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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 Visiting Agronomist to be the on-ground technical backbone of our client farms. You will be on the CityGreens payroll and deputed at a client site, owning crop performance day to day, backed by our senior agronomy team.
This is a career-building, pan-India role. Each deputation typically runs 6 to 12 months or longer, and over the next 2–5 years you will gain exposure to different technologies, crops, and client sites across the country.
You will begin with a 4 to 8 week training program at our AgriTech facility in Ahmedabad, on CityGreens' crops, systems, and protocols, before your first deputation.
As a Visiting Agronomist, you will:
- Look after crop health and agronomy day to day at your deputed client farm
- Conduct crop health assessments, troubleshooting, and intervention planning
- Execute the crop plan and agronomy protocols set by the CityGreens senior team, and escalate technical decisions to them
- Train and upskill client farm teams on CEA crop management best practices
- Feed field learnings back into CityGreens' internal agronomy and tech systems
- Work with farm management software, IoT/sensor data, and yield/input tracking
Requirements
Benefits
- 1 year+ : ₹30,000 – ₹35,000/month
- 2 years+ : ₹35,000 – ₹40,000/month
- 3 years+ : ₹40,000 – ₹50,000/month
- 4 years+ : ₹50,000 – ₹60,000/month
- 5 years+ : ₹60,000+/month
Skills Required
- Minimum 1 year of hands-on agronomy experience in the field
- Working knowledge of protected cultivation, polyhouse or greenhouse farming, hydroponics, aeroponics, or high-value horticulture
- Ability to diagnose and resolve crop health, nutrition, and environmental issues in controlled-environment settings
- Comfort working with farm management software, IoT or sensor outputs, and yield and input tracking
- Willingness to be deputed and relocate to client sites across India for 6 to 12 months or longer
- Willingness to attend the initial 4 to 8 week training program in Ahmedabad
What We Do
City Greens is an Indian agriculture technology startup specializing in aeroponics, hydroponics, and controlled-environment agriculture. It develops turnkey indoor-farming systems and farm-automation solutions that manage climate control, irrigation, nutrient balancing, and electrical equipment. The company also provides hydroponic and vertical-farming projects, educational support, and sustainable technologies designed to improve yields, reduce operating costs, and help farmers adopt profitable, environmentally responsible practices.
