Also called: Generative AI Engineer, AI Application Developer
Builds products on top of large language models: chat assistants, AI agents, search, and automation.
You connect a language model to a company's documents so employees can ask questions, then test hundreds of tricky prompts to make sure it doesn't make things up. The field changes every month, so you're always learning.
Estimate; a fast-moving, well-paid title.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in CS or strong software experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Computer Science, Software Engineering.
Growing much faster than average. One of the fastest-growing job titles in tech since 2023.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Demand for building LLM products is booming, though better tools make simple chatbot builds easy for anyone.
Classes: AP Computer Science A, AP Statistics, English.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1252.
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