The new AI roles. One page per role, grounded in a dated source snapshot.
Each page covers what the role is, which employers appear in the source postings, what its tasks actually look like, and how to connect the role to workflow responsibilities and preparation. Sourced from 264,613 source job postings. Snapshot 2026-07-17. Postings are market evidence, not confirmation that each vacancy remains open.
The workforce combines people and AI agents. Connect these human roles to actual work in your enterprise: building a testing agent, configuring invoice generation, developing a model or delivering a customer solution. Hiring patterns inform the discussion; the project, relevant systems and assessment need their own scope.
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Roles building AI systems and tools
AI Engineer
564 postingsBuilds applications and features using AI models, tools and enterprise data.
Applied AI Architect / Engineer
164 postingsApplies AI models to a customer or business problem.
Forward Deployed Engineer
641 postingsWorks within the customer's workflow to connect a business problem to a working technical solution.
AI Accelerator (Internal FDE)
6 postingsEmbeds in a business function to build the agents and workflows that team uses.
Agentic Developer
330 postingsBuilds workflows that connect agents, tools and multiple steps.
AI Agent Engineer
27 postingsBuilds agents that use tools, manage context and act within defined permissions.
Prompt Engineer
13 postingsDesigns, tests, and maintains prompt suites and evals.
Loop / Harness Engineer
4 postingsBuilds the loops, tools and evaluation harnesses that agents run inside.
ML Engineer
881 postingsTrains, evaluates and deploys machine-learning models.
LLM Engineer / LLMOps
63 postingsBuilds, adapts and operates applications and services around large language models.
AI Solution Architect
132 postingsDesigns the architecture and integrations for an AI system, including model services, data, permissions, observability and failure handling.
AI Research Scientist
189 postingsDevelops and tests ideas for model architectures, training methods and evaluation.
AI Data Engineer
64 postingsBuilds the data layer AI runs on: ingestion, feature stores, embeddings, retrieval.
AI Deployment Engineer
70 postingsConnects an AI implementation to the customer’s operating systems.
AI Platform Engineer
67 postingsBuilds and maintains model-serving, agent-runtime and evaluation infrastructure used by delivery teams.
AI Security Engineer
33 postingsReviews AI systems for prompt injection, model supply-chain risks, agent permissions and data boundaries.
MLOps Lead
48 postingsLeads the operation of machine-learning systems, including deployment pipelines, monitoring, retraining and rollback.
AI Solutions Engineer
17 postingsHelps customers evaluate and implement an AI product.
Roles applying AI within business functions
Marketing AI Builder
77 postingsBuilds or configures AI workflows for campaign planning, segmentation, content operations and creative production.
Finance AI Builder
48 postingsBuilds or configures AI assistance for financial planning, accounting, audit and treasury work.
HR AI Builder
24 postingsBuilds or configures AI workflows for recruitment, learning, performance and internal mobility.
Legal AI Builder
38 postingsBuilds or configures AI assistance for contract review, compliance monitoring and regulatory writing.
Sales AI Builder
110 postingsBuilds or configures AI workflows for lead research, outreach preparation and sales follow-up.
Operations AI Builder
93 postingsBuilds or configures AI workflows for operations, supply chain, logistics, procurement and fulfilment.
Customer Experience AI Builder
17 postingsBuilds or configures AI assistance for customer service, success and support.
AI Business Analyst
7 postingsMaps business requirements, records and decisions for an AI project.
AI Experience Designer
13 postingsDesigns interfaces and interactions through which people use AI systems.
AI Success Manager
11 postingsHelps customers use and review AI in their work after implementation.
AI Content Specialist
6 postingsProduces, edits and reviews content with AI tools.
Roles coordinating AI priorities, governance, adoption and operation
Chief AI Officer
1 postingEnterprise AI leader responsible for the organization's AI priorities and governance.
Head of AI
18 postingsLeads AI work for a function or organization.
VP AI
49 postingsEnterprise AI leadership at the VP/SVP level, typically running the AI platform, AI product, or AI-X function (AI Security, AI Strategy, AI Innovation).
Director AI
48 postingsOperational AI ownership, often the role accountable for shipping AI features and AI-touching products in a specific business unit.
Responsible AI Officer
58 postingsSets AI governance policy and coordinates risk review across the organization.
AI Evangelist
8 postingsExplains AI capabilities through demonstrations, technical content and workshops.
Vibecoder
No matching postings in this snapshotUses natural-language instructions and AI coding tools to build software.
AI Orchestrator Lead
17 postingsCoordinates agents, tools and human decisions across a workflow.
AI Validator
17 postingsChecks AI outputs and agent actions against defined criteria.
AI Product Manager
149 postingsDefines what an AI product should help users do and which decisions remain with its owners.
AI Strategist
37 postingsDevelops AI priorities with business and technical owners.
AI Program Manager
30 postingsCoordinates the delivery and introduction of AI initiatives across teams.
AI Consultant
17 postingsHelps an organization define an AI problem, compare approaches and plan the work.
AI Adoption Lead
18 postingsHelps teams introduce AI into agreed responsibilities.
AI Agent Operator
No matching postings in this snapshotMonitors agent queues, outputs, failures and escalations after implementation.
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