Director of Data Engineering leading AI and machine learning initiatives for innovative vertical farming company. Transforming agriculture through automation and advanced analytics in strawberry production.
Responsibilities
Oversee Oishii’s current machine learning approach and strategy and continue building a world class AI pipeline.
Specific focus on harvesting automation edge models and plant yield forecasting
Deliver amazing data products, developing creative solutions while leveraging our extensive data lake and data collection capabilities
Build machine learning infrastructure and models (e.g. recommendation engines, statistical models, NLP engines) that drive activity on our platform, scale our business, and enhance the farm and user experiences.
Work closely with business and technical teams to gather, analyze, and understand business requirements, translate activities and objectives into analytical models and algorithm codes for application in production scale environment
Perform analysis on existing data and suggest and implement new potential data sets (leveraging our automated collection) to identify and develop innovative advanced analytics opportunities
Manage, mentor, and develop a data and machine learning team
Provide technical guidance and mentorship, train and mentor junior colleagues on other teams
Work with multi-functional teams to access data elements, understand the data being analyzed, and identify improvement opportunities for data ingestion process
Facilitate and identify repeatable testing strategies for measuring results produced by analytics models
Communicate complex machine learning ideas, designs, and processes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Provide vision and solutions regarding data storage and optimization
Own all phases of the data lifecycle (exploratory data analysis, model development, model productionizing, rollout, and evaluation)
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Analytical Sciences (biology, ecology, etc.), Statistics, or related field.
7+ years experience in a similar engineering leadership role, with at least 3 years leading a team hands-on.
3+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, machine learning, and API-based solution architecture.
Experience with Tensorflow, pytorch, ONXX a plus!
2+ years of hands-on experience in architecting, developing and implementing advanced analytics models and machine learning algorithms for scalable production environments.
Highly proficient skills in statistical languages (e.g. Python/R) and querying languages (e.g. SQL).
Demonstrated track record of leading the delivery of successful and innovative machine learning products, working independently and with key stakeholders.
Expert level understanding of core ML/Statistics/CS principles.
Experience with AWS preferred.
Front end web knowledge is a plus.
Startup experience is a major plus!
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity package
Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
100% Employer Paid Life Insurance + Long Term Disability Insurance
EAP Access
Pet Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan (Roth & Traditional)
Paid Parental leave
Office social events including happy hours, parties, and community service projects
Employee activity groups for basketball players, Yoga Enthusiasts, runners…
Job title
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