Founding Software Engineer - AI-Driven On-Farm Impact

Halter; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Snacks & drinks

Health insurance

Parental leave (six months)

Job summary

Halter is seeking its first software engineer to drive a new product vertical from Auckland HQ. You will own the architecture, stack, and engineering standards from day one, building end-to-end features that scale for farmers.

You’ll work on AI-native development, experiment aggressively, and travel to customer farms as needed. This role offers ownership, impact, and the chance to shape a growing product at Halter.

Qualifications

• First software engineer on a new product vertical, owning architecture and stack.
• Ability to ship end-to-end features across backend to frontend.
• Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to travel to customer farms.
• Strong ownership mindset and appetite for experimentation with AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, stack, tooling and engineering standards from day one.
• Build scrappy prototypes, run experiments and iterate quickly.
• Take a product from 0 to 1 and turn early results into a reliable farmer-facing solution.

Skills

Full-stack

Architecture

AI tools

Job description

Halter is seeking its first software engineer to drive a new product vertical from Auckland HQ. You will own the architecture, stack, and engineering standards from day one, building end-to-end features that scale for farmers.

You’ll work on AI-native development, experiment aggressively, and travel to customer farms as needed. This role offers ownership, impact, and the chance to shape a growing product at Halter.