Data Scientist, Agriculture or Geospatial
Lithos
- San Francisco, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Meta-analysis of trends, similarities, and quirks from results across different farms and regions, including integration of 3rd-party geospatial and remote sensing data
- Quantifying changes in soil chemistry across varied and heterogeneous agricultural soils
- Processing and analyzing yield data from combine-mounted yield monitors
- Execute throughout the full data development cycle: from initial exploratory data analysis and R&D on raw data, to collaborating with our engineering team on schema improvements and pipeline maintenance, to developing and delivering dashboards, reporting, and future production models
- You have senior level experience in data science and applied statistics within a commercial setting.
- You have a strong quantitative/statistical background. You know the ins-and-outs of statistical modeling and likely have personal opinions on frequentist and Bayesian inference.
- You have experience across the full data development cycle, from sourcing, cleaning, and EDA of raw data through reporting, visualization, and interpretation of final results.
- You have strong coding skills, including scientific, machine learning, and geospatial libraries (e.g. Python, numpy, geopandas, SKlearn; R, tidyverse, tidymodels, terra; Julia) and data querying/pipelines (SQL, ETL)
- You have excellent communication skills and are comfortable operating in a highly ambiguous environment. You’re capable of operating independently and are able to scope your work and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve business goals without tight supervision.
- Soil chemistry and soil surveys: common practices in commercial sampling and laboratory measurement
- Geospatial data and GIS (e.g. platforms like Mapbox, QGIS, and PostGIS; GPS data capture software/hardware)
- Commercial agriculture: farm machinery + operations, nutrient management, cropping, and tillage practices
- Farm management software (FMS/FMIS) like John Deere Operations Center, Trimble Ag, or Ag Leader SMS
- Physical/laboratory measurement workflows (LIMS) and handling data with uncertainty
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity compensation
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
- Access to our 401k plan
- Unlimited PTO and sick days