Technical · High demand
Prompt Engineer
Designs the instructions, context and evaluation that make AI output dependable rather than lucky.
What people earn
Entry
$60k–$85k
Mid-level
$90k–$135k
Senior
$140k–$200k
Increasingly bundled into AI engineer and product roles rather than hired standalone.
Skills that matter
- Structured prompting
- Context design
- Evaluation rubrics
- Model comparison
- Domain interviewing
- Documentation
Your path at Aivo
- 1
Foundations
Complete the 21-day certification and the ChatGPT track.
- 2
Breadth
Take OpenAI, Claude and Gemini academies to intermediate to feel the differences.
- 3
Rigour
Reach expert level in one academy, focusing on evaluation.
- 4
Evidence
Publish a prompt library with measured before-and-after results.
Academies to take
OpenAI Academy
ChatGPT, GPT models and the wider OpenAI toolkit, end to end.
Claude Academy
Long documents, careful reasoning and writing that sounds human.
Google Gemini Academy
AI everywhere you already work in Google.
Perplexity Academy
Answers with sources, not ten blue links.
Tools you'll use
Portfolio checklist
- • Every prompt has a stated job
- • Before-and-after quality is shown
- • You compare at least two models
- • You explain where prompting stops working
Projects that impress
- • A prompt library with a documented rubric
- • A model comparison on one real task
- • A staged workflow that beats a one-shot prompt
Interview prep
How do you improve a prompt that's 'nearly right'?
Show the four-part structure, staged decomposition and a measured comparison.
Which model would you pick and why?
Reference your own benchmark, not marketing claims.
How do you stop hallucinations?
Grounding, source requirements, structured outputs and human checkpoints.
Credentials that help
- Aivo AI Certificate
- OpenAI Academy — Expert
- Claude Academy — Advanced