Senior Agronomist

Location: Bengaluru

Job Description

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Please read the job requirements carefully. It is mandatory to take the pre-screening assessment (on the job posting on our website - if your job portal is not showing it to you) to be considered for a role. Please do not apply if you are looking for remote / wfh / not ok with travel and have les than 6 years of on-field experience.

Sr. Agronomist

Job Description

City Greens is a fast-growing Agri Tech startup building automation and AI-driven solutions for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). We work with modern farms, growers, and institutions to help them improve productivity, efficiency, and sustainability through technology.

We are looking for a seasoned  Senior Agronomist  to be the technical backbone of our client success function. You will own crop performance outcomes across City Greens client farms — on the ground, hands-on, pan-India.

As a Senior Agronomist, You Will:

Serve as the primary technical point of contact for City Greens clients post farm setup
Conduct regular site visits — crop health assessments, troubleshooting, and intervention planning
Develop and deliver crop-specific SOPs, agronomy calendars, and advisory protocols tailored to each farm
Train and upskill client farm teams on CEA crop management best practices
Coordinate with City Greens' internal agronomy and tech teams to feed field learnings back into our systems and products
Support pre-sales technical assessments and crop feasibility evaluations where required

Requirements

Requirements

Minimum 6–8 years of hands-on agronomy experience in field.
Deep working knowledge of at least two of: protected cultivation (polyhouse/greenhouse), hydroponics or aeroponics, mushroom cultivation, high-value horticulture
Strong diagnostic skills — ability to identify and resolve crop health, nutrition, and environmental issues in controlled environment settings
Proven experience training farm labour and client-side teams
Comfortable working with data — farm management software, IoT/sensor outputs, yield and input tracking
Willingness and ability to travel extensively (2–3 weeks per month) — non-negotiable
Based in Bangalore or willing to relocate

Benefits

Benefits

Competitive salary: ₹60,000 – ₹80,000 per month (based on experience)
PF
Health Insurance coverage
Company-provided accommodation during client site visits
Opportunity to work with India's most innovative CEA farms across diverse geographies and crop systems
Exposure to cutting-edge Agri Tech, precision farming tools, and a high-impact, fast-growing team

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