal in the world after humans. The dairy industry accounts for close to 20% of all cows with the remainder being drystock/beef cows. NZ’s dairy market is massive relative to other leading dairy markets in Western (English-speaking) markets.
Why Halter is a great place to work
Performance culture
With our aspirations and growing headcount, we have redefined our culture to be one that promotes performance through driving freedom and ownership. This shift has been driven by several cultural changes:
- Increase in the levels of feedback flowing between people
- Sharing greater context with the whole team
- Removing the vast majority of policies
- Enhanced focus on outcomes
- Exceptional talent in each position.
Employee focus
Whilst we have high expectations for everyone who works at Halter, we also have high expectations of ourselves as an employer. We have recently shifted to pay top-of-market salaries and provide $1000/employee/year to spend on anything that will grow them in any dimension.
We invest heavily in our workplaces and IT infrastructure to provide great environments and support for our people to do their best work and collaborate seamlessly across our regions.
Wellbeing
We actively promote employee wellbeing with a programme that includes wellness days, an employee assistance programme and more.
Diversity and inclusion
Our business is about challenging the status quo and doing this requires diversity of thought. We have designed our recruitment process to be fair, objective and free of bias, with a focus on talent sourcing equity versus equality so that we can improve diversity of gender, race and background in roles where they are typically underrepresented.
One unique factor for us is the split between rural and urban backgrounds where we have approximately 30% of the team have a farming background. Although our customer base has limited diversity, we are keen to impact that.
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Opportunities
Company Vision
Halter's vision is to lead a fundamental shift in the agriculture sector, putting sustainability along with farmer and animal welfare at the forefront. Halter's goals extend beyond simply building a product but constructing an entirely new ecosystem for the agricultural space thus transforming New Zealand’s biggest export earner to drive profitability in a socially and environmentally responsible way.
Working with us
Values
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Max velocity
As a company, we move as quickly as possible. This allows us to learn quicker, discover risks earlier and ultimately outpace our competition. Aligned through clear direction and context we act rapidly but precisely.
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Bold informed bets
From the outset Halter has set audacious goals. Always questioning the status quo, we recognise innovation as a vital ingredient for continued success. We take calculated risks; proactively placing bets, we work smartly to tip the odds in our favour.
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Farmers first, animals always
We connect deeply with our farmers and build solutions around their animals that are transformational. We start with the farmer experience and work backwards, recognising the fine balance of progress and care.
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Be a founder
Working at Halter is more than just a job. We hire people that act like great founders, displaying the highest level of care and ownership across everything we do. Just like a founder, we prioritise the company above ourselves.
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It’s a privilege
Our work matters. We are reshaping an entire industry and ultimately impacting millions of lives. With such high stakes, the path is likely to test us.
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Farmers come first
We are fanatical about understanding our customers so that we can deliver valuable products to them. This mindset guides us to create enduring, genuine and helpful relationships with each of our customers.
Our team
Tech Lead
At Halter, we're reinventing the future of farming. We’re committed to reducing the intensive hours farmers work, supporting farmers to meet growing global food demand, enhancing animal welfare and protecting our environment. We got started just a few short years ago in 2016, and have rapidly progressed to the point where we're deploying Halter to farms across New Zealand. Our leading-edge hardware and state-of-the-art software deliver an unparalleled farm management tool. Solar-powered, GPS-enabled smart collars are fitted to each dairy cow and coupled with a simple app that allows farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour.
Our work is turning heads. Halter won the 2021 Agri Magic Smart Farming award and we have also won in two categories for the 2021 NZ Hi-Tech Awards. We are backed by a set of sophisticated investors that have supported a stream of other leading technology companies including SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We are also incredibly fortunate to count Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and board member.
We hire the world's best people and provide the best environment to enable them to do their best work. We have a passion for innovation, a desire to make a genuine difference, and a culture that we know is pretty special.
About the role
Did you know that pasture drives 85% of the profit on most dairy farms in New Zealand? But reaping these rewards is no easy feat - pasture management is a complex landscape, where the variables are plentiful and constantly changing. Here at Halter, we are using technology to help farmers grow more, higher quality pasture and reduce wastage to deliver better outcomes for their businesses, their animals and consumers. Come play your part in building a product that unlocks a more profitable and sustainable future for dairy farming in New Zealand and beyond.
