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Sr. Agronomist
Job Description
City Greens is a rapid-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 â 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 â 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 6â8 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 â 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 â farm management sof