Data Scientist - IT

About the work:

- You will be building algorithms at field/plant level to solve real-world problems and help millions of farmers and agri-businesses with their decision making.

- Build deep understanding of existing algorithms in spatial and aerial imaging data assets

- Categorize crop health and soil health and estimate the yields.

- Identify early onset of pests and diseases. Build alerts and farmer/business solutions.

- Evaluate different imaging platforms, datasets and technologies.

- Identify libraries and technologies that solve our problems and/or are worth experimentation.

- Collaborate with agro-experts to map imagery data to recommendations with engineering team to scale your work.

- We believe in a small and effective team - you- ll have a say in what to build and own it.

About you:

- Have 4+ years of experience in image based machine learning and/or image processing.

- Come up with your own goals and don't need heavy direction or daily check-ins

- Fluent in Python (preferred) or R, capable of framing problems as programming tasks from the ground up, as well as working with existing code.

- Fluent in statistical/machine learning libraries in Python or R.

- Understanding or intent to learn geospatial data formats and GIS concepts.

- Experience with image based machine learning.

- Knowledge of GIS concepts and experience with vector geospatial data is a plus.

- A STEM degree from top tier educational institutes