What is Tool Use and how common is it in AI job postings?

Tool Use is a skill in the "Agents & Autonomy" category. It currently appears in 314 active AI roles across 107 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Tool Use?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Tool Use are: Amazon (23), OpenAI (20), Adobe (19), NVIDIA (18), Google (10).

Is demand for Tool Use growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 233 new AI postings mentioned Tool Use. Demand is rising — up 173% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Tool Use used?

Roles requiring Tool Use are concentrated in: agents (75%), application (8%), serving infrastructure (8%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Tool Use?

Job postings that mention Tool Use most often also require: Agentic Systems, Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), System Design, Agent Orchestration.

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Tool Use

314 active AI roles across 107 companies mention Tool Use. Category: Agents & Autonomy.

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New AI postings mentioning Tool Use per week — 233 total over 12 weeks.

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32 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
OpenAI	Researcher, Computer Use - Agent Post-Training	AI Frontier	10	L2
Anthropic	Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)	AI Frontier	10	L4
Anthropic	Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)	AI Frontier	10	L2
Writer	Staff AI research scientist	AI Frontier	9	L2
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Conversational Assistant Modeling and Learning	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Research Engineer, Frontier Safety Loss of Control, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Selling Partner Support Engagement	Big Tech	9	L4
OpenAI	Researcher: Agent Post-Training, API & Power-Users	AI Frontier	9	L2
NVIDIA	Senior Data Scientist - Security and Networking Research	Semiconductors	9	L4
Meta	Research Scientist, Post-Training (Tech Leadership)- Meta Superintelligence Labs	Big Tech	9	L2
Amazon	Human-Robot Interaction Applied Scientist , Fauna	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, RL post-training, AWS	Big Tech	9	L2
Amazon	Applied Scientist - Agentic AI, Amazon Fulfillment Technology	Big Tech	9	L4
Adobe	Senior Research Engineer, Generative Prototyping	Enterprise	9	L4
Anthropic	Technical Program Manager, Research	AI Frontier	9	L2
NVIDIA	Senior Applied Researcher, AI Agentic Systems	Semiconductors	9	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Applied AI Researcher, Digital Biology	Semiconductors	9	L4
Apple	Research Scientist, Applied Machine Learning Security (Agent Systems), SEAR	Big Tech	9	L4
Snowflake	Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs	Data AI	9	L4
Amazon	Principal Applied Scientist, Conversational Assistant Modeling & Learning	Big Tech	9	L2
OpenAI	Researcher, Automated Red Teaming	AI Frontier	9	L5
ByteDance	Senior Research Scientist (Multimodal Large Language Model) - PICO	Big Tech	9	L4
Microsoft	Research Intern - AI Frontiers - Reasoning & Agentic Models	Big Tech	9	L4
Microsoft	Research Intern - Systems for Reliable and Scalable AI Agents	Big Tech	9	L4
Lila Sciences	Machine Learning Scientist I/II, Scientific Reasoning	AI Frontier	9	L4
Netflix	Research Scientist 4 - Machine Learning and Inference Research, LLM Post-Training	Big Tech	9	L2
Autodesk	Senior Research Engineer	Enterprise	8	L4
Island	Data & AI Researcher	Enterprise	8	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, RL post-training, AWS	Big Tech	8	L2
Microsoft	Research Intern - Agentic Programming	Big Tech	8	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Tool Use and how common is it in AI job postings?
Tool Use is a skill in the "Agents & Autonomy" category. It currently appears in 314 active AI roles across 107 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Tool Use?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Tool Use are: Amazon (23), OpenAI (20), Adobe (19), NVIDIA (18), Google (10).
Is demand for Tool Use growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 233 new AI postings mentioned Tool Use. Demand is rising — up 173% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Tool Use used?
Roles requiring Tool Use are concentrated in: agents (75%), application (8%), serving infrastructure (8%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Tool Use?
Job postings that mention Tool Use most often also require: Agentic Systems, Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), System Design, Agent Orchestration.

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