What is Data Science and how common is it in AI job postings?

Data Science is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 1,591 active AI roles across 161 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Data Science?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Data Science are: Amazon (183), NVIDIA (166), Google (129), Capital One (86), Apple (78).

Is demand for Data Science growing?

Over the last 13 weeks, 1,099 new AI postings mentioned Data Science. Demand is rising — up 317% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Data Science used?

Roles requiring Data Science are concentrated in: agents (43%), serving infrastructure (18%), application (16%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Data Science?

Job postings that mention Data Science most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Production ML Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Software Engineering.

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1,591 active AI roles across 161 companies mention Data Science. Category: Applied ML Domains.

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New AI postings mentioning Data Science per week — 1,099 total over 13 weeks.

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187 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Meta	Research Scientist, FAIR SGT - New York	Big Tech	10	L1
OpenAI	Researcher, Misalignment Research	AI Frontier	10	L5
NVIDIA	Senior Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI	Semiconductors	10	L1
NVIDIA	Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	10	L1
Meta	Research Scientist, FAIR SGT - Paris	Big Tech	10	L1
Together AI	Research Engineer, Core ML	Data AI	10	L3
Lila Sciences	Research Scientist, Dexterous Manipulation & Robot Learning	AI Frontier	10	L4
Anthropic	Research Scientist, Interpretability	AI Frontier	10	L2
OpenAI	Research Scientist	AI Frontier	10	L1
Google	Research Engineer, Frontier Safety Mitigations, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Research Engineer, Frontier Safety Mitigations, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Snowflake	AI Research Scientist, New Grad – Agents & Reinforcement Learning	Data AI	9	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Research Scientist, Nemotron Post-training	Semiconductors	9	L2
Google	Research Scientist, Frontier Safety Loss of Control, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Conversational Assistant Modeling and Learning	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Research Scientist, Robotics, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
CrowdStrike	Director, Model Post-Training and Agentic Research (Remote)	Enterprise	9	L2
Google	Research Engineer, Pretraining, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L1
Microsoft	Cambridge Residency Programme - Researcher in Agentic AI Systems & Infrastructure	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Research Engineer, Frontier Safety Loss of Control, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Senior Research Engineer	Big Tech	9	L2
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Selling Partner Support Engagement	Big Tech	9	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Quantum Applied Research Scientist, Calibration and Decoding	Semiconductors	9	L2
Google	Staff Software Engineer, AAI Research	Big Tech	9	L4
NVIDIA	Applied AI Researcher - World Reconstruction and Generation	Semiconductors	9	L2
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon AWS Agentic AI, AWS AI Fundamental Research	Big Tech	9	L5
NVIDIA	Research Scientist, Electronic Design Automation - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	9	L2
NVIDIA	Senior Research Scientist	Semiconductors	9	L2
Google	Research Scientist, Efficient AI	Big Tech	9	L3
Amazon	Human-Robot Interaction Applied Scientist , Fauna	Big Tech	9	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Data Science and how common is it in AI job postings?
Data Science is a skill in the "Applied ML Domains" category. It currently appears in 1,591 active AI roles across 161 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Data Science?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Data Science are: Amazon (183), NVIDIA (166), Google (129), Capital One (86), Apple (78).
Is demand for Data Science growing?
Over the last 13 weeks, 1,099 new AI postings mentioned Data Science. Demand is rising — up 317% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Data Science used?
Roles requiring Data Science are concentrated in: agents (43%), serving infrastructure (18%), application (16%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Data Science?
Job postings that mention Data Science most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Production ML Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Software Engineering.

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