Data Scientist: AI for Scalable Plant Breeding Solutions

Enzazaden; Enkhuizen; On-site; EUR 49,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop & phone

Remote work allowance

Commuting reimbursement

Great to Grow program

Job summary

Enza Zaden, a leading plant breeding company, seeks a Data Scientist to build data-driven applications that translate genetics, sensors, and phenotyping into practical tools for breeders. You will join a multidisciplinary team and report to the Global Manager Data Insights & Data Innovations.

You will develop scalable data science solutions, explore breeder needs, and define success criteria. Travel internationally to collaborate with breeding teams in the Netherlands and Spain is expected.

Qualifications

• Background in Computer Science or a comparable field.
• Strong knowledge of R, Python, and SQL.
• Prefer knowledge of plant breeding through education or work.
• Prefer experience with Git and data engineering.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Developing data science applications and AI solutions for breeding platform.
• Translating complex breeding questions into practical data science apps.
• Analyzing large volumes of phenotype, genotype, sensor, and environmental data.
• Developing applications in statistics and genetics.
• Collaborating with data scientists, ML engineers, researchers, bioinformaticians, and data engineers.
• Optimizing code and ensuring algorithms run reliably and at scale.

Skills

Data science

Clear communication

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Git

Data engineering

Job description

Enza Zaden, a leading plant breeding company, seeks a Data Scientist to build data-driven applications that translate genetics, sensors, and phenotyping into practical tools for breeders. You will join a multidisciplinary team and report to the Global Manager Data Insights & Data Innovations.

You will develop scalable data science solutions, explore breeder needs, and define success criteria. Travel internationally to collaborate with breeding teams in the Netherlands and Spain is expected.