Junior Data Scientist

Additional Location(s): US-MA-Marlborough

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the role:

Boston Scientific is seeking a Junior Data Scientist to join our growing Enterprise AI Team. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to develop, evaluate, and support AI/ML and data-driven solutions across multiple business functions. It’s a hands-on position ideal for someone with a strong foundation in data science, a growth mindset, and early career experience in real-world data projects.

As a Junior Data Scientist, you’ll collaborate with Senior Data Scientists and cross-functional teams to build impactful AI/ML models, conduct analysis, and contribute to our expanding portfolio of use cases. Your work will help shape how Boston Scientific leverages advanced analytics to drive innovation and value for patients, clinicians, and the business.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office in Marlborough, MA at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

● Assist in designing, training, evaluating, and validating statistical and machine learning models.

● Support data cleaning, feature engineering, exploratory analysis, and experiment setup.

● Contribute to the development of reproducible code, notebooks, and ML pipelines.

● Work with structured and unstructured datasets from internal and external sources.

● Partner with engineering, architecture, and data platform teams to understand data quality and availability.

● Conduct literature reviews, benchmark research, and support prototyping of algorithms and modeling techniques.

● Translate technical findings into clear summaries, visualizations, and recommendations for business and technical audiences.

● Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand requirements and business problems.

● Participate in agile ceremonies, project planning sessions, and model review discussions.

● Assist in preparing models for deployment by organizing data inputs, testing workflows, and documenting model logic.

● Follow best practices related to responsible AI, data privacy, and model monitoring.

● Contribute to internal knowledge sharing, workshops, and team learning opportunities.

● Stay current with emerging techniques in machine learning, GenAI, and applied analytics.

Qualifications:

Required qualifications:

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Computational Biology, Engineering, or a related field.

● Minimum of 2 years' experience in data science, applied machine learning, analytics, or computational research (industry, academic, or internship).

● Proficiency in Python and common data/ML libraries (e.g., NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn).

● Ability to analyze data, run experiments, and communicate findings clearly.

● Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity for applied AI.

Preferred qualifications:

● Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Computational Biology, Engineering, or related field.

● Experience with scientific computing, healthcare data, or biological/clinical datasets.

● Exposure to cloud computing environments such as AWS, Azure, or Snowflake.

● Familiarity with ML Ops tools, workflow orchestration, or API development.

● Experience teaching, mentoring, or supporting technical coursework (a plus, not required).

● Basic understanding of GenAI concepts and prompt engineering.

Requisition ID: 619678

Minimum Salary: $72800 

Maximum Salary: $138300 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.