Which roles ask for AI Agents at tech companies · 191 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
191 roles counted that list AI Agents, one per company, title and level; 543 postings in the window.
In short
AI Agents: listed in 191 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 111 and preferred in 80. The largest group is software engineer roles: 64 of 191 (34%).
- Required
- 111 of 191 (58%)
- Of the roles that list AI Agents
- Preferred
- 80 of 191 (42%)
- Of the roles that list AI Agents
- Largest group
- 64 of 191 (34%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for AI Agents
Roles listing AI Agents, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 64 | 64 of 719 (9%) |
| AI engineer | 42 | 42 of 70 (60%) |
| Security engineer | 20 | 20 of 126 (16%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 16 | 16 of 63 (25%) |
| Data scientist | 10 | 10 of 112 (9%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 9 | 9 of 79 (11%) |
| Research scientist | 8 | 8 of 39 |
| Software architect | 6 | 6 of 32 |
| Data engineer | 5 | 5 of 99 (5%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 191 AI Agents roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 108 of 191 (57%) |
| AI | 70 of 191 (37%) |
| LLMs | 68 of 191 (36%) |
| AWS | 48 of 191 (25%) |
| TypeScript | 43 of 191 (23%) |
| CI/CD | 40 of 191 (21%) |
| Go | 40 of 191 (21%) |
| Machine Learning | 37 of 191 (19%) |
| GCP | 36 of 191 (19%) |
| Observability | 35 of 191 (18%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| LLMs | 37 of 191 (19%) |
| AI | 25 of 191 (13%) |
| Open Source | 23 of 191 (12%) |
| AWS | 21 of 191 (11%) |
| Kubernetes | 20 of 191 (10%) |
| Azure | 17 of 191 (9%) |
| Docker | 17 of 191 (9%) |
| RAG | 17 of 191 (9%) |
| Model Evaluation | 16 of 191 (8%) |
| GCP | 15 of 191 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 111 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 111 of 111 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 111 of 111 (100%)
- 3+ years
- 103 of 111 (93%)
- 5+ years
- 75 of 111 (68%)
- 8+ years
- 24 of 111 (22%)
- 10+ years
- 11 of 111 (10%)
Degree
Of the 166 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 13 of 166 (8%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 29 of 166 (17%)
- Preferred
- 10 of 166 (6%)
- Not mentioned
- 114 of 166 (69%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 191 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $216.1k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 92 of 191 (48%)
- Remote roles
- 110 of 191 (58%)
How we count: 191 roles from 120 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology