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Data Scientist I (Health Policy and Management)
hiring.jhu.edu is hiring a Data Scientist I (Health Policy and Management) in Baltimore, MD, United States. Posted August 25, 2026.
Job at a glance
- Company
- hiring.jhu.edu
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, United States
- Pay
- $102,295 – $179,375
- Sector
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- August 25, 2026
About the job
We are seeking a Data Scientist I who will support the management of complex databases as well as develop, maintain, and document code. The Data Scientist will collect and extract data using a variety of data extraction tools and carry out data management, visualization, and analysis tasks.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Support the development of dashboards, calculations, and reports which may require programming.
- Support the development and tuning of machine learning models, which may require programming.
- Support the development of infrastructure for cleaning and processing data and running experiments to evaluate system performance.
- Mine various data resources for development of key metrics, performance indicators, and general business intelligence useful for planning and service design.
- Perform error analysis and suggest and implement improvements.
- Other duties as assigned.
In addition to the duties described above
- Wrangle and analyze Electronic Health Record data other real world data including health insurance claims.
- Use SQL, R and/or Python for statistical analysis.
- Apply best practices for real-world evidence principles, including bias, confounding, and study design considerations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Four years of relevant quantitative research and analytics experience, with at least two of those years including complex programming experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in coding and data wrangling with SQL, R and/or Python for statistical analysis.
- Experience with econometrics techniques.
- Experience with electronic health records and cost related data such as claims.
- Real world evidence techniques including target trial emulation.
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
- Continuous Improvement - Developing
- Data Architecture - Developing
- Data Management and Analysis - Developing
- Data Tools and Platforms - Developing
- Data Validation and Quality Assurance - Developing
- Data Visualization - Developing
- Machine Learning - Developing
- Oral and written communications - Developing
- Programming Languages - Developing
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Data Scientist I Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PG Starting Salary Range: $102,295 - $179,375 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health Department name: Health Economics Personnel area: School of Public Health