Data Scientist Intern

Soil Capital is on a mission to regenerate over 10 million hectares of land by 2030, addressing our environmental and food security challenges through regenerative and low-carbon agriculture. As a leading expert in this field, we have developed the first payment for ecosystem services program for farmers in Europe.

Through our certified programme and our platform, Soil Capital leads the food and ag sector transformation by engaging with blue chip organisations who seek to deliver on their environmental commitments and build supply chain resilience. These business purchase regenerative units, acting as an incentive for farmers to measure and earning improve their agricultural practices.

Our technology supports farmers by allowing them to efficiently and accurately measure farming practices, as well as the GHG balance of their farm which we then audit and certify to generate certificates. This helps farmers understand the levers to accelerate their adoption of regenerative practices.

In the past ten years, Soil Capital has established as a thought leader and a driver of change at scale in France, the U.K. and Belgium. Pursuing its ambitious growth trajectory, it is now expanding geographical and product scopes.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a motivated and hands-on Data Science Intern to join our growing Data team.

Data is essential for Soil Capital's mission to drive the transition to Regenerative Agriculture and contribute to a more resilient food production. We collect a unique dataset on farming practices, which we use to provide valuable insights to support our farmers and corporate clients in their transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture. Your main mission will be to help transform this data into actionable insights for our teams and clients.

Key Responsibilities

This internship is an excellent opportunity to gain real-world experience in applying data science to agriculture and sustainability. You will support the Data team by exploring and leveraging our farmer dataset with modern data science technique. You will help to bring new, innovative elements to our product and to our farmers, partners, and clients.

• Data Exploration and Application: You will be building models to enrich the dataset and provide a broader basis for meaningful decision making for clients, agronomists and farmers. 
• Hands-on Contribution: You will be hands-on in integrating new data-scientific methods, including AI and Machine learning, and applying data to solve practical business problems, often by analyzing geospatial and remote sensing data. Your daily work will involve technical data science tasks, focusing on transforming complex data into clear insights.
• Communication: Translate complex technical findings into simple, visual conclusions that empower our agronomists and partners to act.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with the core data team and cross-functional teams to understand their needs and contribute to the development of new data products, reports, and dashboards.

Key Tasks

• Contribute to our mission by executing an end-to-end project solving a specific user problem around sustainability and farming. 
• Apply data science methods to increase the utility of our dataset for solving problems.
• Support the team's efforts in remote sensing and geospatial data analysis.
• Learn to translate internal and client needs into data-driven solutions.
• Communicate findings and simple conclusions from data analysis to empower internal teams to act on the insights.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, or a data related subject.
• Motivated to improve businesses’ and communities’ resilience to climate change.
• A hands-on, proactive and curious mindset, eager to take initiative and learn new skills.
  
• A strong interest in agriculture and a passion for making a sustainable difference.
• Experience with translating a user problem into a data driven solution, using modern data analysis/science tools. 
• Basic to Intermediate experience with data science techniques and programming, in Python (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn).
• Proficient at LLM (Claude, ChatGPT) and know how to leverage AI capabilities. 
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL is a plus.
• Fluent in English.

What We Offer

• We would prefer to have someone joining our team for a 6-month internship.
• You will receive a monthly gross salary of €1,200.
• Reimbursement if you come to the office by public transport.

At Soil Capital, we believe that transforming our relationship with nature is the key to a viable food system. Farmers, as stewards of 40% of the Earth's land, hold the potential to lead this change. By joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a mission-driven company, surrounded by passionate colleagues.

Soil Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates who meet the job requirements, regardless of their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability.