Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General)
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
An Artificial Intelligence Engineer develops, tests, and deploys artificial intelligence models. May work closely with data software engineers and data professionals to train and implement AI models into existing systems or develop new applications.
Job Outlook
There were 518 Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 16268 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Artificial Intelligence Engineer industry, which includes the Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $139,169.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $125,950.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $112,673.
Education and Experience
Posted Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 54.27% |
| Master's Degree | 39.05% |
| Doctoral Degree | 17.39% |
| Other | 0.9% |
Posted Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 13.03% |
| 3 to 5 years | 38.75% |
| 6 to 8 years | 22.08% |
| 9+ years | 26.14% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (%)
- Innovation (%)
- Problem Solving (%)
- Leadership (%)
- Research (%)
- Operations (%)
- Influencing Skills (%)
- Management (%)
- Governance (%)
- Mentorship (%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Artificial Intelligence (90.67%)
- Machine Learning (66.95%)
- Computer Science (51.53%)
- Python (Programming Language) (49.92%)
- Software Engineering (27.22%)
- Data Science (27.14%)
- Scalability (32.11%)
- Amazon Web Services (26.98%)
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (28.69%)
- Microsoft Azure (27.22%)
- TensorFlow (22.3%)
- PyTorch (Machine Learning Library) (23.53%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Algorithms (15.18%)
- Workflow Management (26.5%)
- Software Development (16.42%)
- Automation (19.91%)
- Deep Learning (14.18%)
- Agile Methodology (15.17%)
- C++ (Programming Language) (11.68%)
- Data Analysis (12.49%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (17.87%)
- Programming Languages (13.34%)
- Java (Programming Language) (12.51%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (13.06%)
- DevOps (11.84%)
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) (10.64%)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (12.3%)
- Kubernetes (12.91%)
- Docker (Software) (11.74%)
- CI/CD (12%)
- MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) (11.45%)
- Computer Vision (8.7%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (10.37%)
- R (Programming Language) (8.67%)
- New Product Development (8.06%)
- Computer Engineering (5.73%)
- Statistics (7.49%)
- Data Engineering (8.77%)
- Large Language Modeling (10.92%)
- Project Management (7.71%)
- Product Management (9.47%)
- C (Programming Language) (5.52%)
- Electrical Engineering (5.35%)
- Scikit-Learn (Python Package) (8.99%)
- Physics (5.05%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- LangChain (%)
- AI Agents (%)
- Responsible AI (%)
- Artificial Intelligence Development (%)
- Agentic AI (%)
- Ethical AI (%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Ethical AI (%)
- Edge Intelligence (%)
- Computer Science (%)
- Machine Learning (%)
- TensorFlow (%)
- Data Science (%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Artificial Intelligence Engineer
- Artificial Intelligence Architect
- Artificial Intelligence Manager
- Artificial Intelligence Solutions Lead
- Member of Technical Staff
- API Software Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Engineer
- Principal Engineer
- Applied Scientist
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Artificial Intelligence Engineer (General) jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Amazon (524)
- General Motors (388)
- Deloitte (309)
- Nelnet (281)
- Motion Recruitment (236)
- Lenovo (231)
- Teradata Operations (229)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (198)
- Vorto Limited (188)
- Meta (169)
North Carolina
- Lenovo (34)
- Motion Recruitment (12)
- Red Hat (12)
- Wells Fargo (10)
- Lowe's (8)
- Epic Games (8)
- Genesis10 (8)
- Deloitte (8)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (7)
- General Motors (7)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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