Geospatial Software Engineer
Halter
Software Engineering
Auckland, New Zealand
Posted on Jul 15, 2025
About the role
Halter is changing the paradigm farmers operate in. Rather than solely relying on an internal model of their farm in their head, Halter elevates this with a digital one. Our digital farm provides farmers with real-time data, aiding in decision making, and then the tools to directly action those decisions.
Our geospatial platform is fundamental to making this product a reality. It provides farmers with a high quality, high resolution image of their farm, and provides us with crucial topographic data. We’re seeking a dedicated owner who can support and extend this platform as we scale, particularly as we enter new markets.
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and geospatial systems. This is not a traditional GIS analyst role.
You’ll be responsible for
- ⛰️ Geospatial data pipeline: Fetching and transforming orthographic imagery and topographic data from drone scans, government sources or 3rd parties
- 🤖 Backend services: Owning and extending the backend that serves terrain and imagery tiles to our internal and customer-facing tools.
- 🚁 Drone scan automation: Automating the full photogrammetry pipeline, from raw drone outputs to 3D reconstructions and GeoTIFFs, reliably and hands-off.
- 🧠 Model deployment: Operationalising geospatial ML models, ensuring they run reliably, performantly, and cost-effectively.
- 📈 Scaling infrastructure: Building the observability, robustness, and automation required to scale our systems as we grow and enter new markets.
Who are we looking for?
- You’re lazy (in a good way). You’re not content with inefficient manual processes that don’t scale well, so you seek to simplify and automate the ways we work, removing constraints to Halter’s growth.
- You’re a driver not a passenger. You don’t wait for jobs to be given to you, instead you sit in the driver's seat and take matters into your own hands. Halter’s success is your success (literally through ESOP grants), so you proactively find ways to maximise your impact.
- You own your domain. This is not an operations role, but there are operational teams that depend on what you build. Ownership means supporting , and having foresight to solve problems before they happen.
- You’re comfortable navigating various time horizons. You’re able to support Halter’s business needs today, while also planning for Halter’s future needs.
More concretely:
- Strong software engineering skills (Python, Go)
- Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD)
- Experience with geospatial formats & tools or an eagerness to learn (GeoTIFF, GDAL, tiling systems, coordinate reference systems)
- Proficiency in contemporary AI companions and tooling for software and engineering productivity (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor)
- Bonus: experience with machine learning operations or photogrammetry
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.
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!
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