Senior Machine Learning Engineer

At Halter were 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. Its changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us youll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think out-work and out-care. Were committed to delivering real change in the world - this isnt easy and in truth we love that its hard.

Were backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund Bessemer Venture Partners BOND DCVC Blackbird Promus Ventures Rocket Labs Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

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Halters Predictive Systems group is dedicated to the development of advanced models to provider farmers with the most accurate insight to optimise their operations. To provide farmers with the highest quality insights were building upon the bleeding edge of scientific advancements with unmatched access to rich novel data to develop a cutting edge agricultural modelling system.

Youll play a pivotal role in one of the machine learning teams within the group where you could be building advanced models of pasture growth and land properties that power intelligent modelling animal state health and activity and much more. Applications could range from remote sensing of pasture biomass identification of animal heat events to grazing interval simulation for advanced recommendations.

You will be owning end to end development of machine learning pipelines advanced contemporary modelling to deployment and monitoring. You will work with great team-mates in engineering product and design to achieve outsized results. The impact of our work is profound and we take that responsibility seriously. As a member of the group youll share our passion for technology and our commitment to optimizing the management of pastural grazing systems.

You will be responsible for:

• Modeling from biological processes to farm operations: You will drive development of predictive systems to solve real-world challenges faced by farmers.

• Research from technical to agriculture: you will be required to conduct extensive literature reviews and stay ahead of the curve with respect to both machine-learning systems and pasture science.

• Model development: design dataset construction training and optimization: Rarely do we utilize a model off the shelf. You will own the architectural design and all phases of model development.

• Supporting your work in production: Halter engineers demonstrate a high level of ownership. We support what we build and we learn from our systems behavior in the field.

• Proactive innovation: As a member of the data discipline it is expected that you will exercise a high degree of creativity to proactively deliver innovative ideas.

• You are a high-output generalist: You will be required to work with autonomy across infrastructure databases simulation and ML development. You will be restless with respect to advancing your own impact across the stack leveraging AI companion tools and agents.

• You are a machine learning expert: You will be joining a highly capable team of technologists with deep experience in machine learning and complex systems. You will be required to provide extra strength in machine-learning theory and its application to maximizing pasture efficiency.

• You have experience delivering highly complex predictive systems at the bleeding edge of research: Experience translating academic research into practical applications that add value to the world. You may be required to work on a range of problem-sets from multi modal time-series modelling to simulation are deeply curious and willing to become an expert in pasture-based farming.

• Our farmers expect us to know farming as well as they do understand why they do what they do and identify where they can do it better. Curiosity beyond technology and into the agricultural domain will be a strong motivation for you.

• You are a product-minded strategic thinker: Halter is in the enviable position of possessing an immense depth of farm-data. You will be adept at mapping opportunities across our data-lake to systems that add positive value to farmers and ranchers.

• You embrace uncertainty and ambiguity: Uncertainty is intrinsic in the ambition of our team and company. We take big calculated strides and we embrace the challenge to do are a highly effective collaborator and incredible teammate.

• You have a deep academic and/or professional background applying machine learning to solve real-world problems (e.g. a research oriented postgraduate degree in mathematics or computer science with relevance to modelling with deep neural networks)

• Demonstrated experience designing deploying and monitoring machine learning systems to productionStrong causal reasoning and an ability to design models that reflect real-world dynamicsStrong data intuition and ability to work with noisy high volume high-dimensional datasets

• Fluency in Python and experience contributing to or working on complex collaborative codebasesProficiency in contemporary AI companions and tooling for software and engineering productivity (e.g. Copilot ChatGPT Cursor Claude-code)

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative working style across disciplines

• Some experience in advanced ML architectures (Transformers or SSM) agent-based systems or recommendation systems is a plus but not required.

Theres a reason you visit your friends in person live with your family and dont 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 dont like having heaps of rules or policies but this means having strong trusted relationships is critical.

Were 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 whats best for Halter.

Our office vibe is something special its hard to describe until youre 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.

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 dont necessarily tick every requirement on this job description please still get in touch and apply to Halter. Wed love to chat to see if youll be an epic fit!

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

Please also feel free to check out the careers page for more information on working at Halter and dont forget to follow us on LinkedIn & Instagram.

• 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. Youll be thrown into the deep end tackling complex challenges and building something tangible that solves real problems.

• Youll grow here. Autonomy mastery and learning define how we work. Youll have the freedom to work on interesting problems master new skills and continuously develop yourself both through your role and our $1000 personal growth fund.

• This isnt easy and we love that its 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 its an epic journey to be a part of!

Required Experience:

Senior IC