How many AI roles reference Agent research right now?

641 active AI roles across 130 companies in our index reference Agent research as of today. New postings fell 21% in the last 30 days versus the prior 30 (316 → 251).

Which companies are hiring for Agent research roles?

The companies with the most active Agent research listings are: Amazon (84 roles), Google (37 roles), Microsoft (37 roles), Salesforce (33 roles), Walmart (21 roles).

What AI lifecycle stage does Agent research belong to?

Agent research primarily belongs to the agents stage of the AI lifecycle. In current hiring, Agent research roles concentrate at: agents (78%), post-training (9%).

What sectors invest most in Agent research?

The sectors with the most active Agent research hiring are: Big Tech, Enterprise, AI Frontier.

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Agent research

Foundational research on autonomous agents: planning algorithms, tool-use protocols, memory architectures, multi-agent collaboration dynamics.

Primary AI lifecycle stage: agents.

As of today, 641 active AI roles across 130 companies in our index reference Agent research. Hiring concentrates at the agents (78%) and post-training (9%) stages. Most common sectors: Big Tech, Enterprise, AI Frontier. New postings fell 21% in the last 30 days versus the prior 30 (316 → 251).

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Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Other tags
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Researcher Lead	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Multi-agent · Evals · Model serving
JPMorgan Chase	Applied Machine Learning Scientist - Vice President	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Tool use · Evals · Guardrails · LLM observability · RAG · Fine-tuning · Model serving · Recommender systems · Multimodal · RL post-training
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Researcher Director	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Model serving · Inference infra
Capital One	Applied Researcher II (AI Foundations, LLM Core and Agentic AI)	Banking	9	Pretraining · Fine-tuning · RL post-training · Frontier research · Agent orchestration · Vector DB · Model serving · Recommender systems · Multimodal
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Researcher Director	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Model serving · Inference infra
JPMorgan Chase	Senior Lead Software Engineer- Java/Python/ AI Solutions	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Tool use · LLM observability · RAG · Vector DB · Fine-tuning · Model serving
Capital One	Applied Researcher I (AI Foundations, LLM Core and Agentic AI)	Banking	9	Pretraining · Fine-tuning · Frontier research · Vector DB
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Lead Researcher - Commercial and Investment Bank	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Frontier research · Model serving · Inference infra
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI/ML Director Researcher	Banking	9	Agent orchestration · Frontier research · Model serving · Inference infra
JPMorgan Chase	Lead Software Engineer - Python, AI	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Tool use · Evals · LLM observability
JPMorgan Chase	Data and Analytics - Business Insurance Data Science Executive Director	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · LLM observability · RAG · Model serving
JPMorgan Chase	Agentic AI Data Lead Software Engineer	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · RAG · Vector DB · LLM observability
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI/ML Lead - Intelligent Cloud Migration	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Evals · Guardrails · LLM observability · Model serving
JPMorgan Chase	Sr. Lead Architect-Applied AI/ML	Banking	8	Model serving · Inference infra · Recommender systems · RAG · Agent orchestration
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Lead - Agentic AI	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Tool use · Evals · Guardrails · LLM observability · RAG
JPMorgan Chase	Finance Decision Optimization - Data Scientist Lead	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Tool use · RAG · Evals · Guardrails · LLM observability · Model serving
Capital One	Distinguished Engineer - Agentic AI	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · RAG · Model serving
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Director - AGENT BUILDER PLATFORM	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Tool use · Multi-agent · Guardrails · LLM observability · Fine-tuning · Model serving
Capital One	Manager, Product Management - AI Strategy & Enablement (Business Cards & Payments)	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Evals · LLM observability
JPMorgan Chase	Machine Learning and Optimization, Conversational AI, Product Manager- VP	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · LLM observability · Fine-tuning · Model serving · Evals · Synthetic data
JPMorgan Chase	Agentic AI Governance Director	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Guardrails · LLM observability
JPMorgan Chase	Sr Lead Software Engineer - Agentic AI Systems	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Tool use · RAG · Vector DB · Fine-tuning · Model serving · LLM observability
Capital One	Sr Distinguished Engineer	Banking	8	Agent orchestration
Capital One	Distinguished Engineer	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Model serving · Inference infra
Capital One	Applied Researcher I (Multi-agent Systems, Knowledge Graphs/GraphRAG/Graph-of-Thought / GoT, MCP, LangGraph, Agent Protocols)	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · RAG
JPMorgan Chase	Agentic Development - Vice President	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · LLM observability · RAG · Inference infra · Model serving · Tool use
JPMorgan Chase	Agentic Development Associate	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · LLM observability · RAG · Tool use
Capital One	Director, AI Engineering	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Model serving · Inference infra
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML Researcher Senior Associate - Commercial and Investment Bank	Banking	8	Agent orchestration · Model serving · Inference infra
JPMorgan Chase	Product Manager - Customer Onboarding (Agentic AI Specialist)	Banking	7	Agent orchestration · Guardrails

Frequently asked questions

What is Agent research in AI?
Foundational research on autonomous agents: planning algorithms, tool-use protocols, memory architectures, multi-agent collaboration dynamics. Primary AI lifecycle stage: agents.
How many AI roles reference Agent research right now?
641 active AI roles across 130 companies in our index reference Agent research as of today. New postings fell 21% in the last 30 days versus the prior 30 (316 → 251).
Which companies are hiring for Agent research roles?
The companies with the most active Agent research listings are: Amazon (84 roles), Google (37 roles), Microsoft (37 roles), Salesforce (33 roles), Walmart (21 roles).
What AI lifecycle stage does Agent research belong to?
Agent research primarily belongs to the agents stage of the AI lifecycle. In current hiring, Agent research roles concentrate at: agents (78%), post-training (9%).
What sectors invest most in Agent research?
The sectors with the most active Agent research hiring are: Big Tech, Enterprise, AI Frontier.