Time invested
12.4 h
of ~80h plan
Modules complete
1/6
Foundations ✓
Projects shipped
1/4
RAG mini-prototype
Cert progress
62%
AI Architect · L2
Milestone 1 unlocked · Foundations complete
You're ready for the RAG architecture module. Mentor 1:1 recommended this week.
1
Foundations · ML & LLM essentials Complete
Refresher on the building blocks that everything else assumes. 4 lessons · 3 h 10 m
Transformer architecture refresher
✓
Reading: Attention is all you need (annotated)
✓
Quiz · LLM fundamentals (12 questions)
✓
Lab · run inference on a 7B model locally
✓
2
RAG architecture deep-dive In progress
Build hybrid retrieval pipelines that pass production rigour. 5 lessons · 5 h 40 m
Why RAG · what it actually buys you
✓
Vector stores · benchmarks & trade-offs
✓
Reading list: chunking strategies that work
✓
Project · build a hybrid BM25 + vector pipeline
Quiz · RAG patterns & eval
3
MLOps essentials for AI architects Up next
CI/CD, registries, drift, observability — the production muscle most candidates lack. 5 lessons · 5 h 10 m
CI/CD for models — what's different
Model registries & versioning
Reading · drift detection in practice
Project · ship CI/CD on your RAG project
Quiz · MLOps essentials
Milestone 2 · Production muscle
Unlocks after MLOps module. You'll be ready for architect-level system design.
4
Distributed training & scale
DDP / FSDP fluency, cost & latency optimisation. 4 lessons · 4 h 20 m
DDP & FSDP — concepts you'll be asked
Lab · scale a toy model across 4 GPUs
Cost & latency optimisation for inference
Quiz · distributed patterns
5
System design — architect-level
5 mentor-graded rehearsals covering canonical AI system design questions. 5 sessions · 7 h
Design a low-latency RAG for a bank
Design a multi-tenant agent platform
Design an eval pipeline at scale
Design fine-tuning infra for a research team
Live mentor-graded mock
6
Interview lab & placement prep
Mocks, behavioural drills, portfolio polish, applications. 5 sessions · 6 h 30 m
Behavioural framing — STAR with AI nuance
AI mock interview · technical
AI mock interview · behavioural
Resume refinement with mentor
Apply to 5 target roles · warm intros
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Certification
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SustainSys AI Solutions Architect · L2
Earned automatically when you complete modules 1–6, ship 4 projects and pass the architect-level system design lab.