Field
Artificial Intelligence
Seven archetypes across 1,558 postings. The market split into an applied majority and a frontier minority, and most preparation targets the smaller one.
1,558 roles · 592 JDs parsed
Forward Deployed / Applied AI Engineer
Largest single title family. Half engineering, half consulting.
TESTS
Discovery before solution The control Measuring what resists measurement
OPEN — full archetype →
Agent / AI Product Engineer
Named in 64% of postings. The centre of gravity.
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Measuring what resists measurement Latency and cost arithmetic The control
OPEN — full archetype →
ML Engineer — Ranking, RecSys, Risk
The classical role. Strongest in India.
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The control Measuring what resists measurement Design under constraint
OPEN — full archetype →
Research Engineer / MTS
≈10% of the market and the hardest to enter laterally.
TESTS
The control Measuring what resists measurement Design under constraint
OPEN — full archetype →
AI Platform & Inference Infrastructure
GPUs, throughput, cost per token. Small and durable.
TESTS
Design under constraint Latency and cost arithmetic
OPEN — full archetype →
AI Evaluation & Quality
Named 59%, titled under 2%. The arbitrage.
TESTS
Measuring what resists measurement The control
OPEN — full archetype →
AI Product Manager / GTM Engineer
The commercial surface, becoming genuinely technical.
TESTS
Discovery before solution Latency and cost arithmetic The control
OPEN — full archetype →