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AI Engineering Course: Build, Understand and Ship AI Systems

Progress from building AI applications to understanding and evaluating models, then designing production AI systems through one structured engineering pathway.

01 BUILD

AI Developer

02 UNDERSTAND

AI Engineer

03 SHIP

Applied AI Engineer

8 Months · Live Online · 3 Engineering Phases · Project-Based

START

Software / Technical Background

01BUILD

AI Developer

Build AI Applications

LLMRAGToolsAPIs
02UNDERSTAND

AI Engineer

Understand Models

MLDLTransformersEvaluation
03SHIP

Applied AI Engineer

Engineer Production Systems

ServingObservabilityReliabilitySystem Design

01 / Program Definition

What Is the AI Engineering Program?

The AI Engineering Course is a live, project-led career program that progressively develops you from an AI application developer into an engineer who understands models and can design complete production AI systems. One pathway, three engineering phases — Build, Understand, Ship.

PROGRAM
AI Engineering
STRUCTURE
3 Progressive Engineering Phases
PHASE 1
AI Developer
PHASE 2
AI Engineer
PHASE 3
Applied AI Engineer
LEARNING MODEL
Build → Understand → Ship
FORMAT
Live Technical Program
PRIMARY OUTCOME
Application + Model + System Engineering

Audience Fit

Who Should Take This AI Engineering Course?

Software Developer

ALREADY

Applications, APIs, backend integration

PROGRAM ADDS

AI applications, model understanding, production AI systems

Data / ML Professional

ALREADY

Data analysis, basic modelling

PROGRAM ADDS

Application engineering, production AI architecture

AI / GenAI Developer

ALREADY

LLM applications, prompt engineering

PROGRAM ADDS

Model engineering, production system design

Backend / Platform Engineer

ALREADY

Services, infrastructure, deployment

PROGRAM ADDS

AI application engineering, model evaluation

YOU SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH

· Prior AI experience is not required· Consistent coding practice and willingness to work through projects are essential· Basic computer literacy and a laptop with internet access

02 / Capability Progression

How Your AI Engineering Capability Grows Across Three Phases

Each phase adds a new engineering responsibility. Phase 2 adds to Phase 1. Phase 3 adds to Phases 1 + 2. Skills accumulate — they do not replace.

01 BUILD

AI Developer

Application Engineering

Build AI-powered software.

SYSTEMS

RAG applicationsAI APIsTool-connected workflowsMultimodal applications

Turn model capability into usable software.

02 UNDERSTAND

AI Engineer

Model Engineering

Understand, train and evaluate the models behind AI applications rather than treating them as black boxes.

SYSTEMS

Supervised MLNeural networksTransformersEvaluation and error analysis

Evaluate model decisions, explain failures, and choose appropriate approaches.

03 SHIP

Applied AI Engineer

Production AI Engineering

Design and operate AI systems around real production constraints including reliability, observability, performance, cost and recovery.

SYSTEMS

API deliveryContainerizationEvaluation gatesTracing and fallbackCaching and guardrails

Deploy, evaluate, observe and improve a real AI service.

03 / Engineering Modes

From AI Application Development to Production AI Engineering

Each phase changes what you engineer. The workbench shows the actual technical flow you own — from application builder to model engineer to system architect.

PHASE 1 · AI DEVELOPER
REQUEST
user input
AI APPLICATION
LLM · RAG · TOOLS · STRUCTURED OUTPUT
BACKEND
API · DATABASE
APPLICATION RESPONSE

ENGINEER OWNS

  • Application logic
  • Context
  • AI API integration
  • Failure handling
  • Output validation

04 / Curriculum

AI Engineering Curriculum: Three Phases From Development to Production

Navigate the three engineering chapters. Every phase includes capability, modules, technical concepts, builds and engineering outcomes.

01

Phase 1

Engineering Foundations

Python, data tools, databases and APIs — the engineering base every AI Engineer needs before touching models.

CAPABILITY

Build AI applications using LLM APIs, RAG and basic agent workflows.

