What is Frontier Research and how common is it in AI job postings?

Frontier Research is a skill in the "Research & Credentials" category. It currently appears in 195 active AI roles across 58 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Frontier Research?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Frontier Research are: Capital One (23), Meta (15), Amazon (15), Anthropic (14), OpenAI (10).

Is demand for Frontier Research growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 117 new AI postings mentioned Frontier Research. Demand is rising — up 211% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Frontier Research used?

Roles requiring Frontier Research are concentrated in: agents (34%), serving infrastructure (22%), post-training (16%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Frontier Research?

Job postings that mention Frontier Research most often also require: Machine Learning, Production ML Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic Systems, Python.

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Frontier Research

195 active AI roles across 58 companies mention Frontier Research. Category: Research & Credentials.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Frontier Research per week — 117 total over 12 weeks.

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195 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Meta	AI Research Scientist — Agentic AI for Materials Discovery	Big Tech	9	L4
Anthropic	Technical Program Manager, Research	AI Frontier	9	L2
Mistral AI	Applied AI, Technical Lead, Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Montreal	AI Frontier	9	L4
Mistral AI	Applied AI, Technical Lead, Forward Deployed AI Engineer - EMEA	AI Frontier	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Trust CX Innovations&AI Policy	Big Tech	9	L2
Meta	AI Research Scientist (Technical Leadership), Multimodal - Monetization GenAI	Big Tech	9	L1
Meta	Software Engineer, AI Specialist - Monetization (Technical Leadership)	Big Tech	9	L3
Perplexity	Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)	AI Frontier	9	L2
Anthropic	Anthropic Fellows Program — Reinforcement Learning	AI Frontier	9	L2
Meta	Research Engineer (Technical Leadership), FAIR Data - Meta Superintelligence Labs	Big Tech	9	L0
NVIDIA	Senior Applied Deep Learning Research Scientist, Efficiency	Semiconductors	9	L2
Adobe	Senior Research Scientist	Enterprise	9	L2
Adobe	Research Scientist - (applied research)	Enterprise	9	L2
Meta	AI Research Engineer - Social Products (Technical Leadership)	Big Tech	9	L2
Mistral AI	Applied AI, Technical Lead - Forward Deployed AI Engineer	AI Frontier	9	L4
Snowflake	Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs	Data AI	9	L4
OpenAI	Software Engineer, Codex Core Agents	AI Frontier	9	L4
Perplexity	Member of Technical Staff (Secure Intelligence Institute)	AI Frontier	9	L4
Meta	AI Research Engineer, Media - Meta Superintelligence Labs	Big Tech	9	L1
Meta	Data Scientist, Evaluations - Meta Superintelligence Labs	Big Tech	9	L5
Microsoft	Principal Researcher - Artificial Specialized Intelligence - Microsoft Research	Big Tech	9	L1
Microsoft	Senior Researcher - Artificial Specialized Intelligence - Microsoft Research	Big Tech	9	L1
Notion	Model Behavior Engineer	Enterprise	9	L5
Meta	AI Research Scientist - MSL FAIR Foundations	Big Tech	9	L5
World Labs	Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Tech Lead)	AI Frontier	9	L0
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, ASCS AI Lab Team	Big Tech	9	L4
Lila Sciences	Scientist/Sr. Scientist, AI Safety	AI Frontier	9	L5
Meta	AI Research Scientist, Media Data Research - MSL FAIR	Big Tech	9	L0
Meta	Research Engineer, Text Data Research - MSL FAIR	Big Tech	9	L0
Microsoft	Senior Researcher - Artificial Specialized Intelligence, Microsoft Research	Big Tech	9	L2

Frequently asked questions

What is Frontier Research and how common is it in AI job postings?
Frontier Research is a skill in the "Research & Credentials" category. It currently appears in 195 active AI roles across 58 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Frontier Research?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Frontier Research are: Capital One (23), Meta (15), Amazon (15), Anthropic (14), OpenAI (10).
Is demand for Frontier Research growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 117 new AI postings mentioned Frontier Research. Demand is rising — up 211% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Frontier Research used?
Roles requiring Frontier Research are concentrated in: agents (34%), serving infrastructure (22%), post-training (16%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Frontier Research?
Job postings that mention Frontier Research most often also require: Machine Learning, Production ML Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic Systems, Python.

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