(Senior) Crop Modeler - Machine Learning Engineer (m/f/d)

WELCOME TO BASF

We are BASF in agriculture and everything we do, we do for the love of farming. Our solutions are purpose-designed for different crop systems, connecting seeds and traits, crop protection, digital tools and sustainability approaches. We strive to deliver the best possible outcomes for farmers, growers and other stakeholders along the value chain. We do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture by connecting innovation, customers and society. #ForTheLoveOfFarming #TheBiggestJobOnEarth

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Digital Farming provides actionable and field-specific advice to farmers, advisors and business partners worldwide for our xarvio products. For this we build digital solutions for crop management for the xarvio FieldManager, xarvio HealthyFields, ONE SmartSpray and Horta.

• In your new role, you are responsible for developing, maintaining and deploying robust machine learning models that drive agronomic decisions, with a particular focus on international crop growth models.
• Furthermore, you explore and support new or improved model architectures and feature developments to improve ML capabilities and be responsible for implementation in our xarvio products.
• As you interact with other technical teams or connections within the xarvio products the infrastructure understanding & maintenance and implementation of endpoints is a must.
• As part of the Crop & Yield Modelling team you collaborate in addition with other experts, including digital agronomists, agronomic modelers and other machine learning engineers as well as product managers and countries to continuously improve the models according to market feedback.
• You ensure the functionality of the models and actively monitor and ensure model performance during season.
• Finally, you take care of our technology stack based on Python.

WHAT YOU OFFER

• University degree in computer science or a related subject with multiple years of hands-on experience in machine learning or applied data science roles
• proficiency in Python, writing clean and efficient code
• experience with popular ML libraries and frameworks such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch or XGBoost
• familiarity with CI/CD for ML workflows, Docker and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• expertise in agriculture is not essential, but openness to the subject and willingness to learn is a must
• very good communication skills in English

WHAT WE OFFER

• inspiring networks for the development and implementation of your ideas (e.g. Women in Business)
• learning opportunities for your professional and personal development
• location-specific preventive services (e.g. medical check-up or flu vaccination) to support your health
• 30 days of vacation as well as the possibility of special leave and sabbatical model
• mobile working in Germany
• flexible working time models (e.g. part-time employment or job sharing)
• free Deutschlandticket and attractive leasing options for your personal job bike
• subsidies for moving costs, parking fees and lunch

HOW TO REACH US

• Lennart Boudgoust (Talent Acquisition), lennart.boudgoust@basf.com, Tel.:+49 30 2005-56521 will be happy to answer your questions for this position. You are also welcome to book an  appointment online.
• You can also reach our recruiting team here
• First information about our application process can be found here

ABOUT US

xarvio Digital Farming Solutions powered by BASF is at the forefront of the digital transformation of agriculture optimizing crop production. xarvio offers digital products, based on a global leading crop model platform, which deliver independent field-zone-specific agronomic advice enabling farmers to produce their crops most efficiently and sustainable. The xarvio products FIELD MANAGER and HEALTHY FIELDS are being used by farmers in multiple countries across the globe. Working at BASF Digital Farming GmbH is equally as innovative as our products: we have a global network and work with agile methodologies in a start-up atmosphere. Join our team! Learn more about xarvio at www.xarvio.com or visit any of our social media channels.

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