Engineering Manager, AI & Ecosystem Growth

Alt; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave (6 months)

Self-development budget $1000

Unlimited annual leave

Employee stock ownership plan

Wellness leave

Health insurance

Job summary

Halter is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a growing team of software engineers and our Solution Architect. You will drive delivery across revenue, finance, marketing, localisation, and internal tools, shaping architecture and owning key technical decisions.

You’ll mentor engineers, balance speed with reliability, and collaborate with product stakeholders to turn ambitious ideas into reliable software. This is a hybrid office role with strong growth opportunities.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering depth

APIs & integrations

Architectural judgement

Delivery management

Product collaboration

Engineering standards

Communication

Tools

Salesforce

Finance systems

AI applications

TypeScript

Python

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Halter is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a growing team of software engineers and our Solution Architect. You will drive delivery across revenue, finance, marketing, localisation, and internal tools, shaping architecture and owning key technical decisions.

You’ll mentor engineers, balance speed with reliability, and collaborate with product stakeholders to turn ambitious ideas into reliable software. This is a hybrid office role with strong growth opportunities.