Lead Frontend Engineer - React Native

Halter; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Halter is seeking an epic React Native engineer to lead and shape our mobile app for farmers and graziers. You’ll own the end-to-end iOS and Android experience, working across TypeScript, React Native, and native bridges to deliver scalable, reliable features.

We value curiosity, ownership, and collaboration as we push for performance, offline resilience, and thoughtful design. This is a hands‑on role in a fast-moving, office-first culture that supports growth and impact.

Qualifications

• Deep in React Native with strong opinions on mobile architecture (navigation, state, module boundaries).
• Experience shipping complex React Native apps in cross-functional teams.
• Thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with focus on performance and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of core React Native features, including native modules/bridges where it makes sense.
• Bring a strong product lens—work with design and product to ship high-impact features quickly.
• Use AI tools to boost quality and speed without compromising tests.
• Drive app performance from multiple angles and optimize offline behavior.
• Evolve our mobile design system and UI patterns; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

Mobile architecture

iOS/Android app

Job description

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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, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

About the role

We’re looking for an epic React Native engineer with a product-obsessed mindset and the ability to lead-someone who cares about what we build, and why. This is a rare chance to solve hard mobile problems at scale.

As a lead, you’ll be across our iOS and Android app experience end-to-end-TypeScript, React Native, and the native bridges that make it work. You’ll be hands‑on and collaborative; shipping features, improving performance, hardening offline behaviour, and shaping how we work. We care about how you think and act: curious, thoughtful, practical, and someone who takes absolute ownership.

What you’ll do

• Lead the architecture and implementation of core React Native features, including native modules/bridges where it makes sense.
• Bring a strong product lens - you’ll work closely with design and product to make smart trade-offs and ship high-impact features fast.
• Use AI tools (e.g. Claude, Cursor) to boost quality and speed without sacrificing readability or tests.
• Drive app performance from every angle - The Halter app has a complex mobile product, understanding of how to tune it is an essential skillset.
• Build resilient offline-first flows and graceful error handling for real-world field conditions.
• Evolve our mobile design system and UI patterns.Raise the bar through reviews, pairing, and mentoring.

You’ll be great if you

• Are deep in React Native and have strong opinions on mobile architecture (navigation, state, module boundaries).
• Think like a product engineer-customer outcomes first, clean code in service of that.Know when to go native and how to design stable bridges.
• Have shipped complex React Native apps in cross-functional teams.
• Thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.Understand performance deeply, accessibility, testing, and maintainability.
• Bonus: experience with CodePush, App Store releases at scale, design systems, and mentoring mobile engineers.
• A degree is a bonus, not a requirement

Our Office First Approach

There’s a reason you visit your friends in person, live with your family and don’t do dinners over Zoom. Humans are wired for connection. We believe a world‑class, in‑person office culture is the best way for high‑performing teams.

Being office first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in‑person connections are key to driving your own growth, learning, impact, and building genuine long‑lasting relationships. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful and aligned work. We don’t like having heaps of rules or policies, but this means having strong, trusted relationships is critical.

We’re office first, not office only. This means working from the office everyday is our default setting, but we flex when we need to. We have a high‑trust culture, so everyone is trusted to do what’s best for Halter.

Our office vibe is something special, it’s hard to describe until you’re here, but people at Halter who have come from fully remote or hybrid companies say they could never go back - the high energy and spectacular people they are now surrounded by everyday makes work so enjoyable. Your growth, your learning and your impact is truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.

Join our team

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!

Why our team loves working at Halter

• Work that genuinely matters. Every now and again a company comes along that transforms an entire industry and leaves the world in a better place. Our team gets to be part of something truly meaningful, helping farmers improve their livelihoods, spend more time with their families, and build more sustainable operations.
• Spectacular people solving hard problems. Our culture is designed for talented people to do work that changes lives. The team is filled with diverse, kind, and driven people who push each other to do their best work. You'll be thrown into the deep end, tackling complex challenges and building something tangible that solves real problems.
• You’ll grow here. Autonomy, mastery, and learning define how we work. You’ll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills, and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.
• This isn't easy, and we love that it's hard. Working at Halter will be the most rewarding and the most challenging work of your life. We move fast, take bold bets, and work hard to reshape an entire industry. As one team member put it: "Joining Halter is a bit like strapping yourself to a rocket ship, but it's an epic journey to be a part of!"