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Research Engineer jobs: 157 open roles

Open research engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $300,000 a year.

The market for research engineer work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Engineering function this title sits in.

Verified open research engineer jobs
157

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$300,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Engineering openings that ask for AI skills
8%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Engineering openings that are remote
3%

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. python10%
  2. 2. project management5%
  3. 3. linux4%
  4. 4. c++4%
  5. 5. aws4%
  6. 6. agile4%
  7. 7. supply chain4%
  8. 8. procurement3%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  2. 2. LLM application engineering
  3. 3. RAG and vector search
  4. 4. Model fine-tuning
  5. 5. Model training and deep learning
  6. 6. MLOps

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Open research engineer jobs

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Research Engineer salary

The middle half of research engineer listings that state pay run from $250,000 to $440,000. See the full research engineer salary breakdown.

Engineering jobs in the rankings

Rankings about engineering jobs

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Where research engineer jobs are

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Research Engineer jobs by city and state

Employers hiring research engineers

  • Anthropic 14
  • Prime Intellect 13
  • Harvey 10
  • OpenAI 10
  • Cognition 7
  • HUD 7
  • Thinking Machines Lab 5
  • Ramp 4
  • Mistral AI 4
  • Applied Intuition 3

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