Junior Data Engineer/Scientist

BioScout is seeking a Junior Data Engineer/Scientist in Sydney, Australia, to enhance data systems for managing airborne crop diseases. Responsibilities include maintaining data pipelines, writing code, participating in team discussions, and developing analytics for customers. Candidates should have a background in data or statistics, experience in Python, and a passion for tech solutions. The position offers a full-time salary of A$80K–A$96K.
Job Description

BioScout is a leading AgTech startup focused on early detection and management of airborne crop diseases. We provide farmers with real-time data to manage disease outbreaks, improve yields, and reduce chemical use.

Key Responsibilities
• Maintain and innovate our data systems to ensure data is fast, reliable, accurate, powerful, and accessible for customers.
• Write clean, testable code with support from senior team members.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and team rituals.
• Collaborate with engineers across firmware, software, and hardware.
• Build and maintain scalable and efficient data pipelines to process and integrate data from our global network of microscopy sensors with AI capabilities.
• Perform exploratory analysis and modelling of our data.
• Innovate, develop, and maintain dashboards and other analytics for customers within the business.
• Provide analytics and data for our science team and industry partners to do research with.

Requirements
• Passion for solving real-world problems with tech.
• Background in data or statistics, with a keen interest in working on complex data challenges related to disease detection and image analysis at scale.
• Software engineering focused approach to data.
• Experience writing Python.
• Curious mindset and eagerness to learn new tools and technologies.