Remote Research Data Quality Scientist

Universities of Wisconsin; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation, holidays, and sick

Retirement benefits

Competitive insurance

Job summary

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a Research Data Scientist – Data Quality to develop, implement, and operationalize data quality in the WHDH platform. You will apply statistics and machine learning to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and provenance across large health datasets.

The role emphasizes scalable data quality processes, automated checks, and collaboration with data engineers, informaticians, and researchers within a secure research environment. Remote work is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Strong programming experience in Python, R, SQL.
• Experience with data quality, data governance, and data management.
• Ability to build scalable data quality rules, metrics, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable data quality frameworks for clinical, biomedical, and research datasets.
• Design automated data quality checks, thresholds, and dashboards.
• Collaborate with data engineers to embed quality controls across pipelines.
• Translate research requirements into reliable data quality solutions.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Education

PhD or terminal degree preferred

Tools

Azure Synapse

MS Fabric

ADF

Job description

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a Research Data Scientist – Data Quality to develop, implement, and operationalize data quality in the WHDH platform. You will apply statistics and machine learning to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and provenance across large health datasets.

The role emphasizes scalable data quality processes, automated checks, and collaboration with data engineers, informaticians, and researchers within a secure research environment. Remote work is anticipated.