🤔 AI Engineer Banna Hai Kya Hai?
AI Engineer 2023 ke baad ka naya role hai — software engineer + ML engineer ka hybrid. Job kya hai? LLMs (GPT, Claude, Llama) ko use karke products banana, RAG systems, AI agents, ML models ko production mein deploy karna. Yeh PhD wali pure research nahi hai — yeh applied engineering hai, jaise web dev ya mobile dev. Karpathy ne ek tweet mein bola tha: 'Software 2.0 = AI Engineering' — matlab ab code likhne se zyada important hai prompts likhna, embeddings handle karna, vector DBs query karna, AI agents design karna.
Real job titles India mein: AI Engineer, ML Engineer, MLOps Engineer, Applied Scientist, GenAI Developer, Prompt Engineer, AI Product Engineer. Companies hire kar rahi hain: Google India, Microsoft, Razorpay, Swiggy, Cred, Zomato, Sarvam AI, Krutrim, BharatGen, Wadhwani AI, plus 200+ startups. Salaries (LinkedIn/Glassdoor data 2025): 0-2 year exp: 8-18 LPA, 2-5 year exp: 18-40 LPA, 5+ year: 40-80 LPA, FAANG/research: 80 LPA-2 Cr.
Lekin yahi sach bhi — 'AI Engineer' word use karke 80% YouTubers ₹50,000-₹2,00,000 ke courses bech rahe hain jo basic Python + ChatGPT API tutorials hain. Real path simpler aur sasta hai: solid Python + DSA basics + ML fundamentals (Andrew Ng course, free) + LLM application building (LangChain/LlamaIndex docs, free) + 3-5 GitHub projects + LinkedIn presence. Iss chat room mein hum theory nahi, actual roadmap discuss karte hain — week-by-week.