We are looking for a Tech Lead who is hungry to make an impact on the world; people from all backgrounds who can continue to make our team greater than the sum of its parts. The Tech Lead role at Halter is a special one: alongside the Product Lead you’ll be responsible for the technical direction and continual improvement of our Pasture systems, working closely with our Principal Software Architect and other engineers to improve Pasture yield and quality on our customers’ farms.
We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and use your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines. We embrace learning, we strive to help each other succeed, and will help you make this the best job you’ll ever have.
What your day could look like
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- Hands-on back end development delivering tested and reliable software through to production
- Work with other software engineers and product specialists as part of a cross-functional agile team, contributing to your teammates’ success, encouraging cross-pollination of roles, challenging the team to continuously inspect and improve, and encouraging collaboration and task sharing
- Maintain high levels of communication with your team and others about product requirements, timelines, risks, and priorities
- Join your teammates in ensuring your systems are always available and responsive, as part of our on-call roster, following good reliability engineering practices
- Stay up-to-date with your area of expertise and ensure the team is aware of new technological advances and better ways of working
- And finally, this is a start-up, so you’ll also be rolling your sleeves up and helping with whatever is required to succeed in our mission, knowing that the whole organisation is with you doing the same
What we’re looking for
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- A solid track record working as a software development engineer, with examples of outcomes you’re proud to have delivered
- Experience working with modern cloud-based distributed systems (especially in the AWS context)
- Experience working in an agile development practice, in a cross-functional development team
- Someone who is product orientated and cares about customer experience, being able to solve real-life customer problems
- Extensive experience working with TypeScript and Node.js
- Sound understanding of how to develop testable systems and write great automated tests
- Understanding of common development processes such as version control, continuous integration/delivery, code reviews, and pair programming
- A degree in software engineering or equivalent is desirable but is not required
- Importantly, we're looking for someone who is super passionate about what they do and is eager to learn!
Why our team loves working at Halter
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- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology start-up
- We are part of shaping a growing, internationally successful, New Zealand technology company
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
- Opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and see our impact
- Beautiful dog-friendly offices in the heart of Auckland city
- Delicious snacks available for your day to day flow
- Our learning and development is important so Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave & unlimited annual leave
- Plus a competitive salary package to sweeten the deal
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace—a place where we can all be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. We offer flexible working arrangements, wellbeing initiatives, and support for all of our people.
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!
Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
At Halter, we're reinventing the future of farming. We’re committed to reducing the intensive hours farmers work, supporting farmers to meet growing global food demand, enhancing animal welfare and protecting our environment. We got started just a few short years ago in 2016, and have rapidly progressed to the point where we're deploying Halter to farms across New Zealand. Our leading-edge hardware and state-of-the-art software deliver an unparalleled farm management tool. Solar-powered, GPS-enabled smart collars are fitted to each dairy cow and coupled with a simple app that allows farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour.
Our work is turning heads. Halter won the 2021 Agri Magic Smart Farming award and we have also won in two categories for the 2021 NZ Hi-Tech Awards. We are backed by a set of sophisticated investors that have supported a stream of other leading technology companies including SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We are also incredibly fortunate to count Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and board member.
We hire the world's best people and provide the best environment to enable them to do their best work. We have a passion for innovation, a desire to make a genuine difference, and a culture that we know is pretty special.
About the role
At Halter, we work at the interface of where software meets firmware meets hardware underpinned by deep data to transform and improve what our customers (farmers) have been doing for centuries. This space is challenging and intellectually really stimulating. We're just scratching the surface.
We are looking for software engineers who are hungry to make an impact on the world; people from all backgrounds who can continue to make our team greater than the sum of its parts. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and use your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines. We embrace learning, we strive to help each other succeed, and will help you make this the best job you’ll ever have.
What your day could look like
-
- Hands-on full-stack development delivering tested and reliable software through to production
- Work with other software engineers and product specialists as part of a cross-functional agile teams, contributing to your teammates’ success, encouraging cross-pollination of roles, challenging the team to continuously inspect and improve, and encouraging collaboration and task sharing
- Maintain high levels of communication with your team and others about product requirements, timelines, risks, and priorities
- Join your teammates in ensuring your systems are always available and responsive, as part of our on-call roster, following good reliability engineering practices
- Stay up-to-date with your area of expertise and ensure the team is aware of new technological advances and better ways of working
- And finally, this is a start-up, so you’ll also be rolling your sleeves up and helping with whatever is required to succeed in our mission, knowing that your whole organisation is with you doing the same
What we’re looking for
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- A solid track record working as a software development engineer, with examples of outcomes you’re proud to have delivered
- Experience working with modern cloud-based distributed systems (especially in the AWS context)
- Experience working in agile development practice, in a cross-functional development team
- Someone who is product orientated and cares about customer experience, being able to solve real-life customer problems
- Experience working with any backend tech stack! AWS, Java, TypeScript, Node.js would be a HUGE bonus but most importantly, we're looking for someone who is super passionate about what they do and is eager to learn!
