Job Information

Date Opened

05/26/2026

Job Type

Full time

Industry

Agriculture

Work Experience

5+ years

Salary

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City

Bangalore South

State/Province

Karnataka

Country

India

Zip/Postal Code

560085

Job Description

PN: 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 AgriTech 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 CityGreens client farms — on the ground, hands-on, pan-India.

As a Senior Agronomist, you will:

- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for CityGreens 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 CityGreens' 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

- Market-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 AgriTech, precision farming tools, and a high-impact, fast-growing team

📌 Senior Agronomist (India)
🏢 CityGreens
📍 India