- Pay
- £45–59k
- Where
- Reading, Berkshire, GB · GB · Remote · Remote
- Level
- Mid
Make your mark as an AgriTech Data Scientist in the AgriTech sector, based in Reading.
UK farming is under pressure to produce more food with less land, water and labour, and the answer increasingly lives in data.
This business sits at the sharp end of that shift: an established, enterprise-scale AgriTech operation using sensor networks, satellite imagery and yield data to help growers make better decisions.
Joining as an AgriTech Data Scientist means working on models that feed into real agronomic decisions across thousands of hectares, not dashboards nobody opens.
Here's what you'll be doing: Build and refine predictive models for crop yield, soil health and pest risk using field sensor and satellite data Clean and structure large, messy agricultural datasets so they're actually usable by the wider team Work with agronomists to translate farm-level questions into testable data problems Develop and monitor machine learning pipelines in production, flagging drift before it causes bad calls in the field Present findings to non-technical stakeholders, including growers and commercial teams, in plain English Contribute to the technical roadmap for how data science supports the wider AgriTech product set Here are the skills you'll need: Several years' hands-on experience with Python, SQL and standard ML libraries (scikit-learn, pandas) Experience working with geospatial or time-series data; agricultural or environmental datasets are a strong plus A solid grasp of statistics, not just the ability to call a library function Comfortable explaining technical trade-offs to people who don't do this for a living Used to working within established frameworks and documented best practice, rather than building from a blank page every time Curiosity about agriculture itself.
It helps to care about the problem, not just the maths Key perks and benefits: Salary of £44,500 to £59,000, depending on experience Fully remote working, with occasional travel into the Reading office for team days Private medical and dental insurance Enhanced pension scheme and performance-based bonuses A comprehensive benefits package on top, with a structured path for career progression Why pursue a career in AgriTech?
Agriculture is one of the last major industries to be properly digitised, and that gap is exactly where the interesting work is right now.
Reading has quietly become a hub for this kind of role, sitting close to both the tech corridor and the agricultural research base that feeds it.
Few sectors offer the same combination of technical depth and a reason to actually care about the outcome.
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