- Sound understanding of how to develop testable systems and write great automated tests
- Understanding of common development processes such as version control, continuous integration/delivery, code reviews, and pair programming
- A degree in software engineering or equivalent is desirable but is not required
Why our team loves working at Halter
-
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology start-up
- We are part of shaping a growing, internationally successful, New Zealand technology company
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
- Opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and see our impact
- Beautiful dog-friendly offices in the heart of Auckland City
- Delicious snacks available for your day to day flow
- Our learning and development is important so Halter offers a $1000 self-development budget
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave & unlimited annual leave
- Plus a competitive salary package + ESOP to sweeten the deal
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace—a place where we can all be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. We offer flexible working arrangements, wellbeing initiatives, and support for all of our people.
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!
Business Development Manager (Waikato)
About the role
As such we are expanding our Waikato Business Development team and are on the hunt for a hungry Business Development Manager to sell the world's most sophisticated solar-powered, GPS-enabled smart cow collars. Halter’s collars are fitted to each dairy cow and coupled with a simple app that allows farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour.
We’re looking for a world-class closer and a sales leader to lead our talented team in the Waikato region. You’ll not only be an inspiring and supportive leader but also a go-getter, someone who is out in the field, meeting farmers, championing Halter and converting them into customers. A ‘never give up attitude’ is crucial for this role, you will be a major contributor to the growth and success of Halter.
What your day could look like
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- Managing the end to end sales pipeline and achieving massive growth by hitting targets, closing large customer deals.
- Lead, inspire, hire and further develop team members, setting quotas, evaluating and adjusting performance, and developing processes that drive sales.
- Executing deals under high-pressure meetings, consulting in-depth with farmers about their farming ecosystems and successfully negotiating contracts
- Sourcing new leads through proactive outreach, referrals/introductions, industry events and other channels as well as fielding and responding to inbound inquiries.
- Taking responsibility for sales performance and sales quota of direct reports where applicable
- Focusing on the customer and their needs, providing feedback to help drive the product roadmap
- Working with the Head of Business Development to optimise and evolve the sales process to become faster, more efficient and more predictable as the company scales
- Working with the Head of Business Development to support monthly and quarterly forecasting of revenue
- Collaborating with the Head of Business Development to provide insights to marketing, helping to build and execute a go-to-market strategy that supports rapid revenue growth
What we’re looking for
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- A true Sales Hunter - Adept at creating momentum and exceptional at accelerating sales cycles through to close
- Someone who brings at least 6 years of experience with an end to end sales skills set & processes that can be applied to Halter
- Proven track records and examples of successfully sourcing new prospects, securing meetings with new leads and creating new sales opportunities
- Extremely resilient - track record of dealing with pressure, overcoming obstacles and delivering big results against the odds
- Highly adaptable - comfortable leading and selling in a dynamic environment and with a product that's pushing the boundaries and constantly evolving
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to motivate, support and inspire a team
- Someone who fosters a world-class performance culture amongst your direct reports and with the wider team.
- Experience in dairy farming or within the agricultural sector is a must-have
- Adaptability in a high stakes sales environment and the ability to think on your feet
- Sales experience in the technology-based industry is preferred
- A relevant university degree or equivalent would be nice to have but not a must.
Why our team loves working at Halter
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- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology start-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment.
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
- Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels their growth.
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave & unlimited annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer a highly competitive “top of market” remuneration package made up of salary and an employee stock ownership plan.
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!
IT Administrator/Engineer
At Halter, we're unlocking the connection between humans and animals, starting with cows and then expanding to other animals. Driven to revolutionise farming, our world-first technology helps farmers break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming and empowers a more sustainable future for farmers, their cows and our land. Halter is giving farmers the freedom to spend more time with their families, the technology to increase production and meet the growing demand for food and the data to help them care for their cows, which we know is paramount for farmers.
