TECHNICAL COMPETENCY TRACKER
AI Engineering Skill Matrix
12 core skill dimensions verified through code execution and validation gates.
Foundations
Tensor Algebra & GEMM
PyTorch, Broadcasting, Slicing
VERIFIED
Foundations
Autograd & Backprop
Computational Graphs, Chain Rule
VERIFIED
Retrieval
Embeddings & Cosine Search
Vector Geometry, Dimensionality
VERIFIED
Retrieval
Vector DB & HNSW Indexing
Chroma, Qdrant, FAISS
VERIFIED
Retrieval
RAG Retrieval Pipeline
Chunking, Hybrid Search, Reranking
VERIFIED
Agents
Tool Calling & Function Binding
Pydantic Schemas, JSON Schema
VERIFIED
Agents
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
MCP Client & Server Architecture
VERIFIED
Agents
LangGraph State Machines
Stateful DAGs, Conditional Routing
VERIFIED
Agents
Autonomous Agent Loops
ReAct Loop, Reflection, Memory
VERIFIED
Production
AI Evaluation & Telemetry
LLM-as-a-Judge, RAG Triad
VERIFIED
Production
Guardrails & Redaction
PII Filters, Prompt Defense
VERIFIED
Production
FastAPI & Docker MLOps
Lifespan Handlers, Triton, Containers
VERIFIED