Master's degree graduates are considered to be specialists with the subject-specific competence and, as employers require, should demonstrate a high level of soft skills which go beyond the scope of professional activity as well. The key component of the content in master's programs studies is conducting research activities. The article is concerned with the pedagogical conditions aimed at developing research competence among undergraduates of technical specialties in accordance with a subject-specific competence and soft skills. The purpose of our study is to select pedagogical conditions that contribute to the development of the research competence of undergraduates and soft skills at the same time. New educational technologies, centered on the task-based approach, act as a tool to achieve this goal. The materials for statistical analysis used in the current study are as follows: statistical reference books, surveys among the students and the university staff, employers, and the Federal State Educational Standard. Treatment of quantitative data obtained during the empirical part of the study was carried out based on the method of mathematical analysis, namely, the Friedman criterion, which proved the effectiveness of the selected conditions in accordance with the purpose of the study. The main conclusion of this work is to create pedagogical conditions of a didactic, organizationalpedagogical and psychological-pedagogical nature, affecting the motivational and personal aspects of students, developing the subject-specific, soft and research skills.