Applied Researcher jobs in San Francisco — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)

As of 2026-06-11, Skillenai has indexed 5 Applied Researcher postings located in San Francisco over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is RLVR.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-11

Postings · last 90 days
5
Most-required skill
Next-largest hiring metro
Toronto

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Frequently asked questions about Applied Researcher jobs in San Francisco

+Are Applied Researcher jobs being posted in San Francisco right now?

Yes. Skillenai has indexed 5 Applied Researcher postings located in San Francisco over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11.

+What skills do Applied Researcher jobs in San Francisco require?

Across Applied Researcher postings in San Francisco indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, the skills mentioned most often are RLVR, GRPO, SFT, reward modeling, synthetic data generation.

+Which other cities are hiring Applied Researcher?

As of 2026-06-11, the metro areas posting the most Applied Researcher jobs outside San Francisco are Toronto, Amsterdam, Pimmit Hills, Prince Frederick, New York City, based on the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly Applied Researcher postings in San Francisco — last 90 days

Skills most often required for Applied Researcher in San Francisco

NamePostingsShare
RLVR360.0%
GRPO360.0%
SFT240.0%
reward modeling240.0%
synthetic data generation240.0%
KL penalty design240.0%
importance sampling240.0%
fine-tuning240.0%
LLM fine-tuning240.0%
PPO240.0%
Reinforcement learning240.0%
advantage estimation240.0%

Other top cities hiring Applied Researcher

NamePostingsShare
Toronto11220.0%
Amsterdam6120.0%
Pimmit Hills5100.0%
Prince Frederick5100.0%
New York City480.0%
Bengaluru360.0%
McLean360.0%
San Jose360.0%
Austin120.0%
Kleinmachnow120.0%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-11, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Applied Researcher” and whose locationCity is “San Francisco”.

city
San Francisco
role
Applied Researcher
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-06-11
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index
Applied Researcher jobs in San Francisco — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026) — Skillenai