Uchicago

Staff Data Scientist & AI Researcher

Chicago, IL · Staff+ · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$90k-$120kDetected 12 days ago

PythonAlgorithmsAWSMachine LearningDeep LearningData AnalysisData EngineeringData ScienceData VisualizationComputer VisionStatisticsProject ManagementBioinformaticsResearchLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

This at-will position is wholly or partially funded by contractual grant funding which is renewed under provisions set by the grantor of the contract.
Employment will be contingent upon the continued receipt of these grant funds and satisfactory job performance.

Responsibilities

Developing and implementing software programs and services, software notebooks and software scripts for data transformation, data integration, data analysis and data visualization.
Building, validating and evaluating AI/ML models.
Leading data science projects and initiatives within purview, by relaying data analysis and model deployment best practices, enhancing the technical knowledge of peers, and helping develop data science skills in junior employees and interns.
Leading the conceptualization, design, and execution of sophisticated data science projects and AI/ML solutions for research and production environments.
Assisting in providing leadership for design of user-facing computational resources.
Serving as a reference for staff, faculty members, and Gen3 users as a technical subject matter expert by applying principles of data science to define and scope data science projects that involve developing computational tools and services for data engineering, data manipulation, statistical analysis, and modeling.
Has a deep understanding of methods to analyze complex data sets for the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information. May develop and maintain infrastructure that connects data sets.

Requirements

include a college or university degree in related field.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, or a relevant quantitative field.
Experience with collaborative open-source projects and software engineering best practices.
Experience working in multi-disciplinary academic teams.
Knowledge of biomedical and translational research data sources is a significant advantage.
Knowledge of hardware specifications required for AI/ML research and projecting resource needs and use in public clouds environments like AWS and GCP.

Skills

uses various technologies to visualize data or enable data visualization
Advanced skills in problem solving and quantitative/qualitative analysis.

Compensation

$90,000.00 - $120,000.00 The included pay rate or range represents the University's good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
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Benefits

Yes The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off.
Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
Experience working in data science roles, preferably in an academic, research, or health/science environment.

Equal opportunity

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