Founded in 2016, Halter has developed a revolutionary farm management system. We fit our solar-powered GPS-enabled smart collars to each dairy cow. We then equip farmers with a simple App for managing their cows. This system enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour - all through their phone. Scaling rapidly onto farms across New Zealand, we have the privilege of working alongside exceptional farmers including some of the largest farms in the country. We care deeply for our farmers and their cows, with our customers heavily involved in product development and animal welfare core to our culture.
Our work is turning heads. In 2021, Halter won in two categories at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards. Our Board comprises tier 1 Silicon Valley investors who have backed the world's best technology companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We’re also fortunate to have Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and Board member. We hire the world's best people and provide an epic environment for them to thrive in. Our culture is distinctive; we care about high performance, about each other, and we're obsessed with making a difference for our customers.
About the role
If you enjoy finding solutions to very difficult problems on a daily basis and touching almost every aspect of the business, you’ll love coming to work at Halter! We’re looking for an IT Administrator to join our team to support the EPIC people we have here. Cloud automation, hardware spec’ing and procurement, network design and implementation, and cybersecurity are all various parts of what you get to work on.
We need someone who can quickly change gears and reprioritise based on what comes up throughout the day. You’ll have primary decision-making power in most respects, and we love to experiment with & challenge the status quo. We’re willing to train someone into this role for the right person, attitude is critical!
What your day could look like
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- Everything from setting up equipment for new starters to going onto farms and installing comms towers, and everything in between!
- Monitoring and maintaining networks and servers.
- Upgrading, installing and configuring new hardware and software for new employees
- Being responsible for the IT offboarding process of employees, hopefully not too many!
- Having a massive impact on the product we use internally every day, the network & associated devices
- Working with the other teams to help develop cross-functional solutions to various problems, e.g. Comms & Launch to streamline network gear provisioning, troubleshooting bugs in deployment pipelines, and more!
- Using your broad visibility across the company to recognise problems and find solutions that may otherwise go unnoticed. E.g. Recognizing wifi authentication issues that users may believe is limited to them or a small subset, or discovering that a particular wifi AP is overloaded with heavy users and mitigating, etc.
What we’re looking for
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- Up to 2 to 3 years experience in a similar role OR you’re coming fresh out of university!
- Working experience or a rich knowledge of IT systems, networks, and related technologies
- Demonstrated broad knowledge of various hardware and software
- A genuine willingness to help the rest of the team solve their issues, big or small. You go out of your way to build strong interpersonal relationships with the EPIC team at Halter
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, information systems, or similar would be preferred.
- Applicable professional qualifications, such as Microsoft, Oracle, or Cisco certification would be preferred
- Some experience in network architecture and provisioning, as well as *nix systems
- Some experience with Ansible, Terraform, the AWS ecosystem, git, and bash would be nice to have
Why our team loves working at Halter
-
- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology start-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment.
- 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.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
- 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 & unlimited paid annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer a competitive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
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!
Network Engineering Lead
At Halter, we're unlocking the connection between humans and animals, starting with cows and then expanding to other animals. Driven to revolutionise farming, our world-first technology helps farmers break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming and empowers a more sustainable future for farmers, their cows and our land. Halter is giving farmers the freedom to spend more time with their families, the technology to increase production and meet the growing demand for food and the data to help them care for their cows, which we know is paramount for farmers.
Founded in 2016, Halter has developed a revolutionary farm management system. We fit our solar-powered GPS-enabled smart collars to each dairy cow. We then equip farmers with a simple App for managing their cows. This system enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour - all through their phone. Scaling rapidly onto farms across New Zealand, we have the privilege of working alongside exceptional farmers including some of the largest farms in the country. We care deeply for our farmers and their cows, with our customers heavily involved in product development and animal welfare core to our culture.
Our work is turning heads. In 2021, Halter won in two categories at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards and this year, we have been nominated for another two. Our Board comprises tier 1 Silicon Valley investors who have backed the world's best technology companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We’re also fortunate to have Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and Board member. We hire the world's best people and provide an epic environment for them to thrive in. Our culture is distinctive; we care about high performance, about each other, and we're obsessed with making a difference for our customers.
