Job Title: Senior Data Scientist – Product Lead

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Location: State College, PA (Regional Hybrid)

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About Croptix: Croptix is a venture-backed, Ag-tech company headquartered in State College, PA. Croptix is revolutionizing farming with its intelligent Ag platform, leveraging sensor data and cutting-edge analytics to empower farmers with real-time insights for disease management and crop health optimization. We've developed a revolutionary platform that leverages advanced field hardware to provide real-time insights on the health of plants through early detection of nutritional and disease concerns. By detecting both disease and nutritional issues early, Croptix helps farmers keep their crops thriving. We are passionate about data-driven product development and are building a team that thrives on solving complex, real-world problems to deliver tangible value.

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The Opportunity

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We seek a Senior Data Scientist - Product Lead. This pivotal role is for a leader passionate about applying data science to build and refine tangible products in real-world physical systems.

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You'll drive the data strategy for our product development, transforming field data into actionable insights that shape our service. You'll have a significant analytical voice driving product decisions, sharing findings with executives, engineering, and partners.

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If you're a hands-on data science leader with expertise in product-focused analysis, understand complex systems, and want to significantly impact a vital industry, apply now!

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What You'll Do:

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• Lead Data Products Roadmap: Drive product evolution, identifying new features and optimizations from field data.

• Data-Driven Development: Design methodologies for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to inform product features and validate performance.

• Advanced Analysis: Oversee data collection, cleaning, and advanced analysis. Apply statistical modeling and ML to extract insights, predict outcomes, and optimize our service.

• Influence & Communicate: Present complex findings to stakeholders. Champion data-informed decision-making.

• System Optimization: Collaborate on hardware and engineering to optimize data capture and quality.

• Methodology & Leadership: Establish best practices for data science in product development.

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What We're Looking For:

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• Education: Master's in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Environmental Science, or a related quantitative field with strong math/statistics core training. PhD preferred.

• Experience: 5+ years in data science, with significant experience driving product development through data. Proven leadership.

• Technical Mastery: Expert Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib). Deep expertise in statistical modeling, ML, deep-learning, and experimental design for product validation. Experience with IoT/sensor network and time-series data. Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) a plus. Advanced understanding of database systems. Familiarity with source control (Git, SVN).

• Leadership & Acumen: Proven ability to define product problems, develop analytical solutions, and translate into product strategies.

• Communication: Outstanding verbal/written communication.

• Collaboration: Lead cross-functional collaboration.

• Proactive & Adaptable: Thrives with ownership in a dynamic startup; eager to learn new domains.

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Bonus Points:

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• Experience in industries like environmental monitoring, smart infrastructure, or manufacturing with field hardware/data.

• Familiarity with agriculture or interest in Ag-Tech.

• Product-focused startup experience.

• Mentorship experience.

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Why Join Us?

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• Shape Our Product: Directly influence a revolutionary service.

• Tangible Impact: Create real-world solutions for farmers and sustainable agriculture.

• High Growth & Influence: Be a foundational leader in a rapidly growing Ag-Tech startup.

• Innovative Environment: Work on exciting problems at the intersection of data science, hardware, and product development.

• Collaborative Team: Join a passionate, supportive team.

• Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary, health benefits, hybrid work arrangement

 

Disclaimer:

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• The Company reserves the right to alter, change, modify and/or terminate this job posting at any time without notice, or obligation. No recruiters, please; principal applicants only.

• Croptix is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment with our company is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding), sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other or any other basis protected by law.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to alex@croptix.ag and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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To Apply: Please submit your resume and a compelling cover letter explaining your leadership philosophy in data science, how your experience aligns with driving product development through data insights along with one strong example of such, as well as why you are excited to make an impact with Croptix.