Python Foundations

  • Python foundations and problem solving
  • Functions, OOP, modules and virtual environments
  • Git and GitHub
  • Linux and command-line fundamentals

Data and Databases

  • NumPy and Pandas
  • SQL and PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • APIs, JSON and data modelling

WHAT YOU BUILD

A data ingestion and API service that pulls, cleans and serves structured data.

ENGINEERING OUTCOME

Write production-quality Python, query SQL and NoSQL databases, and consume or build APIs with confidence.

02

Phase 3

Modern AI Engineering

LLMs, RAG, agents and MCP — the modern AI stack that connects models to data, tools and real workflows.

CAPABILITY

Build AI applications using LLM APIs, RAG and basic agent workflows.

LLM Applications

  • LLM fundamentals and inference
  • Prompt design and structured outputs
  • Open-source model workflows
  • LLM evaluation

RAG Systems

  • RAG ingestion and chunking
  • Embeddings and vector databases
  • Hybrid retrieval and reranking
  • Grounding and citations
  • RAG evaluation

Agents and MCP

  • Tool-calling agents
  • Workflow state and memory
  • Multi-agent concepts
  • LangGraph or the project agent framework
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Permissions and human approval

WHAT YOU BUILD

An evaluated LLM app, a hybrid RAG knowledge system and an MCP-based agent workflow.

ENGINEERING OUTCOME

Build evaluated LLM applications, hybrid RAG systems and tool-using agent workflows with grounding and permissions.

05 / Engineering Evidence

What You Will Be Able to Prove as an AI Engineer

Three levels of evidence — application, model and system — map directly to the three phases. You do not just build projects. You prove engineering capability.

01

APPLICATION EVIDENCE

Proves: AI integration · RAG · Tool use · API engineering

02

MODEL EVIDENCE

Proves: Training · Evaluation · Model reasoning · Error analysis

03

SYSTEM EVIDENCE

Proves: Architecture · Serving · Observability · Production decisions

PROJECTS

02 MODEL EVIDENCE

Production ML Decision API

PROBLEM

Business teams need a reliable, versioned ML decision endpoint — not a notebook.

SYSTEM

A trained ML model served behind a FastAPI endpoint with input validation, logging and a simple evaluation gate.

ENGINEERING DECISION

Model selection based on evaluation metrics, not accuracy alone. API contract designed for downstream consumers.

EVALUATION

Offline evaluation report with precision, recall and latency benchmarks.

PROOF

TrainingEvaluationModel reasoningError analysisPythonscikit-learnFastAPIDockerGit

06 / Engineering Judgment

Engineering Decisions You Learn to Make

This is where the course becomes about engineering judgment, not tool memorization. Each decision teaches you to decide, design, defend and deliver.

Supervised ML vs LLM

SUPervised MLVSLLM

PHASE 2 · AI ENGINEER

DECISION

Use supervised ML with scikit-learn — the data is tabular, the target is clear, and a simple model is easier to evaluate and deploy.

DESIGN PATH

Data preparation → feature engineering → model selection → evaluation → FastAPI endpoint → Docker container.

DEFEND

Precision and recall matter more than accuracy. Latency budget is tight. Model complexity should match the problem — do not use a neural network when a gradient-boosted tree works.

DELIVER

Containerised FastAPI service with health check, prediction endpoint and an offline evaluation report.

07 / Tools & Platforms

AI Engineering Tools and Platforms

APPLICATION

  • Python
  • REST APIs
  • LLM Frameworks
  • Pandas

MODEL

  • scikit-learn
  • PyTorch
  • Transformers
  • NumPy

SERVE

  • FastAPI
  • Docker
  • Cloud Deployment
  • Uvicorn

OPERATE

  • Logging
  • Tracing
  • Evaluation Gates
  • Guardrails

08 / Career Path

How the Three Phases Map to AI Engineering Roles

Each phase evolves your engineering responsibility — from building AI applications to understanding models to designing production systems.

PHASE 1

AI Developer

I build AI-powered applications.

PHASE 2

AI Engineer

I understand, train and evaluate AI models.

PHASE 3

Applied AI Engineer

I design and operate production AI systems.

