Temporary Research Assistant I (Artificial Intelligence or Data Science) (N&HS) at Hkmu
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Jul 13, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A temporary, full-time 11-month research role within a university's nursing and health sciences school, supporting ongoing digital health projects. Day-to-day work centres on building and deploying conversational AI chatbots using RAG and LLM frameworks, as well as developing and validating machine and deep learning models for personalised care, including handling large-scale health datasets and connecting trained models to user-facing interfaces via backend APIs. Suited to a Master's-level candidate with hands-on experience in Python/R, ML frameworks, and web programming.
Mid level · National · Master's required · Temporary
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374).
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Why we read it this way (10)
This role is based at Hong Kong Metropolitan University in Hong Kong — US salary benchmarks do not apply.
The posting is a temporary full-time 11-month contract, classified here as Temporary.
A Master's degree in computer science, AI, data science, health informatics, or a related discipline is explicitly required.
The role spans both ML/data science work (model training, deep learning, precision medicine) and conversational AI/software development (chatbot design, backend APIs, web programming), making the SOC classification genuinely ambiguous between Data Scientists (15-2051) and Software Developers (15-1252); Data Scientists was chosen as the primary given the emphasis on ML algorithm development and health data modeling.
Python, R, and 'Cursor' are listed together as required programming languages. Python is emitted as the primary required skill with R as an alternative. 'Cursor' (an AI-assisted code editor) is listed in the same breath but is a tooling aid rather than a core language/framework, so it is treated as preferred.
TensorFlow and PyTorch are presented as interchangeable examples of ML frameworks under the requirements section; LangChain and LlamaIndex are similarly interchangeable LLM framework examples — each pair is emitted as one skill with alternatives.
Prior experience in health-related research or pharmacology is described as 'an advantage,' indicating a preferred rather than required qualification.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Posting is for a temporary engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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