RESEARCH SCIENTIST / ENGINEER 3

POSITION PURPOSE

The University of Washington’s Department of Ophthalmology has an outstanding opportunity open for a Temporary Research Scientist 3 in the Lee Computational Ophthalmology Lab.

The Lee Computational Ophthalmology Lab is leading collaborative efforts on large multidisciplinary research projects, using Big Data and machine learning.

The Research Scientist / Engineer 3 will play a critical role in these important studies.

The Research Scientist / Engineer 3 will serve as a data scientist addressing substantively important questions in Ophthalmology and overall healthcare research under the Lee lab.

The position will apply various data mining techniques to large datasets, conduct data analyses, and assist or take the lead on manuscript writing and preparation of grant proposals.

There will be tremendous opportunity to grow as part of a very productive team. The Research Scientist / Engineer 3 is expected to bring their expertise in computer programming languages and statistical modeling and lead various projects independently with limited supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Scientific Development and Conduct of Research (100%)

The research scientist is expected to demonstrate initiatives and abilities to troubleshoot independently under limited supervision.

• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
• Enhancing data collection and extraction procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
• Extending the electronic medical record or imaging data with third party sources of information when needed
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
• Data munging tasks to reshape data for statistical analyses, data visualization, and machine learning
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
• Performing statistical analyses with traditional and machine learning methods
• Collaborate with other team members to accomplish organizational goals and to learn new approaches and tasks while working under limited supervision
• Review literature and recent advances in data science, computer vision, and related research in ophthalmology
• Data backup and basic computer hardware maintenance
• Writing research manuscripts, reports, reviews and summaries
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Biostatistics or related field AND a minimum of two to three years of work experience in a related field
• Excellent scripting and programming skills including : SQL, Python
• Linux experience working in headless server environments.
• Understanding of scaling processes.
• Perform related duties as required.
• Flexibility to learn new technologies, APIs, and SDKs by reading documentation.
• Ability to multi-task, plan, and lead various projects.
• Familiarity with Amazon AWS (EC2, SQS, RDS) and IAM security policies
• Must have strong determination and a logical and independent mind to complete each project.
• Must have very strong organizational abilities and experience in a team focused work environment with excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to solve well defined problems using accepted methods and techniques
• Must comply with NIH, Federal, state and University regulations on the safe and ethical use of animals and humans in research

DESIRED

Experience with Big Data analyses, Experience with Linux system administration and knowledge of HIPAA compliance and FedRAMP 3PAO and NIST standards for security.

Equivalent education / experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license / certification / registration.)