AI Engineering vs AI Developer, Generative AI and Agentic AI

AI Developer

Focus: AI application development

Depth: LLM apps · RAG · tools · APIs

Generative AI

Focus: Deep Generative AI specialization

Depth: models · fine-tuning · multimodal

Agentic AI

Focus: Autonomous agent systems

Depth: state · MCP · multi-agent · AgentOps

AI Engineering ← YOU ARE HERE

Focus: Application + model + production system engineering

Depth: Build → Understand → Ship

Looking for something specific? build AI-powered applications, specialize deeply in Generative AI, build stateful autonomous agent systems, or operate ML production lifecycles.

09 / Teaching Model

How the AI Engineering Program Is Taught

Every concept flows through a six-step engineering loop: Concept → Implement → Experiment → Evaluate → Review → System Decision.

CONCEPTIMPLEMENTEXPERIMENTEVALUATEREVIEWSYSTEM DECISION

How Your AI Engineering Skills Are Assessed

Assessment progresses from code review to architecture review — exactly like a real engineering organization.

BUILDCODE REVIEWMODEL EVALUATIONARCHITECTURE REVIEWCAPSTONECAPABILITY EVIDENCE

AI Engineering Certification and Career Support

The certificate is assessment-led — awarded after technical assessments, required project completion, portfolio review, an AI system-design review and capstone defence.

CREDENTIAL PATH

THREE PHASES

Build, Understand, Ship

PROJECT EVIDENCE

6 portfolio projects with evaluation reports

CAPSTONE

End-to-end AI system design and defence

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

Technical assessments + portfolio review

CERTIFICATE

Project-Verified AI Engineering Certificate

PLACEMENT SUPPORT STEPS

  1. 01

    Profile and Skill Baseline

    Understand your current background, gaps and target roles so support is aligned to where you are.

  2. 02

    GitHub, Resume and LinkedIn Preparation

    Prepare the professional surface area recruiters and hiring managers actually look at.

  3. 03

    Coding and Technical Readiness Checks

    Verify you can solve coding problems and explain your projects under interview pressure.

  4. 04

    Mock Interviews and Project Defence

    Practice technical and project-defence rounds with structured feedback before real interviews.

  5. 05

    Role-Matched Opportunities and Hiring Support

    Role-aligned guidance and opportunity sharing based on your readiness and target roles.

Placement support is not a job guarantee. It is structured guidance to help you become interview-ready. We do not publish placement percentages, salary claims, or hiring-partner logos.

10 / Course Decision

AI Engineering Course Fee, Format and Enrollment

One program, three phases. Live online, project-based, with placement support included.

DURATION

8 Months

FORMAT

Live Online

PHASES

3 Engineering

PROJECTS

6 Portfolio

01

AI Developer

BUILD

02

AI Engineer

UNDERSTAND

03

Applied AI Engineer

SHIP

Program Includes

  • Live technical sessions
  • 6 portfolio projects
  • Code and project reviews
  • Session recordings
  • Capstone project
  • Project-verified certificate
  • Interview preparation
  • Placement support

Best For

  • Final-year college students preparing for AI careers
  • Graduates and freshers building their first serious AI portfolio
  • Early-career developers moving into AI Engineering

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FAQ

AI Engineering Course FAQs

Is this the AI course with placement support?+

Yes. The AI Engineering Course with Placement Support is our AI course with placement — a live, project-led career program for graduates and freshers. It covers Python, databases, machine learning, deep learning, GenAI, RAG, AI agents, MCP and production deployment, followed by interview preparation, a project portfolio, a completion certificate and placement support.

What is an AI Engineering course?+

An AI Engineering course teaches you to build complete AI systems — from Python and data foundations through machine learning, deep learning, GenAI, RAG, AI agents, MCP and production deployment. The AI Engineering Course at School of Core AI is a live, project-led career program for graduates and freshers, with interview preparation, a project portfolio, a completion certificate and placement support.

Is this AI Engineering course suitable for freshers?+

Yes. The AI Engineering Course is designed for final-year students, recent graduates and freshers. It starts with Python foundations, so prior AI experience is not required. Consistent coding practice and willingness to work through projects are essential.

What are the prerequisites?+

Prior AI experience is not required. The program teaches Python from foundations. You need consistent coding practice, willingness to work through projects, basic computer literacy and a laptop with internet access.

