RLHF jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, RLHF appears in 538 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Research Scientist has the most postings mentioning RLHF.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about RLHF
+Is RLHF in demand in 2026?
Yes. RLHF appears in 538 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Research Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning RLHF (9.9% of all postings mentioning RLHF).
+What jobs require RLHF?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning RLHF are AI Response Evaluator (44.4% of that role’s postings mention RLHF), Applied Researcher (38.1% of that role’s postings mention RLHF), Deployed Engineer (38.1% of that role’s postings mention RLHF).
+What skills are commonly paired with RLHF?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), RLHF most often appears alongside Python, PyTorch, fine-tuning, Reinforcement learning, DPO.
+Where is RLHF most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring RLHF are San Francisco, New York City, Munich, London, Mountain View, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new RLHF content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after RLHF?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring RLHF — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around RLHF
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before RLHF
Skills after RLHF
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: sql | 2 |
| Before: ARIMA | 1 |
| Before: image classification | 1 |
| Before: Agentic AI | 1 |
| Before: EOL alerts | 1 |
| Before: automated cutovers | 1 |
| Before: Slack triggers | 1 |
| Before: python | 1 |
| After: tensorflow | 2 |
| After: ci/cd | 1 |
| After: images | 1 |
| After: ONNX runtime | 1 |
| After: Text-to-SQL | 1 |
| After: Power BI | 1 |
| After: sql | 1 |
| After: PDFs | 1 |
Roles most likely to require RLHF
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Response Evaluator | 12 | 44.4% |
| Applied Researcher | 16 | 38.1% |
| Deployed Engineer | 8 | 38.1% |
| ML Research Engineer | 13 | 27.1% |
| Machine Learning Research Engineer | 6 | 17.6% |
| Applied ML Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| Generative AI Analyst | 2 | 9.5% |
| AI Research Scientist | 7 | 8.6% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 7 | 7.8% |
| AI Training Specialist | 3 | 7.7% |
Roles with the most RLHF postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 53 | 9.9% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 43 | 8.0% |
| Software Engineer | 21 | 3.9% |
| Research Engineer | 20 | 3.7% |
| Applied Researcher | 16 | 3.0% |
| AI Engineer | 13 | 2.4% |
| ML Engineer | 13 | 2.4% |
| ML Research Engineer | 13 | 2.4% |
| AI Response Evaluator | 12 | 2.2% |
| Full-Stack Engineer | 12 | 2.2% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring RLHF
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| OpenBrain | 121 |
| Scale AI | 38 |
| CLERA | 35 |
| Capital One | 20 |
| Wayve | 13 |
| Thinking Machines | 10 |
| Waymo | 10 |
| Innodata | 9 |
| LangChain | 9 |
| NVIDIA | 9 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for RLHF
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 59 | 11.0% |
| New York City | 39 | 7.2% |
| Munich | 21 | 3.9% |
| London | 20 | 3.7% |
| Mountain View | 14 | 2.6% |
| San Jose | 12 | 2.2% |
| Seattle | 12 | 2.2% |
| Amsterdam | 9 | 1.7% |
| Palo Alto | 8 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with RLHF
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning RLHF by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s RLHF postings by all RLHF postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-30
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