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Will AI replace research engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting research engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 202 live research engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 89% of current research engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
202live openings
89%ask for AI skills
11%remote
75companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, PyTorch, LLMs. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Python, Computer Science, Collaboration, Communication, Physics, Biology — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Anthropic | 34 |
| Mistral AI | 9 |
| Jump Trading | 8 |
| SecurityScorecard | 8 |
| Elastic | 7 |
| OpenAI | 6 |
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