Data Scientist III

🇺🇸 Gainesville, FL 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $82K - $95K 💻 Data Science 🗓️ February 12th, 2026

Python

Edtech.com's Summary

The Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Quantitative Health at the University of Florida is hiring a Data Scientist III. This role involves developing analytic workflows for extracting features from histology images and spatial molecular assays, leading data processing, quality control, and harmonization efforts, and integrating tissue and omics data streams into AI-enabled research pipelines.

Highlights

Design and implement data pipelines for histopathology and spatial omics sources, including spatial transcriptomics and CODEX.
Apply image processing, segmentation, and normalization techniques using Python libraries such as OpenCV, scikit-image, and MONAI.
Extract features through deep learning and statistical methods and prepare structured data for AI/ML models.
Coordinate data harmonization, conduct quality control, and document all analytic transformations.
Maintain technical documentation and communicate workflows to interdisciplinary teams.
Provide guidance to junior researchers and recommend analytic tool improvements.
Required qualifications include a degree in data science, statistics, bioinformatics, or a related field with experience requirements varying by degree level.
Preferred experience with digital pathology or spatial omics data and familiarity with ML/AI workflows.
Expected salary ranges from $82,000 to $95,000 annually.
The position supports a multi-institutional, NIH-funded research initiative led by Dr. Pinaki Sarder.