Agent Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Emerging · in 0.90% of HN hiring posts · 88 open roles at 27 companies · median $285k · first seen Sep 2016
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 27 companies (top 12 shown)
Open roles
8 of 88; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Software Engineer, Agent - Healthcare SierraNew York, NY$180k to $390k | Sierra | New York, NY | $180k to $390k |
Principal Software Engineer - Agentic Pipelines SnowflakeUS-WA-Bellevue$264k to $380k | Snowflake | US-WA-Bellevue | $264k to $380k |
AI Agent Engineer StarburstUnited States$180k to $225k | Starburst | United States | $180k to $225k |
Software engineer, agents WriterNew York City, NY$132k to $240k | Writer | New York City, NY | $132k to $240k |
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI MongoDBNew York City$151k to $297k | MongoDB | New York City | $151k to $297k |
Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Commerce & Payments ReplitFoster City, CA$290k to $360k | Replit | Foster City, CA | $290k to $360k |
Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents) PerplexitySan Francisco$220k to $405k | Perplexity | San Francisco | $220k to $405k |
Software Engineer, Agents BenchlingSan Francisco, CA$194k to $265k | Benchling | San Francisco, CA | $194k to $265k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
63 posts since Apr 2011 · -12% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 5 of 256 postings, 2.0%
Related titles
About this title
Builds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.
Also counted: AI agent engineer, agentic engineer
First sighting
Scalyr | Agent Engineer | $110-160K, >=0.3% equity | San Mateo, CA (ONSITE) "Agent Engineer" sounds...
Median posted salary $285k from 54 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.