Top skills for Research Scientist jobs
Based on 342 active Research Scientist postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Research Scientist postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design64%
- Computer Science32%
- Science27%
- PyTorch27%
- Algorithms25%
- Deep Learning24%
- Datasets22%
- Innovation22%
- Physics18%
- Chemistry16%
- Biology16%
- Data Analysis15%
- Reinforcement14%
- Open-Source14%
- Research and Development12%
- Statistics12%
- Multimodal11%
- Molecular Biology11%
- Robotics11%
- Generative AI11%
- Computing10%
- Rigor10%
- Technical Reports10%
- Experimentation9%
- Biochemistry9%
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