Project Saathi - 3 Open positions for Software Engineers

Level: Brief previous work experience

Impacters is growing and we are putting together a team of strong, enthusiastic engineers and scientists! 

Impacters aims to start a movement that encourages youths, especially girls to innovate in the field of STEM by giving them the tools to get started and aspiring them to continue exploring. It also aspires to create an inviting place for future female tech leaders by giving them the tools and support to invent and innovate in an unrestricted environment. After organizing numerous workshops and internship sessions, Impacters is now working on a 10 month project (possibility for extension) that will simplify agriculture through scientific methods and we are looking for engineers to support us in the further development of our solutions.


About the project

  • In this exciting project, you will work on diverse issues related to the topic of data-driven farming. The goal: scientific assessment of agricultural methods and to make smart farming more accessible to the smallholder farmers.
  • As a software engineer, you will be responsible for building software, machine learning and data analysis modules for agriculture related hardware assemblies.
  • In addition to data collection and management, you will interpret the results and build applications to present them.
  • You will also advise our team of young interns on the further development and sustainable implementation of their ideas.
  • You will try new approaches in dealing with machine learning processes and check their potential with regard to possible applications at Impacters.
  • You will be active on our online communities by contributing content to our online media channels.
  • Working hours: Sun.-Fri. (10am - 5pm)


Qualifications

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Good knowledge of Python or Node.js
  • Experience with Machine Learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, spaCy, scikit-learn)
  • Ability to carry out research independently
  • Ability to understand and implement recently published Machine Learning papers
  • Understanding of data preprocessing techniques


Bonus Qualifications 

  • Experience with hardware modules (e.g. microcontrollers, sensors)
  • Experience with mobile application development (flutter)
  • Experience with web application development (vue.js)
  • Previous experience with mentoring
  • Previous experience with agricultural projects


What we offer

  • Opportunity to grow with an initiative with a real purpose
  • Opportunity to participate in seminars, programs organized by Impacters
  • Dynamic learning environment with a young, passionate and skilled team
  • Opportunity for thesis projects


Sounds interesting? Send us your CV, cover letter, expected salary, expected start date and relevant certificates.

Have questions? We’ll be happy to answer them!

teamimpacters@gmail.com

Application deadline: Closed.

1607990217497