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).
5 AI roles tagged agent_research.
| Company | Title | Sector | AI score | Other tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figure AI | Helix AI Engineer, Agentic Systems | Robotics | 10 | Agent orchestration · Embodied AI · Multimodal · Fine-tuning · Model serving · RL robotics |
| Nuro | ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart Agents | Robotics | 9 | Agent orchestration · Embodied AI · Fine-tuning · RL post-training |
| Nuro | Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction | Robotics | 9 | Embodied AI · RL robotics · Fine-tuning |
| Nuro | Technical Lead Manager, Autonomy Evaluation and Intelligence | Robotics | 8 | Evals · Embodied AI · Agent orchestration · Model serving |
| Aurora Innovation | Staff Product Program Manager | Robotics | 5 | Agent orchestration |