Data Scientist in Digital Cardiovascular Research | Data Scientist (all genders) in der digitalen kardiovaskulären Forschung am Universitären Herz-...

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf GB Personal, Recht & Organisation

Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
Published Sep 22, 2025
Full-time
Fixed-term

Job Summary

This role is for a Data Scientist to join the University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, focusing on digital cardiovascular research. The successful candidate will be pivotal in managing and enhancing a sophisticated research infrastructure, curating and ensuring the quality of extensive clinical datasets, and harmonizing diverse data sources, including structured study data, imaging, digital EKGs, and wearable time-series data. The position involves designing and implementing modern data structuring and metadata management strategies, contributing to internal software tools for pseudonymization and cross-linkage, and generating impactful research through co-authorship on publications. The ideal candidate will possess a strong academic background, practical experience in large-scale data curation and advanced analytics, and excellent technical skills in data science and engineering, particularly with Python, Linux, Docker, and relational databases. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge, data-driven cardiovascular medicine in an interdisciplinary environment.

Required Skills

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a closely related quantitative discipline

Experience

  • 2+ years of post-graduate professional experience in an academic or industrial setting
  • Practical experience with curating large datasets, advanced analytics, or applied machine learning projects
  • Demonstrated technical excellence in Data Science and Data Engineering (e.g., GitHub presence, project portfolio, open-source contributions)
  • Experience in biomedical research or a clinical environment (bonus)
  • Proven experience in AI- and ML-driven data science (bonus)

Languages

German (Fluent)English (Fluent)

Additional

  • Measles immunization or immunity proof required before employment. This position is initially limited to 2 years due to project requirements.