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.
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).
34 AI roles tagged agent_research.
| Company | Title | Sector | AI score | Other tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Lead Data Scientist- Comp Intel | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · RAG · Vector DB · Fine-tuning · LLM observability · Guardrails |
| Target | Lead Engineer - GenAI | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · LLM observability · RAG · Fine-tuning · Inference infra · Model serving · Synthetic data |
| Walmart | (USA) Distinguished, Data Scientist | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · Evals · RAG · Vector DB · Fine-tuning · Model serving · Multimodal |
| Walmart | Distinguished, Software Engineer -AI/ML Engineer- Walmart Connect | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · Multimodal · RAG · Vector DB · Fine-tuning · Inference infra · Model serving · RL post-training · LLM observability · Guardrails |
| Walmart | Principal, Data Scientist -- Agentic AI | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · LLM observability · RAG · Fine-tuning · Model serving · Multimodal · Vision · Code gen |
| Walmart | Distinguished, Software Engineer -AI/ML Engineer – Agentic Systems | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · LLM observability · Multimodal · RL robotics |
| Walmart | (USA) Staff, Data Scientist | Retail | 9 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · RAG · Evals |
| Target | Lead AI Engineer -- Advanced AI (applied ML, LLMs, agentic AI, ML Ops) | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · LLM observability · RAG · Fine-tuning · Model serving |
| Walmart | Staff, Data Scientist | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · Synthetic data · Evals · Guardrails · Model serving |
| Walmart | (USA) Staff, Data Scientist | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · Evals · Guardrails · LLM observability · Tool use |
| Walmart | (USA) Senior Manager, Data Science | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · RAG · Fine-tuning · LLM observability |
| Walmart | Staff, Software Engineer | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · Multimodal · RAG · Fine-tuning · Model serving · LLM observability |
| Walmart | Principal, Software Engineer | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · Model serving · Inference infra · Vision · Multimodal |
| Walmart | Principal, Data Architect | Retail | 8 | Agent orchestration · RAG · Vector DB · LLM observability · Guardrails |
| Target | Sr Engineer - Agentic Commerce | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · RAG · Model serving · Inference infra |
| Nordstrom | Senior Engineer 2: AI Agentic Solutions (Hybrid - Seattle, WA) | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Tool use · RAG · Vector DB · LLM observability · Guardrails · Evals |
| Walmart | Distinguished, Software Engineer | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Model serving |
| Walmart | (USA) Principal, Data Scientist | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · RL robotics · Embodied AI |
| Walmart | (USA) Senior, Data Scientist | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Evals · LLM observability · Tool use |
| Walmart | (USA) Senior Manager - AI & Self-Healing Engine (Last Mile Delivery) | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Tool use |
| Walmart | (USA) Principal, Software Engineer - Fraud and Risk Platform | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Model serving · Evals |
| Walmart | STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INFORMATION SECURITY | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Evals · Guardrails · LLM observability |
| Walmart | (USA) Senior, Software Engineer | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration |
| Walmart | Director, Software Engineering | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · LLM observability · Model serving · Inference infra |
| Walmart | Staff, Data Scientist - D&BI, Sam's Club | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration |
| Walmart | R-2403693 (USA) Senior Manager - Agentic Workflow Architecture and Simulation | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Evals · LLM observability · Guardrails |
| Walmart | (USA) Senior, Data Scientist | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration |
| Walmart | (USA) Staff, Software Engineer | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · LLM observability · Model serving |
| Walmart | (USA) Senior, Data Scientist | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Evals · Fine-tuning · Synthetic data · LLM observability |
| Walmart | Staff, Software Engineer | Retail | 7 | Agent orchestration · Evals · LLM observability · Tool use · Multi-agent |