Applied Researcher jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 42 job postings with the title “Applied Researcher” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is PyTorch.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about Applied Researcher jobs
+How many Applied Researcher jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 42 job postings with the title “Applied Researcher” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Applied Researcher jobs require?
Across Applied Researcher postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are PyTorch, deep learning, robustness, training optimization, self-supervised learning.
+Which cities are hiring the most Applied Researcher?
As of 2026-09-30, Applied Researcher postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Amsterdam, Toronto, San Jose, London, San Francisco.
+Is Applied Researcher a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 42 Applied Researcher postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Applied Researcher postings is PyTorch, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Applied Researcher?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Applied Researcher postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Applied Researcher
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before Applied Researcher
Roles after Applied Researcher
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Research Intern | 1 |
| Before: User Experience Researcher | 1 |
| Before: Teaching Assistant | 1 |
| After: User Experience Researcher | 2 |
| After: Software Engineer | 1 |
| After: Applied Scientist | 1 |
| After: Program Manager | 1 |
| After: Research Scientist | 1 |
Skills most often required for Applied Researcher
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| PyTorch | 31 | 73.8% |
| deep learning | 17 | 40.5% |
| robustness | 16 | 38.1% |
| training optimization | 16 | 38.1% |
| self-supervised learning | 16 | 38.1% |
| AWS Ultraclusters | 16 | 38.1% |
| Lightning | 16 | 38.1% |
| explainability | 16 | 38.1% |
| RLHF | 16 | 38.1% |
| HuggingFace | 16 | 38.1% |
| open-source | 16 | 38.1% |
| fine-tuning | 15 | 35.7% |
| Python | 14 | 33.3% |
| Quantization | 14 | 33.3% |
| training parallelism | 13 | 31.0% |
Top companies posting Applied Researcher jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Capital One | 16 |
| eBay | 13 |
| Frame.io | 4 |
| Adobe | 3 |
| Cartesia | 2 |
| Legora | 2 |
| Designworkstalent | 1 |
| Dyna Robotics | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Applied Researcher
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 4 | 9.5% |
| Toronto | 4 | 9.5% |
| San Jose | 3 | 7.1% |
| London | 2 | 4.8% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 4.8% |
| Seattle | 2 | 4.8% |
| Tokyo | 2 | 4.8% |
| Bellevue | 1 | 2.4% |
| Redwood City | 1 | 2.4% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Applied Researcher”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Applied Researcher
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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