ML Research Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 44 job postings with the title “ML Research Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is PyTorch, with demand down 76% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many ML Research Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 44 job postings with the title “ML Research Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 76% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do ML Research Engineer jobs require?
Across ML Research Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are PyTorch, machine learning, Python, distributed training, JAX.
+Which cities are hiring the most ML Research Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, ML Research Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Milpitas, London, Boston.
+Is ML Research Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 44 ML Research Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 76% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in ML Research Engineer postings is PyTorch, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly ML Research Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for ML Research Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| PyTorch | 32 | 19.6% |
| machine learning | 30 | 18.4% |
| Python | 15 | 9.2% |
| distributed training | 12 | 7.4% |
| JAX | 11 | 6.7% |
| deep learning | 11 | 6.7% |
| foundation models | 9 | 5.5% |
| CUDA | 9 | 5.5% |
| large language models | 7 | 4.3% |
| Transformers | 7 | 4.3% |
| multimodal models | 4 | 2.5% |
| profiling | 4 | 2.5% |
| benchmarking | 4 | 2.5% |
| model evaluation | 4 | 2.5% |
| data pipelines | 4 | 2.5% |
Top metros hiring ML Research Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 11 | 33.3% |
| Palo Alto | 7 | 21.2% |
| Milpitas | 5 | 15.2% |
| London | 3 | 9.1% |
| Boston | 2 | 6.1% |
| San Mateo | 2 | 6.1% |
| Bengaluru | 1 | 3.0% |
| Little Canada | 1 | 3.0% |
| Munich | 1 | 3.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “ML Research Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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