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).
Foundational research on autonomous agents: planning algorithms, tool-use protocols, memory architectures, multi-agent collaboration dynamics. Primary AI lifecycle stage: agents.
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).
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).
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%).
The sectors with the most active Agent research hiring are: Big Tech, Enterprise, AI Frontier.
6 AI roles tagged agent_research.
| Company | Title | Sector | AI score | Other tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anduril | AI Chief Engineering Lead | Defense | 9 | Agent orchestration · RL robotics · Embodied AI · Synthetic data |
| Anduril | AI Chief Engineering Lead | Defense | 9 | Agent orchestration · Model serving |
| Anduril | Software Engineer, Command Control Mission Autonomy | Defense | 7 | Agent orchestration · LLM observability · Tool use |
| Anduril | Full-Stack Software Engineer, Mission Autonomy | Defense | 7 | Agent orchestration · Tool use |
| Shield AI | Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R4757) | Defense | 7 | Evals · Embodied AI |
| Anduril | Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning | Defense | 7 | Agent orchestration |