Remote Precision Agriculture Data Scientist: ML for Yields

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 1,994,000 - 2,991,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Competitive salary

Health/dental/vision insurance

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Precision Agriculture Data Scientist to join a global leader in agricultural technology. You will design and deploy ML models that optimize yields, disease prediction, and planting windows, using data from IoT sensors, satellites, and weather stations.

You will analyze large farm datasets, build predictive analytics, and create dashboards for diverse stakeholders. This fully remote role offers collaboration with an international team and opportunities to advance

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Agricultural Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist applying ML and statistics to real-world problems.
• Proficiency in Python or R with libraries like scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, pandas, NumPy.
• Experience with large datasets and distributed computing frameworks such as Spark.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy ML models for predicting crop yields, disease outbreaks, and optimal planting/harvesting times.
• Process and analyze large-scale agricultural datasets from sensors, satellite imagery, weather, and historical farm data.
• Develop algorithms to optimize fertilizer, water, and pesticide applications using real-time data and predictive analytics.
• Create data visualizations and dashboards to communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate data science models into production platforms and applications.
• Conduct statistical analyses to identify key drivers of productivity and environmental impact.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Python

R

Statistics

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Agricultural Engineering, or related field

Tools

Spark

SQL

NoSQL

TensorFlow

Pandas

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Precision Agriculture Data Scientist to join a global leader in agricultural technology. You will design and deploy ML models that optimize yields, disease prediction, and planting windows, using data from IoT sensors, satellites, and weather stations.

You will analyze large farm datasets, build predictive analytics, and create dashboards for diverse stakeholders. This fully remote role offers collaboration with an international team and opportunities to advance