Jr. Data Scientist 00021
West Coast Consulting · Westbrook
$93,600–$99,840
Jul 7, 2026
Westbrook
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level role on a medical device R&D team, focused on building classification and clustering models for hematology analyzers using tabular data. Work is done under senior supervision and includes the full cycle from data exploration and model development through evaluation and deployment onto edge hardware within the analyzer platforms. Suits a recent graduate or early-career practitioner with a grounding in Python and core machine learning methods.
Junior level · Portland-South Portland, ME · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 90 people in the Portland-South Portland, ME area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 25–130
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $99,992 (middle half $81,320–$128,331).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is explicitly framed as entry-level (0–2 years), with internships, research, and coursework counting toward experience — consistent with a Junior classification.
A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is stated as a hard requirement; an advanced degree is listed as 'a plus' and is therefore preferred only.
Classification and clustering methods are listed as required competencies but name no single specific library beyond scikit-learn; they are captured as distinct required skills reflecting the JD's explicit framing.
Edge hardware deployment, model optimization (quantization, ONNX/TFLite), Git, and medical/life-sciences domain experience all appear under the 'Nice to have' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
The role is hybrid in Westbrook, ME (Portland-South Portland CBSA); no fully remote option is indicated.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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