Epidemiology Data Modeling Engineer

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; North Carolina; On-site; USD 98,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Programmer in the Epidemiology department to work on a project developing software and analytic tools for disease modeling and building web-based dashboards.

Ideal candidates will have experience with R, Python, C, and Julia; strong communication skills; and the ability to collaborate with a large scientific team to deploy predictive models for public health responses.

Qualifications

• Experience in general and scientific programming languages (R, Python, C, Julia).
• Ability to communicate technical information and document code.
• Experience with quality control and writing tests.

Responsibilities

• Develop software and analytic tools for disease modeling.
• Deploy predictive models and analytics for outbreaks.
• Build accessible data displays on web-based dashboards.
• Collaborate with scientists and public health teams.

Skills

R

Python

C

Julia

Communication

Documentation

Education

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

GitHub

Cloud computing

Dashboard tooling

Testing / QA

Job description

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a Programmer in the Epidemiology department to work on a project developing software and analytic tools for disease modeling and building web-based dashboards.

Ideal candidates will have experience with R, Python, C, and Julia; strong communication skills; and the ability to collaborate with a large scientific team to deploy predictive models for public health responses.