P3P3 — Mid-Level Professional
Experienced AI/ML Engineer
P3 is often considered a career-level or fully proficient AI/ML Engineer. They contribute significantly to projects and may start taking on mentorship roles.
What this level means
Fully competent professional; works independently on standard projects
- Scope
- Features or a sub-system end-to-end
- Autonomy
- Works independently on standard work; reviewed on the non-standard
- Complexity
- Diverse problems; adapts existing approaches
- Impact
- Project / team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns implementation decisions for own scope
- Leadership
- Mentors juniors informally
- Typical experience
- 3–5 yrs
What you'd do
- Leading the development of an entire model or significant feature
- Technical lead for a sub-project
- Contributing to architectural decisions
- Mentoring junior engineers
- Conducting research to advance AI/ML capabilities
- Ensuring code quality and best practices
- Collaborating with stakeholders to define project requirements
- Presenting technical solutions to non-technical audiences
- Lead model development
- Mentor junior engineers
- Contribute to architectural decisions
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Model architecture design
- Technical leadership
- Mentoring
- Research and development
- Stakeholder communication
- Advanced problem-solving
- Project management
- Software architecture
- AI/ML model architecture
- Leadership in tech projects
- Research methodologies
- Stakeholder engagement
- Advanced programming techniques
- AI ethics and governance
- Industry-specific AI applications
- Emerging AI trends
- Independent judgment
- Leadership competencies
- Communication Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Technical expertise
- Mentorship
- Innovation
- Stakeholder management
What good looks like
- 5–8+ years of experience
- Domain-specific experience
- Proven track record in AI/ML projects
Common titles
Machine Learning IIIMachine Learning 3Mid-Level Machine LearningDeep Learning IIIDeep Learning 3Mid-Level Deep LearningStatistical Modeling IIIStatistical Modeling 3Mid-Level Statistical ModelingExperienced AI/ML Engineer
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.