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Lead the architecture and implementation of web and mobile features, ensuring performance, accessibility, and maintainability while guiding other engineers and collaborating with design and product teams.
At Halter, we know how much farmers care-for their animals and their pasture. But the tools they rely on haven’t kept up, and we’re on a mission to change that. Halter helps farmers make smarter decisions - fast. We reckon good pasture management is the key to more productive and sustainable farms. More grass. Healthier soil. Happier animals. And more time back for the people doing the work.
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
Why our team loves working at Halter
At Halter, we’re committed to creating an environment where people thrive. We offer unlimited paid annual leave, as well as additional wellness days. Each year, every team member receives a $1,000 self-development budget to invest in whatever fuels their personal growth.
We offer six months of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and four weeks of fully paid leave for secondary caregivers, along with a range of additional family-friendly benefits. To support your wellbeing, we offer subsidised health insurance through Southern Cross.
And finally, everyone at Halter is an owner. Every employee is part of our stock ownership plan; when we succeed, you share in that success.
Our office-first approach
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.
We’re office first, not office only. This means that working from the office every day is our default setting, but we flex when needed. Your growth, learning, and impact are truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together, solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.
We have a state-of-the-art, dog-friendly office in the heart of Auckland City and a test farm in Morrinsville. Delicious snacks and drinks are readily available.
About Halter
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 and revolutionizing grazing with Halter. People join Halter to do meaningful work. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world. 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.
Join our team
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV.
If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
Feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.
Top Skills
Ai Tools
React
React Native
Storybook
Tailwind
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