Emerging
AI / Machine Learning Engineer
Builds systems that learn from data and put models into production.
About the work
ML engineers combine software engineering with statistics, taking a model from experiment to something that serves real users reliably.
A day in the life
Reviewing experiment results, cleaning a training set, tuning a model, shipping an inference service, monitoring drift.
How people get in
Strong maths and computing base, usually a degree plus specialised study; a postgraduate degree helps for research roles.
Core skills
- Mathematics
- Python
- Machine learning
- Experimentation
- Engineering