Orchard · 7 months ago
Machine Learning Engineer
San Francisco
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$150K/yr - $195K/yr
3+ years expOrchard Robotics is a Series A startup focused on automating farming using AI technology. The Machine Learning Engineer will develop and maintain ML solutions for processing large datasets from advanced camera systems, collaborating closely with the team to enhance agricultural practices.
AgTechArtificial Intelligence (AI)FarmingRobotics
Responsibilities
Build and maintain scalable ETL pipelines for processing large, diverse image datasets collected from our tractor-mounted camera systems in farms
Stay up-to-date with current literature in computer vision models and architectures, and apply relevant advancements to our systems
Develop, deploy, and monitor infrastructure for model training, evaluation, and inference, both in the cloud and on edge devices
Design and implement intelligent active sampling infrastructure to optimize data collection and improve model performance
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to integrate ML solutions into production robotics systems
Work closely with agronomists and farmers to understand crop biology and translate domain knowledge into actionable ML features
Be a generalist, supporting different parts of our software stack as needed
Qualification
Required
3-5+ years of experience building production-grade data pipelines and ML infrastructure
Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch)
Strong experience with data engineering tools (e.g., Pandas, SQL, Apache Airflow, Spark)
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience working with massive amounts of real-world training data
Familiarity with MLops software and data engineering to ensure consistent deployment of ML models
Ability to work independently, learn quickly, and operate in a dynamic environment
Enthusiasm for taking on multiple roles and responsibilities as our company grows
Preferred
Experience deploying & optimizing ML models to run fast on embedded compute like NVIDIA Jetson
Experience prototyping, evaluating, or deploying new ML/CV models on the edge
Benefits
Generous equity compensation
Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental coverage, and we cover 100% of the premium
Company
Orchard
We're a team of engineers, researchers, and farmers on a mission to revolutionize one of Earth's most important industries – agriculture.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$25.8MKey Investors
General CatalystContrary
2025-09-03Series A· $22M
2024-03-27Seed· $3.2M
2022-03-01Pre Seed· $0.6M
Leadership Team
Charlie Wu
CEO & Founder
Recent News
2025-10-16
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