the uc davis datalab data science and informatics is seeking a fulltime data scientist to join our team under general direction of the datalab executive director the data scientist will support academic research across the university by implementing practical solutions to data science challenges this position is responsible for working on numerous diverse cuttingedge collaborative research projects providing data science consultation and servicessupport for other projects and researchers the ideal candidate will have knowledge of applying statistical and machine learning methods to realworld problems including knowledge of methods such as mixed effect models time series analysis data visualization data technologies and text mining the ideal candidate should be excited to aid dataenabled multidisciplinary research and to continually learn share and problem solve this is a contract appointment that ends three years from the date of hire with the possibility of extension or conversion to a career position based on performance and available funding physical demands standing or sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods of time operating and occasionally moving computer and peripheral equipment and other supplies up to 30 lbs communicate in person telephone and email and other online services understanding and interacting with program output and a variety of operating systems and computer displays work environment maintain a work schedule during core business hours working hours will vary from 800 am 600 pm monday through friday with occasional irregular shifts weekends holidays and evenings on short notice to meet operational needs international conference calls and occasional deadlines or emergency needs as necessitated by project launches major events funding deadlines and it systems availability work in an open office environment with multiple interruptions occasional travel to offcampus locations infrequent outofstate andor international travel for training conferences and project work overnight stays may be required this is a critical position that includes handling of potentially sensitive data types and is subject to a background check employment is contingent upon successful completion of background investigation including criminal history and identity check uc davis is a smoke and tobacco free campus effective january 1 2014 smoking the use of smokeless tobacco products and the use of unregulated nicotine products ecigarettes will be strictly prohibited on any uc davis owned or leased property indoors and outdoors including parking lots and residential space parking lots and residential space background check required this position is a critical position and subject to a background check employment is contingent upon successful completion of background investigation including criminal history and identity checks yes qualifications minimum qualifications degree in a dataanalytic discipline eg data science statistics computer science mathematics engineering information science or a datadriven disciplinary field with at least 2 years of work experience involving handson data science problem solving with realworld complex data sets problemsolving and data manipulation skills proficiency in a highlevel programming language eg c r or python and a willingness to learn if necessary and work in r and c initiative to advance skills and knowledge as needed to fulfill assigned tasks