Lead Data Scientist

About the role

Lead Data Scientist for St. Louis, MO to lead agronomic data science research projects for development & deployment of crop placement models; design & prototype agronomic models; define research problems & develop strategic planning for agronomic data science projects; mentor & provide feedback to junior team members on model development and validation; construct data-driven evaluation frameworks & communicate modeling results to technical and non-technical stakeholders; lead the design & statistical analysis of field trial protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design & prototype agronomic models
• Define research problems & develop strategic planning for agronomic data science projects
• Mentor & provide feedback to junior team members on model development and validation
• Create & deploy CI/CD pipelines with Artifactory
• Perform code documentation, unit testing & code modularization
• Use GitLab to track code history & perform code review
• Design & analyze agronomic trial data, including experimental protocols and hypothesis testing

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Data Science, Customer Analytics or closely related quantitative field
• 5 years professional agronomic industry experience developing data collection pipelines for agronomic & environmental datasets using SQL, PySpark and Google BigQuery
• Perform exploratory data analysis of agronomic data to evaluate data quality & data trends using Matplotlib and Seaborn
• Build machine learning & deep learning models in Python for agronomic predictions, using Keras, Tensorflow, Sklearn and XGboost
• Lead the design & statistical analysis of field trial protocols

Qualifications

• Experience with data-driven evaluation frameworks
• Ability to communicate modeling results to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Knowledge of agronomic trial data analysis

Skills

• SQL
• Pyspark
• Google BigQuery
• Matplotlib
• Seaborn
• Keras
• Tensorflow
• Sklearn
• XGboost
• CI/CD pipelines
• GitLab
• Data visualization
• Statistical analysis

Benefits

• Health care
• Vision
• Dental
• Retailment
• PTO
• Sick leave

Pay

Salary Range: Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $140,000.00 to $175,000.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).

Schedule

Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week from home office location within reasonable commuting distance of St. Louis, MO.

Contact Us

Cascinda Fischbeck, Bayer Research and Development Services LLC
800 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167
Email: careers_us@bayer.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Bayer Research & Development Services LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

Division

Crop Science

Reference Code

871820