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Senior scientific programmer/Data scientist - Netherlands ALS Center

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Senior scientific programmer/Data scientist - Netherlands ALS Center

The Netherlands ALS Center seeks a data scientist / research engineer / database specialist to turn observational data from the MND Biobank into analytical tools that support research into the causes and potential cure of ALS.

Deadline Published on Vacancy ID 2025-5995
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Academic fields

Health

Job types

IT; Research, development, innovation

Education level

University graduate

Weekly hours

36 hours per week

Salary indication

max. €5669 per month

Location

Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX, Utrecht

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Job description

As a Senior Scientific Programmer / Data Scientist at the Netherlands ALS Center, your responsibilities include:
  • Help optimize the design of our current (SQLite) database while coordinating with our institutional IT department, to increase the performance of the database.
  • Streamlined quality control of data that are entered into the database, and extracted from the database (i.e. detect and correct illogical data),
  • Effectively query the database to generate reports for researchers on numbers of samples that fullfill specific criteria (i.e. specific diagnosis, proper informed consent, attached data layers, like MRI or genetics data).
  • Generate quality controlled exports of requested data for researchers.
  • Modify/ relabel entered data to harmonize with other external datasets on request.
  • Quality control the LIMS part of our database to effectively manage serum/ plasma/ DNA/ skin samples and associated data).

Requirements

  • MSc or PhD degree in (Bio)statistics, Informatics, Data science, Epidemiology, Health Sciences or a related field.
  • Strong analytical skills with extensive experience in programming and data management or data engineering.
  • High standards for quality and accountability.
  • Proactive attitude with a can-do mentality.
  • Ability to work independently as well as in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Initiative and a broad interest in medical research.
  • Proven experience with:
    • R, Stata, and SQL
    • Good programming practices such as:
      • Script review
      • Version control
      • Unit testing
      • CI/CD pipelines
  • Fluency in Dutch or English, both spoken and written.
  • Proficiency in data management or engineering, with a strong focus on quality assurance in programming.

Conditions of employment

The maximum salary for this position (36 - 36 hours) is € 5.669,00 gross per month based on full-time employment.

In addition, we offer an annual benefit of 8.3%, holiday allowance, travel expenses and career opportunities. The terms of employment are in accordance with the Cao University Medical Centers (UMC).

Department

Neurology & Neurosurgery consists of six care lines. Instead of a division into departments and medical specialisms, the care lines are formed around the top-referred patient groups with the associated research lines. Within this research group, research is mainly conducted into the neuromuscular disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This group is among the international top in research in this field. In addition, clinical (medicine) studies are conducted, both sponsored and investigator-initiated.

You will work in a dynamic and esteemed team of researchers and clinicians, and participate in high impact research projects (genetics, phenotyping, imaging, lifestyle/environmental risk factors) of ALS.

Additional information

Contact our colleague:
Prof. dr. Leonard H. van den Berg
088 75 579 39
L.H.vandenBerg@umcutrecht.nl

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