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Roadmaps/AI / Machine Learning Engineer

AI & Machine Learning Engineer

The complete, industry-standard learning journey from linear algebra and Python data science to PyTorch, Transformers, LLM fine-tuning, RAG, and production MLOps.

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Orientation & AI Engineering Landscape

Understand modern AI stack, hardware accelerators (GPUs/TPUs), and algorithmic workflows. • ~2 weeks

AI Engineering Landscape & Tooling
TUTORIAL10h
01

Programming Foundations (Python & Vectorization)

Master Python data structures, memory model, and high-performance vector operations with NumPy. • ~4 weeks

Python Programming Fundamentals
COURSE30h
NumPy Vectorization & Pandas Data Wrangling
COURSE25h
02

Mathematics for Machine Learning

Linear algebra, matrix factorizations, gradients, multivariable calculus, and probability distributions. • ~6 weeks

Linear Algebra for Machine Learning
TUTORIAL35h
Probability, Statistics & Hypothesis Testing
TUTORIAL30h
03

Classical Machine Learning & Feature Engineering

Supervised & unsupervised algorithms, loss optimization, decision trees, and validation metrics. • ~6 weeks

Supervised & Unsupervised Machine Learning
COURSE45h
Feature Engineering, Cross-Validation & Metrics
PRACTICE25h
04

Deep Learning & Neural Architectures

Backpropagation, autograd, PyTorch tensor mechanics, CNNs, and optimization algorithms. • ~8 weeks

Deep Neural Networks with PyTorch
COURSE50h
05

Transformers, NLP & Generative AI

Self-attention mechanism, BERT, GPT decoder architectures, tokenization, and Hugging Face. • ~8 weeks

Transformers & Self-Attention Architectures
COURSE45h
06

RAG, Vector Databases & Agents

Dense embeddings, chunking strategies, vector search (Qdrant/Pinecone), and agent tool-calling. • ~6 weeks

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) & Vector DBs
COURSE40h
07

Production MLOps & Model Serving

High-throughput serving with vLLM/FastAPI, quantization (AWQ/GGUF), Docker, and evaluation pipelines. • ~6 weeks

Production MLOps, vLLM & Model Serving
PROJECT50h
Phase 0 • TUTORIAL10h estimated

AI Engineering Landscape & Tooling

Overview of generative models, compute layers (CUDA/ROCm), and workflow setup with Jupyter and VSCode.

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