Machine learning and AI engineer: certifications, study paths and pay
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You build, deploy and operate AI systems, including machine learning models and generative AI applications, and make them work reliably in production.
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What you do
- Build and deploy models and AI-powered services
- Set up training, evaluation and monitoring
- Integrate language models into applications with proper safeguards
Skills that matter
- Python and software engineering
- Machine learning and LLM concepts
- Cloud and MLOps tooling
- Evaluation and monitoring
What does this role pay?
United States, May 2025, annual wages for the closest official occupation: Data scientists, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay grows with experience, scope and certifications. Pay in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries is different, so check local job boards and salary guides. These figures are a guide, not an offer or a promise of pay.
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Study paths that lead here
Developer to AI engineer
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STUDY PATHAI path: from foundations to builder
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STUDY PATHAWS AI track
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STUDY PATHAI infrastructure and MLOps
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Job titles this page covers
- AI and automation specialist
- AI application developer
- AI developer
- AI integration specialist
- AI platform engineer
- AI research assistant
- Applied AI engineer
- Backend engineer for AI services
- Conversational AI developer
- DevOps engineer for AI apps
- Full-stack developer adding AI
- Generative AI developer
- Generative AI engineer
- Junior AI or machine learning engineer
- Junior machine learning or LLM engineer
- LLM application engineer
- ML platform engineer
- MLOps engineer
- MLOps or platform engineer
- Machine learning engineer
- NLP engineer (junior)
- Platform engineer for AI workloads
- Prompt or LLM application developer
- Software engineer adding AI features
- Software engineer building AI features
Employers use many names for similar work. Requirements vary by employer and country, and a certificate supports your application but does not guarantee a job.
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