Darden is hiring research assistants for academic year who will report directly to Darden faculty or the Office of Research Services. This posting is for multiple positions. Work may include cleaning and parsing data, web scraping, LLM, and data documentation. Potential topics include marketing, the economy, leadership characteristics, entrepreneurship, and other topics relevant to faculty research initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Create data sets by researching publicly available information on companies or cities
Assist with preparation and storage of large datasets
Provide documentation on created datasets
Pull data from reports, the web, and other sources
Depending on position, work could include working with virtual machines and cloud platforms.
Other duties as assigned
Skills and Abilities:
Familiarity with high-powered computing, including UVA's computing clusters like Rivanna and Ivy preferred
Experience with data intelligence platforms, machine learning, or large language models (LLM) for research preferred.
Experience with Agentic AI (eg. Codex) and APIs preferred
Ability to read through multiple reports, mine public databases, and distill information into a database (excel spreadsheet or other formats).
Familiarity with big datasets
Experience with Python and/or SQL
Very strong written and verbal communication
Strong attention to detail
Able to work independently while balancing multiple projects
Willing to attack a problem from different angles when the first approach does not work
Willing to learn on the job
UVA undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Position is open to students in computer science, data science, business, accounting, economics, social sciences, humanities, statistics, math, or other disciplines with strong programming and computational skills.
Hourly pay rate depends on level of education. Students pursing a:
4-year degree: $16.00/hour
MA/MS Degree: $22.00/hour
Ph.D. Degree: $25/hour
Positions offers 8-20 hours/week. Position is remote, but student must physically reside in the United States. This position is ONLY open to UVA students.
Please include a resume and cover letter with your application.
Resume and Cover Letter required.
Education: Current UVA student Experience: None
Licensure: None
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
The University of Virginia is a prestigious public research university that operates the Darden School of Business, a leading business school offering academic programs and research initiatives. The university employs faculty researchers across multiple disciplines including marketing, economics, leadership, and entrepreneurship who conduct significant research projects. Darden's Office of Research Services supports faculty research by employing research assistants to help with data collection, analysis, and documentation. The institution leverages advanced computing infrastructure including high-performance computing clusters like Rivanna and Ivy to facilitate computational and data-intensive research.
