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Senior AI Engineering & AI FDE Reference
The AI FDE Handbook
A single, production-grade path from software foundations to shipping and operating real AI systems in customer environments — LangChain, LangGraph, RAG and agents, then the cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure discipline that keeps them alive in production.
19Parts
127Chapters
24Cloud & DevOps chapters
1Running example, start to finish
Everything the handbook covers
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01Front MatterHow to use this handbook, the competency map, and the learning sequence.5 chapters02Software Engineering FoundationPython, APIs, SQL, Redis, Git, Linux, and testing — the working engineer's base layer.9 chapters03AI/ML FundamentalsML, deep learning, NLP, transformers, embeddings, and how LLMs actually work.6 chapters04AI EngineeringPrompting, structured output, tool calling, RAG, agents, memory, and architecture.12 chapters05LangChainArchitecture internals, models, tools, retrievers, middleware, and production patterns.7 chapters06LangGraphState, routing, checkpointing, human-in-the-loop, multi-agent, and durable execution.8 chapters07LangSmithTracing, datasets, evaluation, and production monitoring for AI systems.3 chapters08Production AI EngineeringDocker, CI/CD, cloud, Kubernetes, scaling, queues, caching, and cost for AI apps.10 chapters09AI Reliability / GenAIOpsEvaluation, hallucination measurement, LLM-as-judge, observability, guardrails.5 chapters10AI SecurityPrompt injection, tool abuse, data exfiltration, authn/authz, secrets, tenant isolation.6 chapters11Enterprise IntegrationSSO/RBAC, enterprise data pipelines, CRM/ERP integration, compliance.5 chapters12System Design for AIFull worked designs — RAG, support agents, multi-tenant SaaS, agent platforms.9 chapters13Customer Discovery & FDE SkillsDiscovery, feasibility, objection handling, and architecture communication.3 chapters14Rapid Prototyping (FDE Methodology)The FDE engagement lifecycle, onboarding, and rapid prototyping.2 chapters15Deployment in Customer EnvironmentsDeploying into customer clouds, VPCs, and air-gapped environments.1 chapters16Business Impact and ROIMeasuring and building the business case for ROI.1 chapters17End-to-End FDE ProjectsEight end-to-end builds, from architecture through incident response.8 chapters18Interview & System Design PrepSystem design, behavioral, and technical question banks.3 chapters19Cloud, DevOps & AI InfrastructureLinux to AWS to Kubernetes to AI infra — the full production stack.24 chapters