Top skills for Research Engineer jobs

Based on 284 active Research Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.

Skills employers ask for

The share of Research Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.

  • Design68%
  • PyTorch37%
  • Algorithms30%
  • Computer Science29%
  • Reinforcement23%
  • Open-Source23%
  • Datasets22%
  • Deep Learning18%
  • Language Models17%
  • Science17%
  • Multimodal16%
  • Debugging13%
  • Experimentation12%
  • Kubernetes12%
  • Computing12%
  • Robotics12%
  • Physics11%
  • Data Processing10%
  • Shipping10%
  • Research and Development10%
  • Robustness9%
  • Tensorflow9%
  • Technical Reports9%
  • Statistics8%
  • Rigor8%

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