Data Science Engineer, Team Lead

Boston, Massachusetts

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30+ days ago

Job Description

We are a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, we work alongside growers to apply natural approaches, grow healthy food for all, and conserve resources for future generations. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes to improve crop health and productivity, our portfolio is focused on cotton, wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans.

We are looking to disrupt farming through data. Our goal is to collect data from the farm in order to generate actionable insights with machine learning. The Data Science Engineering Team Lead will have a critical role in accomplishing our goals. They will architect and build scalable web systems that expose complex data models in easy to consume apis across tens of millions of acres of farming data. They will also be an important member of a highly efficient and cohesive engineering team that is focused on the customer’s needs and requirements.

Outcomes:

Partner w/ UI & API team to ensure seamless integration of deliverables into our software platform.
Collaborate with Data Sciences to prioritize and flesh out backlog addressing highest priority Data Sciences production deliverables.
Put crop models into production for actual on farm insight and making them available to the UI via api.
Work with internal research teams and help build out internal DNA sequencing pipeline.
Come up with guidelines/rules for both R and Python such that "productizing" project is as streamlined as possible.

Competencies:

History of mentoring team members
Experience implementing complex algorithms at scale
Ability to stand up services and ensure 99.9 uptime with great performance
Able to integrate all product releases into product life cycle and software development process from day 1
Can work closely with Systems Architect to identify solutions that fit architecture
Comfortable working with data science tooling (e.g. R and Python)
Experience recruiting and leading an A-quality engineering team
Knowledge of APIs/REST best practices
Can work closely with Data Sciences and teams across all business verticals to understand problem space
Demonstrated experience building high-quality, monitored software based on customer control metrics

Qualifications:

5+ years of building scalable web services using a modern web frameworks in a micro services architecture
Required: Strong skills in R, Python, machine learning algos; including: Numpy, Scikit, Matplotlib Nice to have: Deep learning (Tensorflow, Theano, etc), Bayesian modeling (STAN, Jags), Spark
Intimate knowledge of designing and integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs
Demonstrable experience and knowledge of the differences between web and mobile application development and the tradeoffs of each
Experience setting up monitoring solutions to track users and catch issues in Production
Actively practicing lean / agile software methodologies or similar
Experience working cross-functionally with Software Product Management, Architecture, User Experience and users to realize application development vision

Numbers & Facts

Location

Boston, Massachusetts

Skills

Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Algorithmsunmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Bayesian Networksunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Customer Relationsunmatched
DNA Sequencingunmatched
Data Collectionunmatched
Data Modelingunmatched
Data Scienceunmatched
Deep Learningunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
Farmingunmatched
GraphQLunmatched
Machine Learningunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Microservicesunmatched
Mobile Web Programmingunmatched
Product Lifecycleunmatched
Product Managementunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Quality Engineeringunmatched
Quality Monitoringunmatched
R Programming Languageunmatched
REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
Scalable System Developmentunmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
System Architectureunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Track Customer Issuesunmatched
User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
Web Application Frameworkunmatched
Web Servicesunmatched

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