# Rise of the Knowledge Engineer

DevFeed: [Rise of the Knowledge Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rise-of-the-knowledge-engineer-33664.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/knowledge-engineer>)

Author: David Isquick

Published: 2026-09-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-trends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-trends.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [knowledge-base](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/knowledge-base.md>), [operational](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operational.md>), [source-of-truth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/source-of-truth.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines the rise of the knowledge engineer as companies increasingly serve AI agents that read documentation, compare products, solve support problems, and perform tasks. It argues that organizations need operating systems and processes to keep knowledge accurate, accessible, consistent, and retrievable, because incorrect information can spread through generated code, support responses, and automated workflows.

## Source excerpt

Agents are one of the largest audiences for company knowledge, accounting for 66% of measured web traffic across documentation powered by Mintlify. The emerging role responsible for keeping that knowledge accurate and retrievable is the knowledge engineer.