Senior Data Scientist, Baseball Analytics
Boston Red Sox · Boston, MA
$100,000–$140,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role on a baseball club's quantitative research team, focused on building and maintaining predictive models and data pipelines that inform player evaluation, acquisition, and development decisions. The work spans statistical and machine learning modeling, applied research, and translating findings into written reports and visualizations for both technical colleagues and non-technical baseball operations staff. Suits a quantitatively trained candidate with strong baseball knowledge and experience communicating complex analyses to varied audiences.
Senior level · Boston, MA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,100 people in the Boston, MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 830–1,450
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $134,944 (middle half $104,979–$169,773). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (4)
The JD accepts 'equivalent professional experience' in lieu of a PhD — the degree requirement is therefore set to None.
Python and R are listed as interchangeable ('R or Python'); Python is named first here with R as the alternative.
The JD references 'popular data science languages and libraries' broadly under Competencies but names only SQL, R, and Python explicitly under Additional Qualifications — no specific ML frameworks (e.g. scikit-learn, TensorFlow) are called out by name.
The posting notes 'The specific role, level, and compensation package will be tailored to the selected candidate's qualifications and experience,' suggesting the Senior title and $100K–$140K range may flex depending on the hire.
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