Does an AI Engineer need DSA?+

Yes. Data structures and algorithms are part of the parallel interview lane in this program. You practice Python coding, SQL, arrays, strings, hash maps, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, recursion and complexity alongside the AI modules.

Does the course cover Python and databases?+

Yes. Phase 1 covers Python foundations, Git, Linux, NumPy, Pandas, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, APIs, JSON and data modelling — the engineering base every AI Engineer needs.

Does it cover GenAI, RAG, AI agents and MCP?+

Yes. Phase 3 covers LLM fundamentals, prompt design, structured outputs, LLM evaluation, RAG ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector databases, hybrid retrieval, reranking, grounding, RAG evaluation, tool-calling agents, workflow state, multi-agent concepts, LangGraph and Model Context Protocol.

What projects will I build?+

You build five portfolio projects and one capstone: a Production ML Decision API, a Deep-Learning Vision or Document Intelligence System, an Evaluated LLM Application, an Enterprise Hybrid RAG Knowledge System, an MCP-Based AI Agent Workflow and a Production AI Engineering Capstone. Each project includes a GitHub repository, architecture diagram, evaluation report and demo video.

Does the course include placement support?+

Yes. Placement support includes profile and skill baseline, GitHub, resume and LinkedIn preparation, coding and technical readiness checks, mock interviews and project defence, and role-matched opportunities and hiring support. Placement support is designed to help learners become application- and interview-ready — it is not a job guarantee.

What certificate will I receive?+

You receive a Project-Verified AI Engineering Certificate awarded after technical assessments, required project completion, portfolio review, an AI system-design review and capstone defence. The certificate is assessment-led and secondary to the career capabilities you build.

What is the difference between AI Engineering and Generative AI?+

AI Engineering is the broad, fresher-to-career pathway covering Python, databases, ML, deep learning, GenAI, RAG, agents, MCP, production deployment and interview readiness. Generative AI is a focused specialisation going deeper into LLMs, fine-tuning and multimodal AI. AI Engineering is best for graduates and freshers; Generative AI is best for developers and ML learners who already have foundations.

What is the difference between AI Engineering and Agentic AI?+

AI Engineering covers the complete AI career pathway from foundations to production. Agentic AI is a focused specialisation going deeper into agents, orchestration and MCP. AI Engineering is best for graduates and freshers starting their career; Agentic AI is best for learners already familiar with LLMs and RAG who want to specialise in autonomous agent systems.

Will I learn RAG and AI agents in this course?+

Yes. Phase 3 covers RAG systems (ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector databases, hybrid retrieval, reranking, grounding, citations, RAG evaluation) and agent workflows (tool-calling agents, workflow state, multi-agent concepts, LangGraph, Model Context Protocol, permissions and human approval). You build a hybrid RAG knowledge system and an MCP-based agent workflow as portfolio projects.

Will I learn deployment in this course?+

Yes. Phase 4 covers FastAPI, Docker, cloud deployment concepts, logging, tracing, evaluation gates, guardrails, caching, retry and fallback strategies, and latency and cost optimisation. The capstone project requires a deployed AI service with health checks and observability.

Does the course include MLOps?+

The AI Engineering Course includes production literacy — FastAPI, Docker, evaluation gates, tracing, and basic observability. It is not a full MLOps programme. If you want deep CI/CD, model registries, drift detection, orchestration platforms, and scaled operations, the MLOps Course or AIOps Course goes further.

How does placement support work?+

Placement support runs in parallel throughout the program, not as a last-minute crash course. It includes five steps: profile and skill baseline, GitHub and resume preparation, coding and technical readiness checks, mock interviews and project defence, and role-matched opportunities. Placement support is structured guidance to help you become interview-ready — it is not a job guarantee. We do not publish placement percentages, salary claims or hiring-partner logos.

What are the duration, schedule and fee?+

The AI Engineering Course is a live online program. For current duration, schedule, fee and upcoming cohort information, use the "Get Syllabus & Fees" form on this page and our team will share the latest verified details.

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Start Your AI Engineering Path

Build AI applications. Understand the models behind them. Learn to engineer complete AI systems.

Placement support is not a job guarantee. It is structured guidance to help you become interview-ready.