# Agentic Engineering

> Seasoned engineers accelerating their work with LLMs while staying accountable for the software they produce - the disciplined counterpart to vibe coding.

- Category: AI-Native Product
- Stage: Rising
- Also called: Vibe engineering
- Canonical: https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/agentic-engineering

## Plain English

Same tools as vibe coding, opposite professionalism: the engineer owns the architecture and the merge, the agent drafts.

## Example

An engineer runs three agent sessions on separate branches, reviews each diff, promotes one to a PR, and iterates - personally responsible for what ships.

## Why it matters

It names the actual senior job with agents - parallel work streams, review, verification - and sets the accountability line teams are hiring for.

## Related

- [Vibe Coding](https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/vibe-coding)
- [Coding Agent](https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/coding-agent)
- [Agent Harness](https://www.joelcsaji.com/ai-dictionary/agent-harness)

## Sources

- [Simon Willison: Vibe Engineering](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/)