Research Scientist - Machine Learning
Extropic
Boston, MA · $150k–$250k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for life sciences and biotech jobs793 openings · of 41
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in New England390 jobs · of 14
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs in New England21% · of 28
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in New England910 openings · of 24
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Northeast71 / 100 · of 26
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in New England71 / 100 · of 11
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- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $200,000 a year. Across 68 open research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $166,500 to $300,000 and the median is $239,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 16% below the median.
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About the job
...models in the thermodynamic paradigm, and we are looking for senior research and engineering talent to derive probabilistic ML theory,... ...physicists to derive the theory of new probabilistic models and their learning rules, including energy-based models and diffusion models....