Engineering Lead

The future of food production hinges on an important question: How do we feed the world’s growing population without compromising our natural resources? Farmers feed our population and hold the keys to vital climate solutions. At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers to run the most productive and sustainable farms. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They’re growing more grass, increasing milk production and improving the health and wellbeing of their cows.

We bridge deep tech into farming. Halter enables farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows’ health and behaviour. Can you imagine watching 500 dairy cows turn in unison and walk calmly towards the milking shed? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a mob of cows walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing farming with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry.

People join Halter because they want to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

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**About the role**

Are you a highly skilled and experienced engineer looking for an exciting leadership opportunity? Are you passionate about leveraging your deep technical expertise to drive innovation and deliver exceptional results?

We are looking for someone hungry to make an impact on the world to join us and lead a team of Software Engineers in our Animal domain. Centred around ensuring both positive farmer and animal outcomes when interacting with our core virtual fencing, heat and health products, this role favours someone who is deeply identical, able to reason from first principles with a strong bias to delivering the right solution for the problem across a diverse technology stack.

We push the boundaries of innovation, delivering cutting-edge solutions, and making a positive impact on society. Our dynamic and collaborative work environment fosters creativity, encourages growth, and rewards excellence.

We are a team of high performers looking for a strong technical leader who enables, motivates and drives their team to meet or exceed specific goals and objectives. Focused on results, not the process, and is able to find a balance between these results and care, loyalty and wellbeing of their team.

As an Engineering Lead, you will play a pivotal role in our organisation, leading a team of talented engineers and spearheading the development of innovative products and solutions. We are seeking a visionary technical expert who can guide the team through complex technical challenges and drive the execution of our product roadmap.

**What your day could look like**:

- Leading and managing a team of engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to foster their growth and development. Hands on full stack development delivering tested and reliable software through to production
- Balancing hands-on technical contributions with strategic leadership to guide the team towards successful project outcomes.
- Maintain high levels of communication with fellow engineers and other teams about product requirements, timelines, risks, and priorities
- Work with the Director of Animal to ensure engineering efforts deliver on valuable customer outcomes
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design,hardware, to ensure seamless product delivery.
- Taking ownership of the technical architecture within the Animal Domain and driving technical decision-making to ensure scalable and reliable solutions working closely with our Principal Firmware Engineer & Senior engineers
- Ensure software engineers are supported in their roles with regular 1:1s, performance reviews & growth opportunities
- Recruitment and management of exceptional engineering talent, with responsibility for up to 10 direct reports
- Staying abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and advancements to drive innovation and maintain technical excellence.

**Who are we looking for**:

- Bachelor or higher degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer (Systems) Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a technical leader, with a deep understanding of engineering principles and methodologies. (7+ years of engineering experience)
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment. (3+ years managing technical teams)
- Excellent hands-on