About the role
We’re looking for an experienced network engineer to lead, inspire and support our team in deploying one of the largest private wireless networks in NZ! Critical infrastructure coupled with high device density means there are technical challenges aplenty. We’re an incredibly fast-paced organization with uncompromising standards of excellence, always pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
You will help define the standards by which we measure success and then work with the team to meet and exceed those standards. Switching gears quickly to transition from triage to product development will be a requisite skill, along with a strong problem-solving mindset. Experimentation is celebrated, and baked into our development cycle. Come join the company that is going to change the way the world farms, and be part of the change you want to see!
What your day could look like
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- Working with our launch to optimise farm layouts via RF modelling tools
- Automating network gear provisioning via ansible or shell scripting
- Testing and validating new network gear and/or new collar hardware
- Swarming with the rest of the team to assess any outages/degraded performance in the network
- Helping us and being responsible for the preparation and scalability of Halter for an international launch
What we’re looking for
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- Proven experience planning and coordinating wireless network deployments
- Degree in Computer Engineering or similar, or equivalent work experience
- In-depth knowledge of the toolchains necessary for network deployments, e.g. RF modelling, network gear provisioning, etc.
- Experience with automation frameworks such as Terraform & Ansible
- Even better if you have: Network certification (CCNA/CCNP, CompTIA Network+, AWS Advanced Networking, etc) and/or experience with Low Power WAN and associated devices (LoRaWAN or similar)
- Leadership experience would be nice to have.
Why our team loves working at Halter
-
- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology start-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment.
- 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.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
- 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 & unlimited paid annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer a competitive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
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!
(Junior to Mid) Software Engineer
At Halter, we're unlocking the connection between humans and animals, starting with cows and then expanding to other animals. Driven to revolutionise farming, our world-first technology helps farmers break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming and empowers a more sustainable future for farmers, their cows and our land. Halter is giving farmers the freedom to spend more time with their families, the technology to increase production and meet the growing demand for food and the data to help them care for their cows, which we know is paramount for farmers.
Founded in 2016, Halter has developed a revolutionary farm management system. We fit our solar-powered GPS-enabled smart collars to each dairy cow. We then equip farmers with a simple App for managing their cows. This system enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour - all through their phone. Scaling rapidly onto farms across New Zealand, we have the privilege of working alongside exceptional farmers including some of the largest farms in the country. We care deeply for our farmers and their cows, with our customers heavily involved in product development and animal welfare core to our culture.
Our work is turning heads. In 2021, Halter won in two categories at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards and this year, we have been nominated for another two. Our Board comprises tier 1 Silicon Valley investors who have backed the world's best technology companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We’re also fortunate to have Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and Board member. We hire the world's best people and provide an epic environment for them to thrive in. Our culture is distinctive; we care about high performance, about each other, and we're obsessed with making a difference for our customers.
About the role
At Halter, we work at the interface of where software meets firmware meets hardware underpinned by deep data to transform and improve what our customers (farmers) have been doing for centuries. This space is challenging and intellectually really stimulating. We're just scratching the surface.
We are looking for software engineers (Backend or Full-stack) who are hungry to make an impact on the world; people from all backgrounds who can continue to make our team greater than the sum of its parts. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and use your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines. We embrace learning, we strive to help each other succeed, and will help you make this the best job you’ll ever have.
What your day could look like
-
- Hands-on full-stack development delivering tested and reliable software through to production
- Work with other software engineers and product specialists as part of a cross-functional agile teams, contributing to your teammates’ success, encouraging cross-pollination of roles, challenging the team to continuously inspect and improve, and encouraging collaboration and task sharing
- Maintain high levels of communication with your team and others about product requirements, timelines, risks, and priorities
- Join your teammates in ensuring your systems are always available and responsive, as part of our on-call roster, following good reliability engineering practices
- Stay up-to-date with your area of expertise and ensure the team is aware of new technological advances and better ways of working
- And finally, this is a start-up, so you’ll also be rolling your sleeves up and helping with whatever is required to succeed in our mission, knowing that your whole organisation is with you doing the same
What we’re looking for
-
- Experience working as a software development engineer, with some examples of outcomes you’re proud to have delivered
- Experience working with modern cloud-based distributed systems (especially in the AWS context)
- Experience working in agile development practice, in a cross-functional development team
- Someone who is product orientated and cares about customer experience, being able to solve real-life customer problems
- Experience working with any backend or full-stack tech stack! AWS, Java, TypeScript, Node.js, or React Native would be a HUGE bonus but most importantly, we're looking for someone who is super passionate about what they do and is eager to learn!
