Applied Research Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-07, Skillenai has indexed 26 job postings with the title “Applied Research Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-07
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+How many Applied Research Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 26 job postings with the title “Applied Research Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-07, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Applied Research Engineer jobs require?
Across Applied Research Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-07, the skills mentioned most often are Python, distributed training, CUDA, PyTorch, Docker.
+Which cities are hiring the most Applied Research Engineer?
As of 2026-09-07, Applied Research Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Aachen, Atlanta, Barcelona.
+Is Applied Research Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 26 Applied Research Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-07, with demand down 40% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Applied Research Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Applied Research Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Applied Research Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 12 | 46.2% |
| distributed training | 12 | 46.2% |
| CUDA | 11 | 42.3% |
| PyTorch | 9 | 34.6% |
| Docker | 8 | 30.8% |
| evaluation frameworks | 8 | 30.8% |
| sequence parallelism | 6 | 23.1% |
| CI/CD | 6 | 23.1% |
| FSDP | 6 | 23.1% |
| experiment tracking | 6 | 23.1% |
| diffusion models | 6 | 23.1% |
| Slurm | 6 | 23.1% |
| DDP | 6 | 23.1% |
| DeepSpeed | 6 | 23.1% |
| latent video diffusion models | 6 | 23.1% |
Top metros hiring Applied Research Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 4 | 15.4% |
| Sunnyvale | 3 | 11.5% |
| Aachen | 1 | 3.8% |
| Atlanta | 1 | 3.8% |
| Barcelona | 1 | 3.8% |
| Bellevue | 1 | 3.8% |
| Blauvelt | 1 | 3.8% |
| Manhattan | 1 | 3.8% |
| Munich | 1 | 3.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-07, matching postings whose canonical role is “Applied Research Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Applied Research Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-07
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