What is PhD Required and how common is it in AI job postings?

PhD Required is a skill in the "Research & Credentials" category. It currently appears in 68 active AI roles across 28 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for PhD Required?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning PhD Required are: Amazon (12), JPMorgan Chase (10), Google (9), ByteDance (4), Walmart (3).

Is demand for PhD Required growing?

Over the last 10 weeks, 38 new AI postings mentioned PhD Required. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.

At which stage of AI development is PhD Required used?

Roles requiring PhD Required are concentrated in: agents (38%), application (24%), post-training (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with PhD Required?

Job postings that mention PhD Required most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Computer Architecture, Statistics.

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PhD Required

68 active AI roles across 28 companies mention PhD Required. Category: Research & Credentials.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning PhD Required per week — 38 total over 10 weeks.

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All Big Tech · 29 Banking · 12 Retail · 3 Fintech · 3 Enterprise · 3 Data AI · 3 Vertical AI · 2 Semiconductors · 2 Industrial · 2 Defense · 2 AI Frontier · 2 Robotics · 1 Pharma · 1 Media · 1 Healthcare · 1 Consumer · 1

Function

All Engineering · 48 Research · 19 Product · 1

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68 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
ByteDance	Research Scientist, ML Recommendation Systems, Applied Machine Learning Team	Big Tech	8	L6
JPMorgan Chase	AWM Risk Analytics Group – Data Scientist - Vice President	Banking	8	L2
Upstart	Staff+ Machine Learning Engineer	Fintech	8	L3
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist , RBS Tech	Big Tech	8	L4
Google	Student Researcher, PhD, Winter/Summer 2026	Big Tech	8	L1
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Director Machine Learning Center of Excellence	Banking	8	L6
Caterpillar	Autonomy Development Engineer	Industrial	7	L4
Capital One	Manager, Data Scientist - Business Cards & Payments Credit Infrastructure Team	Banking	7	L2
Cohere	Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defence	AI Frontier	7	L6
Google	Software Engineer III, AI/ML, YouTube Ads Bidding	Big Tech	7	L3
OpenAI	Applied Data Science & Insights Leader - GTM Intelligence Solutions and Technical Success	AI Frontier	7	L4
Cognite	Data Scientist Manager	Industrial	7	L6
Adobe	Senior Product Manager - Adobe.com Personalization	Enterprise	7	L6
Amazon	Director, Energy Solutions Architecture, AWS Industries	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Senior ProServe Cloud Architect, Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) , AWSI Sales, AWSI Sales	Big Tech	7	L4
JPMorgan Chase	Chase Modeling - Applied AI Modeling Lead - Vice President	Banking	7	L6
Adobe	Principal Technical Program Manager - Agentic AI	Enterprise	7	L4
Capital One	Manager, Data Science - Consumer Identity Machine Learning	Banking	7	L2
Amazon	Data Scientist, Labs, SCOT Forecasting and Labs	Big Tech	7	L6
Amazon	Applied Scientist, WWOS Tech	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Ads Econ	Big Tech	7	L4
Visa	Associate Cybersecurity Engineer	Fintech	7	L4
JPMorgan Chase	Chase Modeling - Applied AI Modeling Lead (VP)	Banking	7	L6
GE Healthcare	Staff Algorithm Engineer	Healthcare	7	L6
Google	Senior Research Data Scientist, Android Tablets	Big Tech	7	L6
Walmart	(USA) Principal, Data Scientist - Generalist	Retail	7	L4
JPMorgan Chase	Software Engineer II - Applied AI	Banking	7	L4
Amazon	Data Scientist, MAPLE - Recommender System	Big Tech	7	L6
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Amazon Robotics R&D	Big Tech	7	L6
Walmart	Senior Manager, Automation Engineering	Retail	7	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is PhD Required and how common is it in AI job postings?
PhD Required is a skill in the "Research & Credentials" category. It currently appears in 68 active AI roles across 28 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for PhD Required?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning PhD Required are: Amazon (12), JPMorgan Chase (10), Google (9), ByteDance (4), Walmart (3).
Is demand for PhD Required growing?
Over the last 10 weeks, 38 new AI postings mentioned PhD Required. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.
At which stage of AI development is PhD Required used?
Roles requiring PhD Required are concentrated in: agents (38%), application (24%), post-training (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with PhD Required?
Job postings that mention PhD Required most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Computer Architecture, Statistics.

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