Data Scientist I

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University of Florida

Gainesville, FL (In Person)

$69,048 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 03/30/2026 (Updated 1 week ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/23/2026

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Job Description

Data Scientist I Gainesville, FL Job Details Full-time $61,000 - $75,000 a year 21 hours ago Qualifications Bioinformatics Data Integration (Data management) Statistics Achieving HIPAA compliance Bachelor's degree in statistics HIPAA Mid-level Scalable systems Master's degree Bachelor's degree Machine learning Containerization Access control implementation Data quality monitoring Quality control Master's degree in statistics Scalability Master's degree in bioinformatics Data validation IRB compliance AI 2 years Python Bioinformatics Bachelor's degree in data science

Data Science Full Job Description JOB NO:

539303

WORK TYPE:

Staff Full-Time

LOCATION

Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)

DEPARTMENT

29051308 - MD-MED

QUANTITATIVE HEALTH CLASSIFICATION TITLE

Data Scientist

I CLASSIFICATION MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

JOB DESCRIPTION

A Bachelor's Degree in data science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field and two years of experience; Master's Degree in data science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field. Essential Functions; 1. Design, implement, and maintain scalable data ingestion and processing pipelines supporting the NeuroEnclave within UF's HIPAA-aligned computing environment. 2. Develop and maintain data validation, profiling, and quality control workflows to ensure data integrity, provenance, and reproducibility across datasets. 3. Engineer and optimize high-performance data workflows for large-scale biomedical datasets using Python-based tools and parallel computing frameworks. 4. Standardize and harmonize heterogeneous data formats to support integrated analytics, AI/ML workflows, and cross-dataset interoperability. 5. Implement technical controls supporting IRB-, HIPAA-, and NIH-compliant data access, including containerized environments, access controls, and audit-ready workflows.

EXPECTED SALARY

$61,000 - $75,000 annually

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED

Experience working with clinical or biomedical research data. Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC) or secure research computing environments. Experience with parallel computing frameworks (e.g., Dask or similar). Knowledge of data security, privacy, and compliance considerations (HIPAA, IRB, NIH Data Management & Sharing requirements). Experience supporting data infrastructure for AI/ML or advanced analytics. Prior experience in a research or academic data environment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS

In order to be considered for this time-limited position, you must upload your resume. Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.