Welcome to AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks! 🎓
This curriculum for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks follows a Bloom-aligned progression from practical foundations to measurable professional outcomes, with weekly evidence, labs, and portfolio outputs matched to advanced expectations.
Each week advances from comprehension and application toward evaluation and creation, ensuring progressive learning and capstone readiness.
Your success is our priority. By the end, you will produce portfolio-ready artifacts and confidently explain your technical decisions. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality.
Detailed Weekly Curriculum
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1)
- Analyze the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Evaluate AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Design trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 1) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1)
- Analyze the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Evaluate AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Design trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build a release workflow for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1) with automated checks, approvals, and artifact traceability.
- Implement quality and security gates for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1) and enforce fail-fast criteria.
- Execute a staged promotion for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 1) and validate rollback safety under a controlled failure.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1)
- Analyze the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Evaluate AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Design trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 1) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1)
- Analyze the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Evaluate AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Design trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 1) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1)
- Analyze the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Evaluate AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Design trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 1) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1)
- Analyze the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Evaluate AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Design trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Instrument AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1) with metrics, logs, and tracing hooks aligned to service objectives.
- Create actionable alerts for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1) and test escalation paths using simulated incidents.
- Perform root-cause analysis for a AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 1) failure scenario and document corrective actions.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1)
- Evaluate the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Design AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Optimize trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 1) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1)
- Evaluate the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Design AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Optimize trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 1) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2)
- Evaluate the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Design AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Optimize trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: ML Problem Framing and Baselines (Sprint 2) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2)
- Evaluate the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Design AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Optimize trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build a release workflow for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2) with automated checks, approvals, and artifact traceability.
- Implement quality and security gates for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2) and enforce fail-fast criteria.
- Execute a staged promotion for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Feature Engineering and Data Pipelines (Sprint 2) and validate rollback safety under a controlled failure.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2)
- Evaluate the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Design AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Optimize trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Justify a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Training and Evaluation (Sprint 2) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2)
- Design the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Optimize AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Architect trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Defend a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Experiment Tracking and Reproducibility (Sprint 2) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2)
- Design the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Optimize AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Architect trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Defend a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Model Serving and API Integration (Sprint 2) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2)
- Design the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Optimize AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Architect trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Defend a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Instrument AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2) with metrics, logs, and tracing hooks aligned to service objectives.
- Create actionable alerts for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2) and test escalation paths using simulated incidents.
- Perform root-cause analysis for a AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Monitoring, Drift, and Reliability (Sprint 2) failure scenario and document corrective actions.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2)
- Design the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Optimize AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Architect trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Defend a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Responsible AI and Governance (Sprint 2) across failure and recovery scenarios.
AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2)
- Design the principles of AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes at advanced depth with architecture-level decision quality.
- Optimize AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
- Architect trade-offs, risks, and decision points for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
- Defend a portfolio-ready delivery strategy memo for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.
Lab Exercise
- Build and validate topology for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2), including segmentation and routing intent.
- Implement policy controls for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2) traffic paths and verify allowed/denied flows.
- Run connectivity and resilience tests for AI Engineering: Building LLMs & Neural Networks: Production Hardening and Rollback (Sprint 2) across failure and recovery scenarios.