- Sound understanding of how to develop testable systems and write great automated tests
- Understanding of common development processes such as version control, continuous integration/delivery, code reviews, and pair programming
- A degree in software engineering or equivalent is desirable but is not required
Why our team loves working at Halter
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- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment.
- 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.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
- Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels their growth.
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave & unlimited annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer a highly competitive “top of market” remuneration package made up of salary and an employee stock ownership plan.
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!
Business Development Executive (Waikato)
At Halter, we're unlocking the connection between humans and animals, starting with cows and then expanding to other animals. Driven to revolutionise farming, our world-first technology helps farmers break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming and empowers a more sustainable future for farmers, their cows and our land. Halter is giving farmers the freedom to spend more time with their families, the technology to increase production and meet the growing demand for food and the data to help them care for their cows, which we know is paramount for farmers.
Founded in 2016, Halter has developed a revolutionary farm management system. We fit our solar-powered GPS-enabled smart collars to each dairy cow. We then equip farmers with a simple App for managing their cows. This system enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cow’s health, feed and behaviour - all through their phone. Scaling rapidly onto farms across New Zealand, we have the privilege of working alongside exceptional farmers including some of the largest farms in the country. We care deeply for our farmers and their cows, with our customers heavily involved in product development and animal welfare core to our culture.
Our work is turning heads. In 2021, Halter won in two categories at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards and this year, we have been nominated for another two. Our Board comprises tier 1 Silicon Valley investors who have backed the world's best technology companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, Airbnb and Spotify. We’re also fortunate to have Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, as an investor and Board member. We hire the world's best people and provide an epic environment for them to thrive in. Our culture is distinctive; we care about high performance, about each other, and we're obsessed with making a difference for our customers.
Halter is looking for a hungry and driven salesperson to help expand Halter further in the Waikato region. We're looking for a go-getter, someone who is out in the field, meeting farmers, championing Halter and converting them into customers. A ‘never give up attitude’ is crucial for this role, you will be a major contributor to the growth and success of Halter.
You’ll have the opportunity to take full ownership of a territory in the Waikato region, where we’re fielding massive interest. Spanning end to end sales from cold calling and on-farm meetings to deeply understanding our customers’ farm system and detailing Halter’s value proposition to progress the sale and ultimately close the deal. Make your mark with Halter and help us push the boundaries of farming, connecting animals and humans like never before.
What your day could look like
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- Sourcing new leads and opportunities through proactive outreach, referrals/introductions, industry events and other channels as well as fielding and responding to inbound inquiries
- Meet high growth sales targets by managing pipeline through to close including screening, qualifying, executing on-farm demonstrations and successfully negotiating contracts with customers
- Collaborating with Customer Success to ensure successful post-sales handoff, implementations, customer satisfaction and account renewal
- Providing support, insight and communication to help build and foster trusting and enduring relationships with customers as they wait for deployment
- Leveraging opportunities and participating in relevant industry/Halter events and demonstrations
- Building and leveraging industry relationships to establish and maintain Halter's brand
- Focusing on the customer and their needs, providing feedback to help drive the product roadmap
- Working with the Business Development Manager to optimise and evolve the sales process to become faster, more efficient and more predictable as the company scales
What we’re looking for
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- A full end to end sales skill set with at least 5 years of experience
- Proven track records and examples of successfully sourcing new prospects, securing meetings with new leads and creating new sales opportunities
- Someone who is highly experienced in value-based sales with a proven history of closing deals and high volume sales results
- Well prepared with strong communication skills to present Halter's value proposition
- Experience in dairy farming or within the agricultural sector is a must-have
- A person who is results-driven, highly motivated with exceptional time management skills
- Adaptability in a high stakes sales environment and the ability to think on your feet
- Sales experience in the technology-based industry is preferred
- A relevant university degree or equivalent would be nice to have but not a must
Why our team loves working at Halter
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- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real
- 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 & unlimited paid annual leave
- Importantly, we offer a competitive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan
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!
Head of Design
About the role
The Head of Design is an exciting new role at Halter. We are looking for someone with a world-class experience that is ready to make a genuine impact in farming. We have a unique opportunity to make farming more efficient, and more sustainable for our farmers and the environment. This is a chance to play a strategically important role in changing an entire industry, solving interesting problems, managing a great team, and having a huge impact on the trajectory of our app and product design. We pride ourselves on having a beautiful and delightful experience for farmers. As we continue to scale at a fast pace, we are looking for a design leader to take Halter to the next level. This person will lead and grow the design team and influence the strategic direction of Halters’ product strategy.
