Newton Research
Data Scientist
- Compensation
- $135K–$165K / yr
- From job posting
- Location
- Greater Boston Area
- Posted
- 22 September 2026 (about a month ago)
Checked 16 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this role
Data Scientist
Greater Boston Area
Company Description
Newton Research is a fast-growing software start-up founded by repeat entrepreneurs and well-funded by blue chip venture capital firms. We are building the next generation of the closed loop media lifecycle, developing AI agents that leverage the latest in LLMs and generative AI with specialized knowledge. Our products generate actionable business insights for our customers and partners, assisting in each step of the media planning, buying and measurement lifecycle.
Role Description
This is a full-time Data Scientist role with Newton Research, Inc., working from our offices in Needham, MA. You will develop production-level models and algorithms, analyze data, design experiments, and interpret results. More importantly, you will work with engineering to encode those abilities into software and train Newton to think like a data scientist. The data science team is small, so your work reaches customers quickly and your judgment shapes the product. We value self-motivated individuals who collaborate well across teams and can present and defend findings to stakeholders.
Responsibilities
• Build production-level models and algorithms for media planning, audience, measurement and yield problems
• Design and interpret experiments, including deciding what a result does and does not support
• Work with engineering to encode your judgment into Newton's agents
• Contribute to the evals and benchmarks that tell us whether an agent's analysis is correct, not just plausible
Qualifications
• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• Strong foundation in data analysis, statistical modeling, causal inference, and machine learning concepts
• Ability to evaluate a model, a causal experiment, or an AI-generated analysis and identify what it measures, where it fails, and how to verify it
• Proficiency in Python, including data science libraries like pandas and scikit-learn
• Strong SQL and experience working with relational databases
• Ability to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience writing code that ships to production, or with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or Redshift, is a plus
Base Salary Range: $135,000-$165,000 + Equity
Work location
- Greater Boston Area
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Published 22 September 2026, last checked 16 days ago. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.