Top 10 Data Science Jobs of September 2026

Every month we look at which vacancies on DataScienceJobs.com attracted the most visitors. Below are the 10 most-viewed jobs of September 2026 that are still active, from a junior role in Granada to a research internship at Microsoft, together with the skills that appear most often across them.

Top 10 Data Science Jobs of September 2026

1. Eurofins is hiring a Data Engineer Junior in Granada, Spain. The company is looking for a junior or semi-senior engineer who enjoys data analysis and machine learning. Skills: NumPy, Python, SQL, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow and pandas. Category: Data Engineering.

2. Vattenfall is hiring a Lead Data Scientist in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The role leads the Data Science authority inside the Data & Analytics team, building data-driven solutions for marketing, sales and customer journeys. The listed salary is EUR 5,300 – 6,600. Categories: Data Science, Machine Learning.

3. Provident Credit Union is hiring a Data Engineer/Analyst - Graduate Development Program in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. It is a three-year career acceleration program for new graduates. Skills: Apache Spark, Databricks, MS SQL Server, Power BI, Python and SQL. Category: Data Engineering.

4. Applied Materials is hiring a Process Enginee AI / Machine Learning / Deep Learning in Treviso, Italy. The engineer designs and optimizes manufacturing processes for display and semiconductor technologies, analyzing data and troubleshooting hardware issues. Skill: C++. Categories: AI, Machine Learning.

5. AVIV Group is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (F/H/X) in Paris, France. The team builds and ships ML models to production, working with vector databases and RAG. Skills: AWS, Airflow, Athena, Lambda, NumPy and PyTorch. Categories: Data Engineering, Machine Learning.

6. Razer Inc. is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in Chengdu, China. The role works with stakeholders to define business problems that machine learning and AI can solve. Skills: PyTorch, Python, R and TensorFlow. Categories: Data Science, Machine Learning.

7. Microsoft is hiring a Research Intern - Machine Learning and Optimization in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The internship places researchers in Microsoft's network of research labs. The listed salary is USD 6,710 – 14,360. Skills: C++ and Python. Categories: Data Science, Machine Learning.

8. AmaliTech is hiring a Data Engineer in Kigali, Rwanda. The engineer designs, develops and optimizes data pipelines and workflows. Skills: AWS, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Azure, GCP and Hadoop. Category: Data Engineering.

9. SQLI is hiring a Data Scientist in Rabat, Casablanca, Morocco. The data scientist works with the IoT product management and development teams to define new products and services using data and machine learning. Skills: Azure DevOps, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, Microsoft Azure and SQL. Category: Data Science.

10. Wake Forest Center for Artificial Intelligence Research is hiring an AI Analyst in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The position sits in the new AIMS (AI Modeling & Solutions) unit, which develops and deploys AI and data science tools. Skills: PyTorch, Python, R, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow and pandas. Category: AI.

Most In-Demand Skills

Counting skills across these 10 vacancies gives the following ranking.

Python | 8 | SQL | 4 | PyTorch | 3 | Scikit-Learn | 3 | TensorFlow | 3 | pandas | 3 | AWS | 2 | Apache Spark | 2 | C++ | 2 | Databricks | 2 |

What the Data Tells Us

• Python is close to a requirement. It appears in 8 of the 10 jobs, twice as often as SQL, which comes second.
• Machine learning leads the categories. Five of the ten jobs are tagged Machine Learning, four each are Data Engineering and Data Science, and two are AI. A job can have more than one category.
• ML frameworks share the middle of the ranking. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn and pandas each appear in three jobs.
• Europe leads, but the list is global. Five jobs are in Europe (Spain, the Netherlands, Italy twice and France). The rest are in the United States (two), China, Rwanda and Morocco.
• Entry points exist. Three of the ten are junior, graduate or internship roles, while three are senior or lead positions.
• Few listings show pay. Only Vattenfall (EUR 5,300 – 6,600) and Microsoft (USD 6,710 – 14,360) publish a salary range.

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