What your day could look like
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- Solving unique real-world problems alongside an epic team in a culture designed around growth
- Taking responsibility for the creative vision and the standard of output across the design team at Halter
- Making strategic visual design and user-experience design decisions that drive Halter towards its product vision
- Playing a key role in influencing the product direction and strategy
- Driving best practices of design systems and design processes.
- Hiring, developing and inspiring the creative team.
- Delivering industry-leading, polished, delightful, and easy to use experiences, thinking in terms of the whole experience, not just screens in isolation.
- Ensuring high standards of design and brand consistency throughout the product experience.
- Being the advocate for the users. Get into the headspace of our customers on farms, with hands-on research and involve customer feedback in all stages of the design process. Facilitate the process of testing, experimenting, and iterating on concepts with users
- Working through product problems from opportunity and definition to shipping value to farmers.
What we’re looking for
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- You are a strong product design visionary, executor, and team-builder, with a strong portfolio of distinctive work that spans product, service and platform design.
- You’re an experienced design manager who can lead, inspire and empower your team through your passion and drive.
- You have a high bar for everything your team ships, believing that every last detail is important and collectively makes a difference to the user experience.
- You are a problem solver that’s excited by a challenge. You enjoy sitting in a room or on a farm and whiteboarding ideas to create simple, elegant solutions.
- You’re fearless, yet pragmatic and take ownership of deliverables and outcomes – you gotta have hustle.
Why our team loves working at Halter
-
- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment.
- 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.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
- 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 & unlimited paid annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer a competitive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
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!
Collar Support (Casual Contract)
About the role
We’re looking for an eager individual/s to join and support our forever growing team. The role is a quality control/collar prep role where you’ll be helping us to deploy and prepare our P4 collars in our Auckland HQ. Work in our epic new office and hardware lab to help prepare collars and pack shipments. This is a great opportunity to get a foot in the door and to get exposure to one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing companies.
This will be a casual/ fixed term contract role that will run from the beginning of January. It would be perfect for either a student or anyone who has flexible working hours. We’re open to someone who can work about 20 to 40 hours per week.
There are a lot of opportunities to increase hours if this is desirable.
What your day could look like
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- Organising, sorting and preparing Halter collars for deployment
- Conducting quality control and inspecting all collar and accessory shipments
- Loading and unloading of collar and other shipments
- Being responsible for accurately completing process-oriented tasks
- Maintaining & understanding accurate records and documentation of collar shipments and stock
What we’re looking for
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- Someone who is physically fit and are able to cope with the manual nature of the work
- A reliable and punctual person
- Great work ethic with proven work history
- Someone who has the ability to work alone and in a team environment
Why our team loves working at Halter
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- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology start-up
- We are part of shaping a growing, internationally successful, New Zealand technology company
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and see our impact
- Beautiful dog-friendly offices in the heart of Auckland city
- Delicious snacks available for your day to day flow
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 and culture page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Delivery Agent (Collar-Support - Casual/ fixed term) Canterbury
About the role
We’re looking for an eager individual/s to join and support our ever-growing team. The role will support our fleet and hardware teams, delivering and collecting collars from our customer farms across the Canterbury region. This is vital to the success of our product, closing the feedback loop between our on-farm activity and our engineering teams in Auckland. This is a great opportunity to get a foot in the door and to get exposure to one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing companies. This will be a casual/ fixed term contract role that will run from the beginning of May. It would be perfect for either a student or anyone who has flexible working hours. We’re open to someone who can work about 20 to 40 hours per week.
What your day could look like
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- Creating a daily travel plan to optimise time
- Driving between our Canterbury farms.
- Organising collars on customer farms
- Organising, sorting and preparing Halter collars for deployment
- Conducting quality control and inspecting collars
What we’re looking for
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- Must have a full class 1 license
- An excellent communicator who will have positive interactions with our customers reflecting Halters values and brand
- Someone who is physically fit and is able to cope with the manual nature of the work
- A reliable and punctual person
- Great work ethic with proven work history
- Someone who has the ability to work alone and in a team environment
Why our team loves working at Halter
-
- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
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 and culture page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Principal Designer
About the role
This is an opportunity to have a key role in making farming more sustainable, solve interesting problems, and have a huge impact on the trajectory of our app and product design. We pride ourselves on having a beautiful and delightful experience for farmers. As we continue to scale at a fast pace, we are looking for a design leader to take Halter to the next level. This person will lead and grow the design team and influence the strategic direction of Halters’ product strategy.
