2026-07-01
AI Agent / Agentic Engineer: the newest engineering title is also the highest-paying. 459 open roles, $221k median.
459 open Agentic Engineer roles. 220 companies. Median $221k USD — the highest of any niche we track. Direct from public ATS feeds.
A year ago, "Agentic Engineer" wasn't a title. It was a research concept. Today, 220 companies are actively hiring for it — and paying more than for any other engineering role on the market.
I track agentic and AI agent engineering roles daily by scraping public ATS feeds directly. Here's the full picture as of July 1, 2026.
What is an AI Agent / Agentic Engineer?
An Agentic Engineer builds autonomous systems that go beyond answering a question — they plan, take actions, call tools, loop, and produce results with minimal human intervention. The core stack: LLMs as reasoning engines, tool use and function calling, memory (short and long term), orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, custom), and rigorous evaluation pipelines.
The role is distinct from ML engineering (which focuses on models) and from standard software engineering (which builds deterministic systems). Agentic systems are probabilistic, multi-step, and failure-prone in novel ways — which makes building reliable ones a genuinely hard engineering problem. Companies are paying accordingly.
The data: 459 open Agentic Engineer roles across 220 companies
459 active roles. 220 companies. 80 new roles added in the last 7 days.
For a title that barely existed 18 months ago, this is a remarkable market. The 80 new roles last week is a 17% weekly growth rate relative to the base — the fastest growth signal we track.
Who's hiring most aggressively
| Company | Open Agentic roles |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 23 |
| Tide | 14 |
| Cresta | 12 |
| Paytm | 12 |
| UiPath | 9 |
| Comcast | 8 |
| Airwallex | 7 |
NVIDIA building deep into agentic AI is expected — their GPU infrastructure underpins the compute for agentic systems. UiPath is interesting: they've pivoted their entire automation platform around AI agents, replacing traditional RPA flows with LLM-driven orchestration.
Tide, Paytm, and Airwallex — fintech companies — signal that financial services is moving fast on agentic automation. Compliance workflows, KYC pipelines, and financial analysis are naturals for agentic systems with human-in-the-loop oversight.
What they pay
Of 459 roles, 150 (32.7%) have a published salary range. Among USD roles:
- Median: $221,000/year — the highest median of any niche we track
- 25th percentile: $190,800
- 75th percentile: $250,000
The $221k median reflects two compounding factors: (1) genuine scarcity of engineers who can build reliable agentic systems, and (2) the strategic value these systems represent — a working autonomous agent for a core business workflow is worth far more than its engineering cost.
Freshness: 80 new roles in the last 7 days
80 new openings in a week, against a base of 459, is exceptional velocity. This market is in its first innings.
What this tells us about the Agentic Engineer market
1. $221k median makes this the single highest-paying engineering title in our database. Higher than ML/AI ($215k), higher than FDE ($200k). Scarcity + strategic value = premium.
2. The title is consolidating. Six months ago, these roles appeared under a dozen different names: "LLM Engineer," "AI Systems Engineer," "Orchestration Engineer." The consolidation around "Agentic Engineer" and "AI Agent Engineer" signals the market has decided on the category.
3. Enterprise software is the primary demand centre. UiPath, Comcast, fintech platforms — not just AI labs. Agentic systems are being deployed against real enterprise workflows now, not just in demos. That's why Comcast (cable giant) is in the top 10.
4. 32.7% salary disclosure is low for the premium. Companies at the frontier of agentic AI are often still calibrating what the role is worth and are reluctant to anchor a number publicly. Expect that number to rise as the market matures.
The board
latchhire.com/board/agentic — updated daily. Every role links to the original posting.
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Data pulled 2026-07-01. Active roles only. Salary USD only. "New in 7d" = first seen in the past 7 days.