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Software Engineering Internship 2024/2025

Halter

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Software Engineering

Auckland, New Zealand

Posted on Jul 5, 2024

About the role

Halter is looking for high-performing Software Engineering students to join our team. We have two opportunities available, one for our Farmer Experience team and one for our Comms team.

Comms Team:

Halter has over 200,000 collars that connect to our wireless network several times a minute to issue commands, update information, and report hundreds of metrics that fuel the innovation of every team at Halter. This network is the backbone of our product, built in AWS and needs to be extremely reliable. We’re looking for a backend software engineer who is comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and use initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines. We embrace learning, we strive to help each other succeed, and will help you make this the best job you’ll ever have.

Famer Experience Team:

Farmer Experience team for the summer. Our Farmer Experience team are responsible for our customer’s user experience throughout our mobile app! You will work closely with other engineers, designers and product leads in the Farmer team, in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where decisions are made quickly and everyone has an impact. Your work will be fundamental in ensuring the success of our team goals, both by building new features and driving performance improvements across both mobile and web applications. To succeed, you will need to learn quickly and use your own initiative while working under pressure & tight deadlines. We embrace learning, strive to help each other succeed and will help you make this the best job you’ll ever have.

This internship will run from the 18th of November 2024 through to the 28th of February 2025. It will be full-time 40 hours a week over this period.

What your day could look like

Hands-on full-stack development, delivering tested and reliable software through to production
Working with other software engineers and product specialists as part of cross-functional agile teams, contributing to your teammates’ success, challenging the team to continuously inspect and improve, and encouraging collaboration and task sharing
Maintaining high levels of communication with your team about progress on your assigned tasks and any roadblocks you run into
And finally, this is a start-up, so you’ll also be rolling your sleeves up and helping with whatever is required to succeed in our mission, knowing that your whole organisation is with you doing the same
An intern at Halter is a fully-fledged member of the team and you’ll be given opportunity, ownership and responsibility like everyone else.

Who are we looking for?

You are enrolled in your final year or have recently completed a Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or similar degree
Interest in a software development engineering career, focussing on backend and/or frontend development
Understanding of development practices
Some university or project-based experience working with NodeJS with TypeScript, Java and React
Understanding of modern testing practices
Understanding of common development processes such as version control, code reviews, and pair programming
You are a keen problem solver, with strong communication skills and a hunger for learning
An intern at Halter is a fully-fledged member of the team and you’ll be given opportunity, ownership and responsibility like everyone else. We’re looking for someone who is excited about this challenge.

Why our team loves working at Halter

A genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world
The excitement, risk, and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up
The pride of joining an iconic New Zealand technology company growing successfully on the global stage
The opportunity to work with and grow alongside a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds
The opportunity to supercharge your career in a supportive and caring environment
Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real
We offer a competitive remuneration package

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

To find out more, visit our careers website, LinkedIn & Instagram.

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!

If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!

Please also feel free to check out the careers and culture page for more information on working at Halter and don't forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.