AI Engineer (Claude)
Build reliable products and agents on Claude: prompting, tools, retrieval and evaluation, with Anthropic's certification path.
Rising quickly as organisations move from AI pilots to production systems.
Day to day
- •Design prompts and tool schemas
- •Build retrieval and agent workflows
- •Write evals that catch regressions
- •Balance quality, latency and cost
Start from: Comfortable programming in Python or TypeScript
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Using Claude well
2–3 weeksGet consistently good output and know when not to trust it.
Prompt structure
Clear instructions, context and examples drive most quality gains.
Evaluating output
Checking model output is the skill that separates production use from demos.
Choosing models and products
Picking the right model for the task controls cost and latency.
Certifications
- Claude Certified Associate – Foundations · AnthropicPractise
Portfolio project
Write a prompt for a real business task and a checklist that catches its failure modes.
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Building on the API
4 weeksShip features that call Claude safely and efficiently.
Messages API and SDKs
Every integration starts here.
Tool use
Tools connect the model to your systems and data.
Prompt caching and cost control
Production budgets depend on it.
Certifications
- Claude Certified Developer – Foundations · AnthropicPractise
Portfolio project
Build an assistant that answers from your own documents and calls one internal tool.
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Agents and architecture
4–6 weeksDesign agentic systems that are reliable and safe.
Agent loops and orchestration
Multi-step work needs clear control flow and stopping conditions.
Context management
Long tasks fail when context is managed badly.
MCP and tool design
Well-designed tools make agents both more capable and safer.
Certifications
- Claude Certified Architect – Foundations · AnthropicPractise
- Claude Certified Architect – Professional · Anthropic
Portfolio project
Build an agent with an eval suite, a human approval step, and a written threat model.
Finish line
Prove you're ready to apply
22 workplace scenarios. Reach 80% with no area below 60% for a job-ready signal.
Take the readiness exam
Certification requirements, prices and exam formats change. Always confirm on the issuer's site, linked from the certifications page.