ai-engineering-field-guide README

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AI Engineering Field Guide

Data-driven field guide to AI engineering roles, skills, and interviews. AI Engineering Field Guide is the go-to resource for AI engineering.

Everything here is based on real data: 6,964 actual job descriptions, real interview experiences, and real stories from practitioners. This is not AI-generated filler dumped into a repo - every insight comes from analyzing actual data and synthesizing patterns from it.

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The AI Engineer Role

Interview Preparation

Learning Paths

Portfolio

Job Market Data

6,964 job descriptions scraped from builtin.com covering LA, NY, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, and India.

Awesome AI Engineering

Curated collection of resources we compiled while researching content for this field guide:

See awesome.md for the list.

Webinars

Webinars and workshops on AI engineering careers, hosted through Maven and AI Shipping Labs:

  1. A Day of an AI Engineer - the practical reality of the role (Maven, AI Shipping Labs) - recording available
  2. Defining the AI Engineer Role - what companies actually hire for, based on 2,400+ job descriptions (Maven) - recording available
  3. The Interview Process - real hiring trends, technical questions, and live coding challenges (Maven) - recording available
  4. Take-Home Assignments - analyzing real assignments and building production-ready solutions (Maven) - recording available
  5. Selecting a Portfolio Project - how to choose what to build and scope the first version (AI Shipping Labs, June 29, 2026)

Learn AI Engineering

There's more to learning AI engineering than watching tutorials:

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What is this?A data-driven field guide to AI engineering roles, skills, and interviews, built from thousands of real job descriptions, interview experiences, and practitioner stories instead of generic advice.
Is this a tool I install, or a set of documents to read?It's a documentation repository - markdown guides, structured YAML job-description datasets, and a curated resource list - there's no software to run or install.
Where should I start reading?Start with the General Learning Path to see what to learn and in what order, or jump straight to Interview Preparation if you're prepping for a specific interview.
Is the job market data broad, or from a narrow set of sources?All the job data comes from a single source, builtin.com, limited to six locations, so it reflects that platform's postings rather than the full global market.
Who is this guide meant for?It's aimed at engineers transitioning into AI engineering - with dedicated transition paths from Data Engineer, Data Scientist, ML Engineer, Backend, and Frontend roles - plus anyone preparing for AI engineering interviews.
How is the field guide organized?It's split into four main parts - The AI Engineer Role, Interview Preparation, Learning Paths, and Portfolio - plus raw job market datasets and an Awesome AI Engineering resource list.
What makes this different from a typical interview-prep guide?Every claim is backed by analysis of real data rather than opinion: thousands of job postings, 100+ GitHub take-home assignment repos, and interview breakdowns for 51 named companies.
Can I access the raw job posting data myself?Yes, the repo includes structured YAML job descriptions and the original raw extracted postings, grouped by scrape date and location.
Is there a paid course to go along with this guide?The author runs a paid 9-week 'AI Engineering Buildcamp: From RAG to Agents' course and the 'AI Shipping Labs' community, alongside free recorded webinars on Maven.
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