Crop Modeler - Climate & GHG Emissions

About Mitti Labs:

Mitti Labs is a climate-tech startup dedicated to transforming the rice industry by supporting smallholder farmers in adopting sustainable practices. Our mission is to bring AI and satellite technology into traditional rice farming, reducing methane emissions while improving farmer livelihoods.

Backed by NASA-supported science and a strong ecosystem of partners, we work with global corporations to help them achieve their net-zero goals through verified, high-quality carbon credits. Our initiatives include launching a 40,000 farmers project in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and reducing air pollution from stubble burning in Punjab.

Our customers — including Fortune 500 companies, leading agri-businesses, and global NGOs — trust Mitti Labs to deliver measurable impact across climate, food systems, and sustainability.
We are a team of 30+ data scientists, agronomists, engineers, and operators, including leaders in NASA’s SAR program, with decades of expertise in remote sensing and GHG modeling.

Role Description:

• Develop / support process-based model simulations of management practices (i.e., seeding, irrigation, residue, fertilizer) and environmental outcomes
• Quantify cropland GHG emissions, SOC, and yield across small holder farms in S Asia
• Integrate control vs treatment landscape experiments into model simulations working with field data and science team
• Support carbon credit quantification and MRV metrics

Requirements

• 1+ years experience in crop modeling such as DSSAT or APSIM
• Masters (or PhD) level knowledge with crop model applications (parameterization, simulations, evaluations)
• Knowledge of basic agriculture and soil science principles, climate, and agri-management practices. Interest in evaluating impact of management practices on GHG, SOC, and yield. Understanding of rice cultivation would be a plus.
• Some experience in Python, R, SQL, GIS, and/or database management
• Knowledge or interest in sustainability, carbon markets, and MRV platforms
• Comfortable working with agile data scientists, high-growth environments, ticketing

Benefits

• Be at the frontline of climate-tech
  Mitti Labs is tackling the methane emissions and water-intensive practices of rice farming — a major global climate lever that few organisations are focussed on. You’ll work with satellite/AI/field-data to drive real change, not just build features.
• High-impact global platform + deep local action
  The company’s work spans from smallholder farmers in India and Southeast Asia to global carbon markets and buyers. You’ll have the opportunity to interface with both real-world farm operations and high-level climate finance
• Work with a mission-driven, elite team in a dynamic growth environment
  Mitti Labs is backed by top investors (Lightspeed, Voyager) and led by a team with deep expertise in agriculture, carbon science and tech. If you join, you’ll be in a high-growth startup environment where your contributions matter, iteration is rapid, priorities evolve—and you’ll see your work have tangible impact on climate and livelihoods.