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Career course · Working professionals Intermediate

Generative AI Engineering

University partner: Partner University (sample).

Machine learning and language model theory from university faculty; building, evaluating and deploying AI features from engineers at an AI product company.

Part A · Theory · University · 40%Part B · Practical · Industry · 60%

Who this course is for

Developers and data professionals with Python, and strong engineering graduates.

What you will be able to do

Graduates are ready for AI engineer, machine learning engineer and applied scientist roles at the junior level.

Careers this course serves

Syllabus, by who teaches it

Progress is tracked separately for theory and practical, and both are assessed.

Part A · Theory University faculty
  1. A1
    Machine learning foundations

    Supervised learning, evaluation and the limits of models.

  2. A2
    How language models work

    Tokens, embeddings, attention and training.

  3. A3
    Retrieval and grounding

    Vector search, chunking and citation.

  4. A4
    Responsible AI

    Privacy, bias, safety and evaluation.

Assessed by a proctored online theory exam set and marked by university faculty.
Part B · Practical Industry professionals
  1. B1
    Working with model APIs

    Prompting, structured outputs, tools and cost control.

  2. B2
    Retrieval-augmented applications

    A document assistant with evaluation harness.

  3. B3
    Fine-tuning and small models

    When and how to adapt a model.

  4. B4
    Deployment

    Serving, monitoring and guarding an AI feature in production.

  5. B5
    Industry project

    An AI feature built to a partner company's brief and reviewed by its engineers.

Assessed on progressive assignments, the industry project and a presentation to the partner team.
You earnWalnutcraft Certificate in Generative AI EngineeringIssued on passing both assessments, with theory and practical marks shown separately. Verifiable online by employers.
Industry projectA brief from a partner companyAn AI feature built to a partner company's brief and reviewed by its engineers.
After the courseApply to partner rolesApply from Walnut LMS to the roles partner employers share for this career, and sit the certification exam with the course's preparation.

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