• Implement lightweight ETL processes to wrangle data into more useful forms;

• Develop effective solutions for data mining, machine learning and visualization;

• Have the capacity to thrive in our fast-paced environment and take ownership of your work;

• Challenge ideas and methods while working together with talented, highly skilled team members;

• Advise researchers in the preparation and execution of their data analysis plans;

• Collaborate with colleagues from Maastricht University and Maastricht University Medical Center.

Basic Qualifications

• A degree in science, engineering, mathematics or fields with a solid foundation in statistics or analytics;

• Strong verbal and written communications skills;

• Expertise in using Python and/or R for data analysis;

• Experience with machine learning and data mining algorithms;

• Have developed creative approaches to analysis and data exploration;

• Understanding of Big Data technologies (Hadoop, Spark);

• Broad interest in scientific research and in the research process;

• Willing to acquire new skills and come up with new approaches;

• Proven experience in collaborative multidisciplinary teams;

• Have used tools to process large scale, sparse datasets is a plus (e.g. Spark, Hadoop);

• Contributed to open source projects;

• Experience with other languages (e.g. Java, Scala, Angular2).

Fixed-term contract: one year.

• 38  hours per week.
• The position is initially offered for one year, subject to evaluation and funding, the position is eligible for extension.
• Salary is competitive, and will be set in scale 9, depending on qualifications and work experience of the collective labour agreement of the Dutch Universities (expected minimum € 2.709,-) for a full-time job (38 hours/week). On top of this, there is an 8% holiday and an 8.3% year-end allowance.
• In addition, we offer an attractive package of fringe benefits such as, collective health insurance, substantial leave arrangements, parental leave packages, attractive retirement benefits and application for attractive fiscal arrangements for employees from abroad.
• We offer you a stimulating working environment with excellent facilities for professional and personal development.
• The position is embedded in a lively and creative working environment. Maastricht University has an excellent international reputation, and Maastricht itself is a beautiful, open-minded city located in the center of Western Europe.
• The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO), supplement with local UM provisions. For more information on terms of employmen, please visit our website www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > Support > UM employees.

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Maastricht University

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 16,300 students and 4,300 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Data Science@Maastricht University is a pioneering, university-wide network of data-driven researchers with more than 25 years’ experience in data science education and research. Our community consists of multidisciplinary teams that address significant scientific problems and major societal issues through and related to data science including social, legal and ethical concerns in a wide range of academic disciplines. The Data Science@ UM community is expanding with at least 10 new positions in 2018. One of these positions is the Junior Data Scientist.

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Institute of Data Science @ Maastricht University

The Institute of Data Science (IDS) at Maastricht University is a recently established center led by professor Michel Dumontier. IDS is an interfaculty institute consisting of a core team of data science experts that cooperate closely with researchers across disciplines such as medicine, life sciences, social sciences and humanities, business and economics, knowledge engineering  and smart services. The mission of the Institute is to accelerate scientific discovery, improve clinical care & well-being, and strengthen communities by fostering a collaborative environment for interdisciplinary research and training based on accurate, scalable, and reproducible computation.

http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ids