What is Autonomous Agents and how common is it in AI job postings?

Autonomous Agents is a skill in the "Agents & Autonomy" category. It currently appears in 480 active AI roles across 93 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Autonomous Agents?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Autonomous Agents are: Anduril (73), Amazon (73), Shield AI (28), Salesforce (26), NVIDIA (20).

Is demand for Autonomous Agents growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 320 new AI postings mentioned Autonomous Agents. Demand is rising — up 251% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Autonomous Agents used?

Roles requiring Autonomous Agents are concentrated in: agents (71%), application (11%), post-training (6%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Autonomous Agents?

Job postings that mention Autonomous Agents most often also require: Agentic Systems, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Content Generation, Robotics.

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Autonomous Agents

480 active AI roles across 93 companies mention Autonomous Agents. Category: Agents & Autonomy.

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New AI postings mentioning Autonomous Agents per week — 320 total over 12 weeks.

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102 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Amazon	Sr. TPM, GenAI, Catalog Systems	Big Tech	7	L6
Amazon	Senior Software Dev Engineer , Velocity	Big Tech	7	L0
Amazon	Sr Technical Program Manager - Prime Video, AI Automation	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Sr. Technical Program Manager	Big Tech	7	L6
Amazon	Fall 2026 Applied Science Internship - Canada, PhD Student Science Recruiting	Big Tech	7	L6
Amazon	Sr. Research Scientist III, WW Sustainability	Big Tech	7	L0
Amazon	Senior Machine Learning Engineer, GenAIUX	Big Tech	7	L4
Microsoft	Principal Product Manager/Architect - Foundry Inference Platform (CoreAI)	Big Tech	7	L3
Meta	Product Content Engineer	Big Tech	7	L5
Amazon	Data Scientist, IES CFX & Prime	Big Tech	7	L6
Amazon	Principal Solutions Architect, CEE Enterprise, FSI	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, AWS Applied AI Solutions Core Services	Big Tech	7	L6

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What is Autonomous Agents and how common is it in AI job postings?
Autonomous Agents is a skill in the "Agents & Autonomy" category. It currently appears in 480 active AI roles across 93 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Autonomous Agents?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Autonomous Agents are: Anduril (73), Amazon (73), Shield AI (28), Salesforce (26), NVIDIA (20).
Is demand for Autonomous Agents growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 320 new AI postings mentioned Autonomous Agents. Demand is rising — up 251% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Autonomous Agents used?
Roles requiring Autonomous Agents are concentrated in: agents (71%), application (11%), post-training (6%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Autonomous Agents?
Job postings that mention Autonomous Agents most often also require: Agentic Systems, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Content Generation, Robotics.

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