Data Scientist; SOM Pediatric Neonatology

Position: Data Scientist (SOM Pediatric Neonatology)
The School of Medicine Pediatric Neonatology is seeking a Data Scientist to support the management of complex databases as well as develop, maintain, and document code. The Data Scientist will collect and extract data using a variety of data extraction tools and carry out data management, visualization, and analysis tasks.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

* Support the development of dashboards, calculations, and reports which may require programming.

* Support the development and tuning of machine learning models, which may require programming.

* Support the development of infrastructure for cleaning and processing data and running experiments to evaluate system performance.

* Mine various data resources for development of key metrics, performance indicators, and general business intelligence useful for planning and service design.

* Perform error analysis and suggest and implement improvements.

* Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree.

* Four years of relevant quantitative research and analytics experience, with at least two of those years including complex programming experience.

* Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. Beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent

Preferred Qualifications

* Bulk RNA-seq, single-cell transcriptomics, spatial transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and microbiome data

* Proficiency in R and/or Python

* Machine learning (supervised and unsupervised) and deep learning.

* Adept in developmental environments including: RStudio, VS code, Jupyter.

* Experience with tools such as Seurat, Scanpy, DESeq2, edge

R, Monocle, Cell Ranger, QIIME2, HUMAnN, or comparable platforms

* Familiarity with Snakemake, Nextflow, or similar workflow frameworks preferred

* Experience in medical imaging, multi-omics, and clinical data integration with the ability to deliver reproducible and efficient workflows.

* Proficient in Python, R, SQL, Linux, and deep learning frameworks, with a strong focus on applying computational methods to solve real-world biomedical problems

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

* Continuous Improvement - Developing

* Data Architecture - Developing

* Data Management and Analysis - Developing

* Data Tools and Platforms - Developing

* Data Validation and Quality Assurance - Developing

* Data Visualization - Developing

* Machine Learning - Developing

* Oral and written communications - Developing

* Programming Languages - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified

Title:

Data Scientist I

Job Posting Title (Working Title):
Data Scientist (SOM Pediatric Neonatology)

Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PG

Starting Salary Range: $99,800 - $175,000 Annually ($99,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group:
Full Time

Schedule:

M-F; 8:30 to 5pm (evenings/weekends will be required)

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Location:

Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM Ped NICU

Personnel area:
School of Medicine