What your day could look like
-
- Solving unique real-world problems alongside an epic team in a culture designed around growth
- Leading the creative vision and the standard of output across the design team at Halter
- Making strategic visual design and user-experience design decisions that drive Halter towards its product vision
- Influencing the product direction and roadmap
- Driving best practices of design systems and design processes.
- Hiring, developing, and inspiring the creative team.
- Delivering industry-leading, polished, delightful, and easy to use experiences, thinking in terms of the whole experience, not just screens in isolation.
- Ensuring high standards of design and brand consistency throughout the product experience.
- Being the advocate for the users. Get into the headspace of our customers on farms, with hands-on research and involve customer feedback into all stages of the design process.
- Design and prototype multiple ideas quickly, and connect regularly with customers to validate product directions
- Working through product problems from opportunity and definition to shipping value to farmers.
- Experience career growth and personal development with world-class mentorship
What we’re looking for
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- You are a strong product designer with a portfolio of impressive user centred designs
- You are a problem solver that’s excited by a challenge. You enjoy sitting in a room or on a farm and whiteboarding ideas to create simple, elegant solutions.
- You thrive in a collaborative workplace; partnering with other designers, engineers, farmers and other disciplines throughout the company
- You are a designer that is constantly inspired—motivating those around you through your passion and drive for what you do.
- You’re fearless, have a passion for big ideas, yet pragmatic and take ownership of deliverables and outcomes.
Why our team loves working at Halter
-
- A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up.
- The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage.
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
- The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment.
- 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.
- Delicious snacks and drinks are available for your daily flow.
- 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 & unlimited paid annual leave.
- Importantly, we offer a competitive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
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 and culture page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Farm Research & Development Specialist
About the role
Looking to do something that has not been done before?! Wanting to work with cutting edge technology? This role is not a traditional R&D role as we are pioneering the future of farming. This role is all about concise test plans, fieldwork and innovative thinking!
You will be a part of our multidisciplinary research & development team composed of engineers, farmers, and everything in between. Our days never look the same; we find ourselves doing anything from wearing gumboots and working with the cows to sitting in our on-farm base working on the next big endeavour. We focus on designing and developing new features that our customers will be using in the day-to-day running of their farm using Halter.
We believe that team culture is vital for our success as a team and as a company and as a result work hard to maintain a fun and casual atmosphere in which you can thrive and develop. From the first day you join, you'll be able to have a direct impact on what our product looks like and how farmers use it. Your point of view, support and input will be vital to the success of Halter. You will be heavily involved in all the tests we run; from the designing phase all the way through the testing and interpreting of data.
What your day could look like
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- Designing, executing and leading research projects to enable continuous innovation and improvement of our product
- Writing concise test plans and getting out on the farm ASAP! Get your hands dirty and work with cows to understand their behaviour, its functionality and then merge this with your solid understanding of our collar to come up with completely new findings.
- Drawing data-based analysis, results, and learnings from research and experiments to provide input into the design and production of our products
- Testing new and improved product features to achieve smooth deployment at our customer farms
- Assisting in the further development in the way we train cows to understand our collar
- Working cross-functionally with teams across the company: From Engineering to provide input into new and existing product features; to Customer Success to ensure our products are meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations
- A wide array of farm jobs. Helping with day to day farm maintenance and activities!
What we’re looking for
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- Someone who has either farming experience/background, animal (esp COWS!) training or an agriculture qualification. Ideally, you’ll also be tech-savvy and you’re not afraid of learning the tech side and functionality of our product.
- A person who is comfortable with ambiguity and thrives in a fast-paced environment
- You enjoy working hard and want to be a part of a team that does the same
- A team-oriented individual, you love sharing ideas and giving and receiving feedback
- The eagerness to learn and the motivation to do things you’ve never done before
Why our team loves working at Halter
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- The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up
- We are part of shaping a growing, internationally successful, New Zealand technology company
- The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
- Opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment
- Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and see our impact
- Beautiful dog-friendly offices in the heart of Auckland city
- Delicious snacks available for your day to day flow
- Our learning and development is important so Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave & unlimited annual leave
- Plus a competitive salary package + ESOP to sweeten the deal
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 and culture page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.