Data Scientist I - Data Science & Machine Learning

Bartech Staffing is proud to partner with a leader in the Agricultural Industry who is accepting applications for a Data Scientist. This is a contractual opportunity, onsite in the Austin, TX area

Hourly Pay Range $55/hr. - $60/hr. (W2)

Responsibilities

• Communicate findings, methodologies, and insights to stakeholders across diverse technical and non technical backgrounds with clarity and impact.
• Work with high resolution machine, sensor, and agronomic datasets to build, train, and test predictive models.
• Develop and deliver production ready machine learning solutions that extract insights and generate recommendations from precision agriculture data.
• Define, quantify, and analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that measure successful customer outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineering teams to ensure data is efficiently stored, structured, and accessible for analytics and model development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated competency developing production ready models using an object oriented programming language such as Python.
• Proficiency with data access and processing technologies, including SQL, Spark, and Databricks, for querying, transforming, and analyzing large scale datasets.
• Experience creating clear, actionable data visualizations using tools such as Tableau, Kepler.gl, or QGIS (e.g., dashboards, interactive maps, spatial visual outputs).
• Familiarity with data modeling practices including normalization, data quality assessment, attribute analysis, and performance management.
• Experience building machine learning models such as regression, supervised and unsupervised learning, probabilistic inference, and natural language modeling.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to lead meetings, document work for reproducibility, write persuasively, and present proof of concepts effectively.
• Experience with model validation techniques including measuring bias, drift, and model performance over time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with geospatial data search and analysis, geo indexing, and vector/raster data structures.
• Experience with remote sensing, GIS workflows, or satellite imagery analysis.
• Hands on experience with computer vision, including object detection and segmentation; familiarity with models such as Segment Anything (SAM).
• Agentic/Tool using AI systems
• Additional programming experience (Java, JavaScript, Scala, etc.).

Education
Master's or PhD strongly preferred in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Agronomy, or a related quantitative field.

No C2C
Benefits
As a Data Scientist with Bartech Staffing, you will be working through an established and respected staffing organization with over 40 years of serving as a trusted partner to our client companies. We provide our talent with personal, responsive attention, and will assign an employee care representative to answer any questions or concerns that you might have. Depending upon the client, the assignment, and your performance, you can find potential opportunities for direct employment.
At Impellam Group, we offer a competitive compensation package with benefits including:

• Medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) plan with employee contribution opportunities
• 529 college savings program

Make the most of your experience!
Apply now!
For this opportunity, the successful candidate will be directly employed by Bartech Staffing as a W2 employee while providing services to our client, who is looking for people who are eligible to work in the US and can start immediately.
Keyword: Data Scientist, Python, Data Analytics

Impellam Group and its brands are equal-opportunity employers committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application, interview process, pre-employment activity, and the performance of crucial job functions.

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