AI systems that invoke external APIs, search engines, or code interpreters during inference, extending capabilities beyond raw LLM generation. The foundational capability behind most agentic products. Primary AI lifecycle stage: agents.
1,275 active AI roles across 189 companies in our index reference Tool use as of today. New postings fell 20% in the last 30 days versus the prior 30 (695 → 554).
The companies with the most active Tool use listings are: JPMorgan Chase (73 roles), Salesforce (59 roles), Amazon (57 roles), Google (52 roles), Adobe (46 roles).
Tool use primarily belongs to the agents stage of the AI lifecycle. In current hiring, Tool use roles concentrate at: agents (94%), post-training (2%).
The sectors with the most active Tool use hiring are: Enterprise, Big Tech, Data AI.
AI systems that invoke external APIs, search engines, or code interpreters during inference, extending capabilities beyond raw LLM generation. The foundational capability behind most agentic products.
Primary AI lifecycle stage: agents.
As of today, 1,275 active AI roles across 189 companies in our index reference Tool use. Hiring concentrates at the agents (94%) and post-training (2%) stages. Most common sectors: Enterprise, Big Tech, Data AI. New postings fell 20% in the last 30 days versus the prior 30 (695 → 554).
8 AI roles tagged tool_use.
| Company | Title | Sector | AI score | Other tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuro | Senior Software Engineer – GenAI Infrastructure & Agent Systems for Engineering Efficiency | Robotics | 8 | Agent orchestration · Inference infra · Model serving · LLM observability |
| Applied Intuition | Software Engineer - AI Engineering | Robotics | 8 | Agent orchestration · Evals · Inference infra · Model serving · LLM observability |
| Applied Intuition | Embedded AI Engineer – Android Automotive (On-Device Intelligence) | Robotics | 7 | Model serving · Inference infra · Quantization · Fine-tuning · Guardrails · Multimodal |
| Applied Intuition | Software Engineer - Insights Platform | Robotics | 7 | Agent orchestration · LLM observability |
| Apptronik | Integration Engineer - Connect | Robotics | 7 | Embodied AI · Agent orchestration |
| Aurora Innovation | Staff Product Program Manager | Robotics | 5 | Agent orchestration |
| Aurora Innovation | Staff Product Program Manager | Robotics | 5 | Agent orchestration |
| Joby Aviation | Software Engineering Intern | Robotics | 5 | Agent orchestration · RAG · Fine-tuning |