Growers Holdings, Inc., a precision agriculture company seeks full-time Geospatial Programmer Analyst, Agriculture Specialist in Durham, NC to assist w/solving challenges related to geospatial agricultural data through use of advanced scripting & programming techniques & tools. Duties include: develop internal tools to automate complex geospatial processes to improve efficiency; use of programming languages (e.g. Python, R, Julia) to perform large scale parallel processing of data; participate in the system architecture design process & prepare design materials; analyze potential GIS solutions & perform risk analysis to prepare various business cases; organize & manage agronomic & geospatial data in multiple platforms to ensure high data integrity; develop, validate, & use methodologies to support analytic requirements in clustered computing environments; assist & train Data Analyst team members; work in conjunction w/Customer Success Managers to create project plans for customers; understand the entire data life cycle for the Growers business; identify issues w/ data, tools, designs or deliverables based on knowledge of GIS & precision agriculture; demonstrate total ownership for the GIS & agronomic knowledge on Data/Tech Teams; & collaborate w/ stakeholders & wider product & engineering teams to drive results.
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Growers is committed to offering you a comprehensive set of benefits to empower you and your family physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially. The benefits we offer to our diverse and inclusive workforce include:
Competitive base pay and performance bonus
Medical, dental, vision, and life benefits that start quickly – the first of the month after hire
Tax-advantaged health savings and spending accounts (when applicable)
Wellness Incentive Program to lower your health insurance cost
Generous Leave and FMLA policies
Prescription program that provides most generic maintenance medications at no cost (including Insulin products & EpiPens)
401k eligibility from day one of employment with a generous company matching contribution. 100% vested after one year of service
Employee Assistance Program
Student Loan Assistance
Free membership to a program that offers various discounts for travel, entertainment, groceries, and much more
Position requires Master’s degree in Agronomy, Plant and Soil Science, or closely related field (or foreign equivalent) & 1 yr exp as Data Analyst, GIS Analyst, or related occupation to include exp w/ GIS tools to analyze soil data & crop data transformation, visualization, develop ML algorithms & python scripting to automate the process flow for improving product performance w/ precision agriculture knowledge. Submit resumes to [email protected].
Growers does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.