The agent workforce

The people who make AI agents work.

Agents now research, write, code and act inside real businesses. Every one of them needs people: someone to build it, connect it to the right tools, test it, keep it safe, run it day to day and decide what it should be doing at all. These are the roles behind the agent workforce, gathered from across the library.

Companies are moving agents out of pilots and into live work. That changes who they need, from people who can demo an agent to people who can make one reliable, secure and worth what it costs. Few people have done that in production yet, so the ones who have are hard to find and hired quickly.

28 roles from 16 job familiesHiring now 5Emerging 17Scenario 6

01Build them

9 roles

The engineers who design agents, give them tools and memory, and get them working inside a customer's own systems.

Hiring nowAI Agent EngineerTool-using agents and workflow orchestrationAn AI Agent Engineer builds software agents that take real actions through tools they are explicitly permitted to use. They turn model capability…Hiring nowAgent Tool Integration EngineerTool-using agents and workflow orchestrationAn Agent Tool Integration Engineer connects AI agents to outside systems through tightly scoped interfaces. They make sure agents act only where…EmergingAgent Workflow ArchitectTool-using agents and workflow orchestrationAn Agent Workflow Architect decides which tasks go to agents, which stay with people, and where approvals sit. It matters because agents that act…EmergingComputer-Use Agent EngineerTool-using agents and workflow orchestrationA Computer-Use Agent Engineer builds agents that operate real application interfaces, clicking, typing and reading screens, within firm limits. They…EmergingAgent Memory and Personalisation EngineerTool-using agents and workflow orchestrationBuilds the memory, user models and personalisation layers that let an agent remember people across sessions and act on it. It matters because an…EmergingMulti-Agent Systems ArchitectMulti-agent coordination and economicsA Multi-Agent Systems Architect designs how many AI agents work together: who does what, how work passes between them, and how failures stay…EmergingAgent Coordination EngineerMulti-agent coordination and economicsAn Agent Coordination Engineer builds the layer that lets several AI agents hand work to each other, share state and settle conflicts. It matters…EmergingContext EngineerConversation, prompt and context designA Context Engineer decides what information, memory and tools reach the model at each step. That choice shapes answer quality, cost and privacy, so…Hiring nowForward Deployed AI EngineerApplied AI and machine learning engineeringA Forward Deployed AI Engineer works inside a customer's environment to get AI solutions running on real tasks. They matter because a model only…

02Test, secure and control them

7 roles

The people who check an agent does what it claims, limit what it can touch, and make sure there is always a way to stop it.

EmergingAgent Performance AnalystCapability evaluation and benchmarkingAn Agent Performance Analyst monitors and scores the output quality of AI agents running in production, and ties it to business KPIs. They tell the…EmergingMulti-Agent Evaluation ScientistMulti-agent coordination and economicsA Multi-Agent Evaluation Scientist measures how groups of AI agents behave together and designs tests that expose collusion, cascades and…Hiring nowAgent Security EngineerAI application security and misuse defenceAn Agent Security Engineer protects AI agents from prompt injection, data leaks and tool misuse. They let a company ship agents that act on real…EmergingAgent Identity and Permissions ArchitectAI application security and misuse defenceThis person designs how AI agents prove who they are and what they may do. They keep access narrow as agent numbers grow, so one compromised agent…EmergingAI Control EngineerAI control, monitoring and containmentAn AI Control Engineer builds the monitoring, sandboxing and containment that let a company use powerful models safely, even if a model is…EmergingAgent Containment EngineerAI control, monitoring and containmentAn Agent Containment Engineer builds the boundaries that keep AI agents from doing harm, even if the model misbehaves or is attacked. They matter…EmergingDefensive AI Agent EvaluatorCyber defence and security operations AIA Defensive AI Agent Evaluator tests how AI agents behave inside security detection and response work, and shows where they fail. It matters because…

05If agents run more of the business

6 roles

Roles that depend on how far agents go. Not common jobs today: each one hangs on a stated condition, and we say what would make it real.

ScenarioHead of Autonomous OperationsGeneral-purpose autonomy assuranceA Head of Autonomous Operations would run a business unit staffed mostly by agents with a small human team. It depends on how AI develops: it only…ScenarioAgent-to-Agent Commerce ManagerAutonomous agent institutions and economic coordinationAn Agent-to-Agent Commerce Manager would run sales and purchasing where the buyer or seller is an AI agent. It depends on how AI develops, and it…ScenarioAgent Treasury and Payments ControllerAI finance, pricing and accountingAn Agent Treasury and Payments Controller would set the limits, approvals and reconciliation for money that AI agents spend. It depends on how AI…ScenarioAutonomous Close ManagerAI finance, pricing and accountingAn Autonomous Close Manager would supervise AI agents that run most of the month-end close and own the exceptions and sign-off. The role depends on…ScenarioAutonomous Delegation Accountability OfficerGeneral-purpose autonomy assuranceAn Autonomous Delegation Accountability Officer would keep track of who authorised what when AI systems carry out broad work. The role depends on…ScenarioAutonomous Agent Identity Governance ArchitectAutonomous agent institutions and economic coordinationAn Autonomous Agent Identity Governance Architect would design how agents prove who they are and whose authority they carry. It depends on how AI…

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