10 Emerging AI Agent Job Categories + 5 Open Positions (2026)

10 AI Agent Job Categories + 5 Open Positions

Top 10 Categories

1. Agentic AI Engineer (9/10) — LangGraph/CrewAI/AutoGen. 986% YoY growth.
2. AI Agent Architect (9/10) — Cognitive architecture. $260K–$420K.
3. AgentOps Manager (7/10) — Production reliability. Ramp, Klarna hiring.
4. AI QA/Evals Specialist (8/10) — Eval infrastructure. 40%+ projects fail without it.
5. AI Trust & Safety (8/10) — EU AI Act. $195K–$700K+.
6. LLM Infrastructure Engineer (9/10) — Inference optimization. $200K–$400K+.
7. Multi-Agent Systems Dev (8/10) — Swarm patterns. +30-50% premium.
8. AI Agent Manager (6/10) — HBR-defined. Best non-technical entry.
9. Forward-Deployed AI Engineer (7/10) — +800% postings. Deloitte hiring.
10. AI Workflow Specialist (6/10) — Process → agentic flows. 178% YoY.

5 Real Open Positions

1. Salesforce — AI Engineer, Agent Systems ($208K–$286K, Palo Alto)
2. Zoom — AI Engineer, Agent ($152K–$332K, US)
3. Era AI — Senior AI Engineer, Agentic (Remote US/Canada)
4. Cresta — Sr Forward Deployed Engineer ($185K–$235K + equity, Remote)
5. Upwork — Sr Lead ML Engineer, Agentic AI (Remote)