Remote Agricultural Data Scientist: Farm Optimization

Placements24; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,317,000 - 2,635,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Remote work stipend

Professional growth opportunities

Global team collaboration

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Agricultural Data Scientist to join its global team. You will develop and deploy advanced ML models to optimize farm operations, predict yields, and improve resource management across client sites worldwide.

You will work with IoT, satellite imagery, and historical farm data to build scalable data pipelines, validate models, and communicate insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a fully remote setting.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in data-related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional data science experience, with agriculture focus.
• Strong ML algorithms experience (regression, classification, time series, deep learning).
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn).
• Strong SQL and big data tech (Spark, Hadoop).
• Solid statistics and experimental design understanding.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills for remote teams.
• Experience with agricultural data sources ( imagery, sensor data ) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and deploy ML models for crop yield prediction and resource optimization.
• Analyze large agricultural datasets to identify trends and insights.
• Design and implement statistical analyses to validate model performance.
• Collaborate with agronomists and software engineers to integrate models into platforms.
• Develop data visualizations and dashboards for stakeholders.
• Stay current with data science and agricultural technology advances.
• Contribute to data collection strategies and ensure data quality.
• Automate data pipelines and model retraining processes.

Skills

Machine learning

Python

R

SQL

Statistical modeling

Communication

Remote collaboration

Agricultural data knowledge

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Agricultural Science

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Agricultural Data Scientist to join its global team. You will develop and deploy advanced ML models to optimize farm operations, predict yields, and improve resource management across client sites worldwide.

You will work with IoT, satellite imagery, and historical farm data to build scalable data pipelines, validate models, and communicate insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a fully remote setting.