What if nature could be harnessed to help farmers sustainably feed the planet? Since 2014, Indigo has questioned agriculture's full value chain to improve grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health. The company’s scientific discoveries and digital innovations have amplified new value from soil to sale, benefiting more than 10,000 growers to date. Indigo is also the company behind The Terraton Initiative, a global effort to drawdown one trillion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide by unlocking the potential of agricultural soils. In 2019, Indigo was ranked #1 on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Indigo has additional offices in Memphis, TN; Research Triangle Park, NC; Sydney, Australia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Basel, Switzerland; and São Paulo, Brazil. 

As a leader on our GeoInnovation Data Science team, you will apply your extensive experience in predictive modeling both as an individual contributor and as a thought leader. You will help the team apply cutting edge forecasting methods to complex problems and large datasets. Collaborating across teams, you will build scalable models, evolve them into productized offerings and put the results of your work into context for business leaders. You will be instrumental in driving future hiring for data science roles where forecasting is critical.

Responsibilities:

• Take end-to-end ownership of predictive modeling work currently underway by the GeoInnovation Data Science team and expand the scope of our efforts.
• Effectively interface with engineers on scale issues and building code that can be deployed into production systems.
• Drive the long-term strategy for advancing our forecasting capabilities.
• Contribute thoughtful business recommendations using effective communication of findings (through synthesis and visualization of quantitative information).
• Actively partner with People Team to build talent pipeline, hire strong data scientists focused on forecasting, and shape successful on-boarding for new hires.

Competencies:

• Strong communication skills; able to translate results from complex analyses into interpretable results, both visually and verbally
• Enjoy collaborating with and leading others
• Proactive and self-directed
• Strong coding skills, able to inherit and improve an existing codebase; write well-documented, clean, maintainable code in a collaborative environment
• Thrive in a fast-paced, growth environment

Qualifications:

• 6+ years experience in industry
• Advanced degree (PhD or Masters) with a quantitative focus preferred
• Experience in predictive modeling in an agricultural context
• Fluent in Python and R
• Experience with git or a similar version control software
• Extensive practical and professional experience building predictive models
• Experience working in either AWS or Google Cloud environment
• Experience working in an Agile software and/or product development environment preferred

Indigo is committed to living our values, specifically “creating a work environment where everyone feels respected, connected, and has opportunities to learn and grow.” As part of living our values, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels they can be themselves and has an equal opportunity of succeeding.

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