AI Agent Engineering Job Market
How many AI Agent Engineer roles exist, who hires them, which skills they require and what they pay.
Generated Sep 29, 2026 · Dataset window: Dec 5, 2009 – Sep 29, 2026 · Observations: 23
Executive summary
Based on 23 active AI Agent Engineer postings from 5 companies in the tracked dataset. AI Agent Engineer is classified from exact job titles and evidence in job descriptions — see the methodology for classification rules.
Market snapshot
Skills employers ask for
| Skill | Jobs mentioning | Share of role |
|---|---|---|
| AI Agents | 23 | 100% |
| Evaluation | 17 | 74% |
| LLM | 13 | 57% |
| Python | 12 | 52% |
| Guardrails | 11 | 48% |
| MCP | 11 | 48% |
| Google Cloud | 9 | 39% |
| AWS | 9 | 39% |
| Docker | 9 | 39% |
| System Design | 8 | 35% |
Who is hiring
| Company | Active jobs |
|---|---|
| Scale AI | 10 |
| Databricks | 9 |
| Tenstorrent | 2 |
| Sourcegraph | 1 |
| Figma | 1 |
Interpretation
These figures describe only the tracked dataset on this site — public employer career pages of AI-sector companies. They are a lower bound on the total market. For the live numbers see the AI Agent Engineer role page.
Methodology & limitations
Dataset: active job postings collected from public employer career pages and ATS APIs (Greenhouse, Lever). Role classification uses exact-title pattern matching with evidence stored per posting; skills are extracted from description text.
Limitations: the dataset covers tracked employers only and is a lower bound on the market. Figures describe the tracked dataset, not the entire AI labor market. Salary figures use advertised ranges only.
Full details: data methodology.