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AI Engineer / Applied AI Specialist

Also known as: AI/ML Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, Generative AI Engineer, LLM Engineer, AI Solutions Engineer

AI Impact Score

30/100

AI engineers are among the most AI-augmented professionals — they literally use AI to build AI systems. While AI code generation tools accelerate their work substantially, the architectural judgment, evaluation design, and system-level problem solving that define great AI engineers remain distinctly human.

$130k – $280k

Salary Range

booming

Growth Outlook

85,000

Total Jobs (US)

+40%

Growth Rate

Task Breakdown

Tasks at Risk (3)

Boilerplate integration code for AI APIsStandard fine-tuning scripts for common use casesRoutine prompt template creation

AI-Enhanced Tasks (4)

AI-assisted code generation for ML pipelinesAutomated model evaluation and benchmarkingIntelligent debugging of model outputsAI-powered documentation generation

Human-Safe Tasks (5)

AI system architecture and design decisionsLLM evaluation framework designProduction safety and reliability engineering for AI systemsNovel problem framing and solution designCross-functional AI strategy and roadmap leadership

Current Skills

Python and ML Frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) and Prompt EngineeringRAG Architecture and Vector DatabasesML Ops and Model DeploymentSoftware Engineering and System Design

Future-Proof Skills

LLM Evaluation and AI Quality AssuranceAI Agents and Multi-Agent System DesignFine-tuning and RLHF TechniquesAI Safety and Responsible AI EngineeringProduction AI Observability (Langfuse, Arize, Weights & Biases)