AI Engineer Roadmap 2026: From Zero to First Job
A practical, opinionated roadmap to becoming an AI Engineer in 2026. Covers LLMs, RAG, evals, embeddings, Python, FastAPI, and vector databases.
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A practical, opinionated roadmap to becoming an AI Engineer in 2026. Covers LLMs, RAG, evals, embeddings, Python, FastAPI, and vector databases.
A practical roadmap to becoming a Backend Developer. One language deep, databases, SQL, REST and GraphQL, auth, caching, queues, and production deployments.
A practical roadmap to becoming a Data Engineer. SQL deep, Python, warehouses, dbt, Airflow orchestration, batch vs streaming, and cloud data services.
A practical roadmap to becoming a DevOps Engineer. Linux, scripting, Docker, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and observability, in the right order.
A practical roadmap to becoming a Frontend Developer. HTML, CSS, JavaScript deep, TypeScript, React and Next.js, accessibility, performance, and testing.
An honest, opinionated roadmap to becoming a Software Development Engineer. CS fundamentals, one language deep, DSA, system design, Git, and real apps.
A practical roadmap to becoming a Site Reliability Engineer. Linux, networking, observability, IaC, Kubernetes, incident response, and SLOs explained in order.
A practical roadmap to becoming a Software Test Engineer or QA Engineer. Manual testing, Playwright and pytest automation, CI, performance testing, and career growth.