Career switch, measured
From Machine Learning Engineer to Research Scientist
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 90% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Machine learning, LLMs, Research, PyTorch.
90%
skill overlap
158
open Research Scientist postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillMachine Learning EngineerResearch Scientist
- Machine learning77%72%
- LLMs59%51%
- Research47%56%
- PyTorch21%20%
- Deep learning27%18%
- Python69%30%
- NLP13%11%
- TensorFlow11%9%
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