Title: Research Associate / Senior Research Associate (Weather Initiative)

Location: Delhi, India preferred. Candidates must have existing authorization to work in India; PxD is unable to sponsor visas for this role.
Salary: Salary will be competitive and commensurate with the candidate's skills, experience, and the local labor market in India
Position: Full-time

Application deadline: October 25, 2026, at 5 pm IST (applications may be reviewed as they are submitted)

About the Role:

Precision Development (PxD) is looking for a Research Associate / Senior Research Associate to join our team. The successful candidate will work closely with PxD and affiliated researchers, contributing substantially to PxD's weather initiative in India — testing recent ideas and measuring their impact. The role calls for someone who understands and appreciates how digital technology is adopted and scaled within government.

If you're passionate about working with government to scale evidence-based, technology-driven solutions, and committed to driving positive change in the agricultural sector,



we encourage you to apply.

We're hiring for this role at either the Research Associate or Senior Research Associate level. The specific level will be determined based on the candidate's years of experience, demonstrated seniority, and scope of past responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

These will evolve as the role develops; key initial areas are outlined below.

Data & Systems

• Support implementation and performance tuning of dashboards visualizing weather and related data (R/Shiny, SQL)

• Develop and maintain data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and storing weather data (APIs, databases)

• Support streamlining and automation of weather data workflows for PxD's research teams

• Monitor data quality and flag anomalies or gaps in incoming weather data feeds

• Support and train local staff on SQL tasks related to weather data systems

Analysis & Development

• Prepare weather and relate

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