Career Radar IT roles · Poland
#7 by score · #3 editorially · AI/ML and Data

AI Engineer (GenAI / aplikacje LLM)

Tier 1 · AI-era winnersAI risk: lowMixed61 offers on SOLID.Jobs

LLM applications: RAG, agents, integrations; the fastest way into AI for developers and DevOps

Overall scoreDerived
7.49/ 10
#7 of 63 by score with the default weights. #3 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 5.11.54
  • AI resistance 35% × 9.03.15
  • Demand 20% × 9.01.80
  • Remote work 10% × 8.00.80
  • Low stress 5% × 4.00.20

Salary, k PLN per month

Estimate
05101520253035404550Estimate≈18–36Market B2B21.9–27.7 · 54 offersMarket employment17.9–39.9 · 7 offers

estimate MID → SENIORmarket: middle half of offersmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)

Range MID → SENIOR
≈18–36
Range midpoint
≈27.0
Junior Derived
≈13.5
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈18.4
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈22.1

NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.

Easiest transitions

Estimate
AI Agent EngAI/ML EngFDE

2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)

Key certifications

Estimate
portfolio > certyAzure AI-102/AI-103

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance9/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand9/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work8/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress6/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier6/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige8/10
    10 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula

The market in job ads

From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 30/10/2026
61offers · 17 employers
25.2kB2B median · 21.9–27.7k
36.3kemployment median · 7 offers
48%remote · 51% hybrid

Most common stack

  • Python
  • AI
  • LLM
  • RAG
  • AI agents
  • ML
  • Azure
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQL
  • Docker
  • Databricks
  • GCP

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 2%Regular 48%Senior 51%

17925 Q116025 Q212925 Q313625 Q415726 Q120126 Q215326 Q33226 Q4
Offers per quarter in Data Science and AI · hollow dot = quarter in progress

Matching: 61 by title, 0 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.