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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73 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Adobe	Director of Engineering, Graph	Enterprise	7	L4
Webflow	Engineering Manager, Developer Productivity	Enterprise	7	L4
Replit	Staff Software Engineer, Agent Platform	Enterprise	7	L4
Autodesk	Software Development Manager, Generative AI	Enterprise	7	L4
Zapier	Sr. Engineer, Backend - Enterprise	Enterprise	7	L4
Unity	Artiste Technique Sénior, IA / Senior Technical Artist, AI	Enterprise	7	L4
Adobe	Senior / Prompt Engineer (AI/ML), Brand Concierge	Enterprise	7	L4
Intercom	Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering	Enterprise	7	L6
Adobe	Senior Product Manager, Brands AI	Enterprise	7	L6
Adobe	Sr. Director, Product Management - Firefly Boards	Enterprise	7	L6
Adobe	Sr. Director of Engineering - Mixed Media Authoring	Enterprise	7	L6
Adobe	Senior Director, Product Management, AI Brand Experiences	Enterprise	7	L6
Twilio	Principal Machine Learning & Data Engineer	Enterprise	7	L3

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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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