Data Engineer

About the role

This role focuses on transforming raw agricultural, sensor, and operational data into reliable, actionable insights that support smarter water management and infrastructure optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for structured and unstructured data sources (IoT sensors, irrigation systems, field data, and business systems).
• Build and optimize ETL/ELT workflows to ensure accurate, timely, and reliable data availability.
• Integrate data from irrigation control systems, weather APIs, soil sensors, and enterprise platforms.
• Develop and maintain data warehouses and data lakes using modern cloud platforms.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across all datasets.
• Collaborate with data analysts, agronomists, and engineering teams to support reporting and predictive analytics.
• Maintain system performance, data latency, and storage efficiency.
• Implement data security best practices and ensure compliance with company standards.
• Support development of dashboards and analytics tools for irrigation performance and resource optimization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data engineering, information systems, or a related field.
• 2–5+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles.
• Strong experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Proficiency in Python or Java for data processing and automation.
• Experience with ETL tools and frameworks (Airflow, dbt, Spark, or similar).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts and data modeling.
• Experience working with APIs and real-time data ingestion.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IoT or sensor-based data systems.
• Background in agriculture technology, irrigation systems, or environmental data.
• Knowledge of streaming data platforms (Kafka, Kinesis, etc.).
• Familiarity with GIS or geospatial data.
• Experience building dashboards using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on real-world environmental and irrigation optimization challenges.
• Growth-focused, collaborative engineering environment.
• Exposure to cutting-edge agricultural technology and IoT systems.