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Inference Engineering
One cycle to a hireable inference/serving role.
90 days
Overview
Model serving, latency and throughput optimization, GPU-aware deployment, and inference cost control. This is the rung between 'a model exists' and 'a model serves traffic reliably and cheaply.'
Who it's for
Engineers with a cloud/DevOps foundation who want to specialize in serving models at scale.
Prerequisites
What proof looks like
From here on, proof means shipped artifacts and verifiable systems — not screenshots or certificates.
- A deployed inference endpoint with measured latency/throughput numbers, not estimates
- A documented cost or performance optimization with before/after data
- Load-test results for something you actually built