Data Scientist (SOM Pediatric Neonatology)

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

1d • $99,800 - $175,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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, edgeR, Monocle, CellRanger, 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

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level