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🚀 AI Systems Engineer Mind Map

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Pipeline view: stages left→right = model lifecycle (data → training → inference → optimization → MLOps → security → agentic). Dashed = cross-module.

🧩Foundations & Mindset Stage🏋️SFT & Preference Alignment Stage🤖Agent Systems & Reliability Stage🗄️Enterprise RAG Pipeline StageInference & System Design StageAIE vs MLE Competency ModelAIE vs MLE Competency ModelClick for definition & exam pointsPrompt Chains & Jailbreak DefensePrompt Chains & Jailbreak DefenseClick for definition & exam pointsStructured Output & Constrained DecodingStructured Output & Constrained DecodingClick for definition & exam pointsEval Benchmarks: RAGAS & SWE-benchEval Benchmarks: RAGAS & SWE-benchClick for definition & exam pointsToken Costs, TTFT/TPOT & ROIToken Costs, TTFT/TPOT & ROIClick for definition & exam pointsSFT Data Packing & Loss MaskingSFT Data Packing & Loss MaskingClick for definition & exam pointsLoRA/QLoRA VRAM & Weight MergeLoRA/QLoRA VRAM & Weight MergeClick for definition & exam pointsDPO vs GRPO Preference AlignmentDPO vs GRPO Preference AlignmentClick for definition & exam pointsCatastrophic Forgetting & RehearsalCatastrophic Forgetting & RehearsalClick for definition & exam pointsFine-Tuning VRAM Calculator & ZeROFine-Tuning VRAM Calculator & ZeROClick for definition & exam pointsReAct, Plan-Execute & ReflexionReAct, Plan-Execute & ReflexionClick for definition & exam pointsLoop Hard Termination & Stagnation GuardsLoop Hard Termination & Stagnation GuardsClick for definition & exam pointsContext Budgeting & Memory CompactionContext Budgeting & Memory CompactionClick for definition & exam pointsTool Validation, Idempotency & FallbacksTool Validation, Idempotency & FallbacksClick for definition & exam pointsLangSmith-Style Tracing & Self-HealingLangSmith-Style Tracing & Self-HealingClick for definition & exam pointsParent-Child & Sentence-Window ChunkingParent-Child & Sentence-Window ChunkingClick for definition & exam pointsHybrid Search (BM25 + Dense) & RRFHybrid Search (BM25 + Dense) & RRFClick for definition & exam pointsCross-Encoder Re-rank & ColBERTCross-Encoder Re-rank & ColBERTClick for definition & exam pointsMulti-Tenant RAG ACL & SecurityMulti-Tenant RAG ACL & SecurityClick for definition & exam pointsGraphRAG Entity Extraction & CommunityGraphRAG Entity Extraction & CommunityClick for definition & exam pointsvLLM PagedAttention & Continuous BatchingvLLM PagedAttention & Continuous BatchingClick for definition & exam pointsSpeculative Decoding with Draft ModelsSpeculative Decoding with Draft ModelsClick for definition & exam pointsSSE Streaming Gateway & BackpressureSSE Streaming Gateway & BackpressureClick for definition & exam points100k Concurrency Code Agent Architecture100k Concurrency Code Agent ArchitectureClick for definition & exam points10M Docs Enterprise RAG Architecture10M Docs Enterprise RAG ArchitectureClick for definition & exam points
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AIE vs MLE Competency ModelSFT Data Packing & Loss MaskingReAct, Plan-Execute & ReflexionParent-Child & Sentence-Window Chunking