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AI Engineer
(Gen AI)

Professional Certification Program

Master production-ready AI systems with hands-on experience in LLMs, RAG systems, AI agents, and LLMOps. Build real-world AI applications from prompt engineering to cloud deployment with industry-standard tools and frameworks.

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Who is an AI Engineer?

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AI Engineers design and build production-ready AI systems that solve real business problems. This involves working with Large Language Models (LLMs), building RAG systems, developing AI agents, and deploying scalable solutions to the cloud. An AI Engineer bridges the gap between experimental AI research and production systems that can handle enterprise-scale workloads.

How we Accelerate
your Job Placement

Top performers in our program hired within

3 Weeks to 2 Months

Average CS Graduate hired within

6 Months to 1 Year

Our Impact

150+

Paid Job Placements in the past 8 months

3000+

Learners have enrolled in our bootcamps and succeeded

80%

of the learners who succeeded with us are beginners

Our grads get great jobs with both startups and industry giants

You After the AI Engineer
Program

Shane Fernando

Portfolio

Capstone Project

Production Grade IKMS with Monitoring

Education

AI Engineer Professional Certification

Jul - Nov 2026

Soft Skills

Technical Leadership

AI System Design

Problem Solving

Model Evaluation

Production Deployment

Performance Optimization

Cross-functional Collaboration

Technical Communication

AI Engineering Skills & Tools

OpenAI

HuggingFace

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

FAISS

FastAPI

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Docker

Langfuse

Helicone

Google Cloud Platform

Python

PostgreSQL

Git

How you get an AI Engineer
Role in just 4 Months

Master LLM foundations, RAG systems, and AI agent development with industry-standard tools.

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Build production-ready AI applications from prompt engineering to cloud deployment.

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Career coaching and building a compelling CV and AI project portfolio for engineering roles.

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Get You Hired

Practical AI Engineering
Mastery with Industry Tools
& Modern Frameworks

Mastering LLMs &
RAG Systems

Hands-on with Tools:
LangChain, FastAPI, AutoGen

Strong Understanding of
AI Agents, LLMOps, and
Production Deployment

This is what your
skillset will look like

Integrations: Works with
Your Existing Tools

Start as a beginner and graduate job ready, gaining
hands-on skills, real-world experience, and the credentials you need to kickstart your tech career.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) & Model Fine-Tuning

Multi-Agent Systems & Advanced AI Orchestration

Production-Ready LLMOps & Cloud Deployment

Preparing You for the Industry
by Bringing in the CxOs of
Largest Firms

We have brought in the Chief Technology Officers of leading tech hubs like OREL, Surge, and Inivos to train you to thrive in the industry. The network you get here is unmatchable.

Learn Directly from Leading
AI Engineers & Career
Development Coaches

Our mentors are industry practitioners and career specialists with deep expertise in AI Engineering, Machine Learning, and career growth.

Main Track Mentor

Sachith

Senior AI Engineer at Gapstars, ML Engineer at Surge Global

Main Track Mentor

Dinesh

AI Research Executive at SLT Mobitel

Sub Track Speaker

Poornima

Technical Lead at 99x

Sub Track Speaker

Roy

Principal Architect at PickMe

Sub Track Speaker

Pasindu

Founder Zeya Health, Vice President Surge Global

Sub Track Speaker

Ashan

Senior Tech Lead at Sysco LABS

Sub Track Speaker

Vidura

AI Project Lead at IFS

Sub Track Speaker

Sabilashan

Ambassador and Creator at Lovable

Sub Track Speaker

Manupa

Software Engineer (AI) L3 at Taxxa.ai

Sub Track Speaker

Dilshara

Technical Consultant/CEO at STEM Link

Sub Track Speaker

Tharana

Head of Engineering at STEM Link

Some cool things
you are gonna learn

Master LLM Foundations & Transformer Architecture

Understand how Large Language Models work from embeddings to attention mechanisms, and integrate with OpenAI, Anthropic, and HuggingFace APIs.

Complete Learning Roadmap

Follow our structured curriculum with a specialized sub track designed to take you from foundations to production-ready AI systems

AI Engineering
Main Track

Stage 0 - Foundations

NLP → Transformers: evolution and fundamentals
Anatomy of Transformers
Training paradigms
Prompt Engineering basics

Stage 1 - POC

Single-Agent Workflows
Multi-Agent orchestration
Travel Planner & Booking system
Context passing and state management between agents

Stage 2 - MVP

RAG pipelines & Vector DBs
Advanced retrieval with LlamaIndex
Fine-Tuning & PEFT (LoRA, QLoRA)
Multi-agent Knowledge Extensions

Stage 3 - Production

API design & deployment
LLMOps: monitoring, observability, evaluation
Guardrails, security, and scaling
Continuous data pipelines & ongoing fine-tuning

Stage 4 - Career Prep

Individual CV Evaluation
Interview Questions Discussion
Code Review
Final Mock Interview & Certification

Sub Track

Enterprise AI Development

Read demand as a prediction problem driven by pricing, timing, and traffic
Case study: PickMe and Uber demand forecasting end to end
Time-series and ML forecasting approaches
How predictions feed dynamic and surge pricing

AI Engineering Main Track

Stage 0 - Foundations

NLP → Transformers: evolution and fundamentals
Anatomy of Transformers
Training paradigms
Prompt Engineering basics

Stage 1 - POC

Single-Agent Workflows
Multi-Agent orchestration
Travel Planner & Booking system
Context passing and state management between agents

Stage 2 - MVP

RAG pipelines & Vector DBs
Advanced retrieval with LlamaIndex
Fine-Tuning & PEFT (LoRA, QLoRA)
Multi-agent Knowledge Extensions

Stage 3 - Production

API design & deployment
LLMOps: monitoring, observability, evaluation
Guardrails, security, and scaling
Continuous data pipelines & ongoing fine-tuning

Stage 4 - Career Prep

Individual CV Evaluation
Interview Questions Discussion
Code Review
Final Mock Interview & Certification

Sub Track

Enterprise AI Development

Read demand as a prediction problem driven by pricing, timing, and traffic
Case study: PickMe and Uber demand forecasting end to end
Time-series and ML forecasting approaches
How predictions feed dynamic and surge pricing

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16 pages

Top-notch curriculum crafted by Sri Lanka's leading AI engineers with over a decade of experience, ensuring you're job-ready from the start.

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Master Transformer Architecture and Local Intelligence

Dive into transformer architecture, self-attention, embeddings, and positional encoding, and trace the evolution of NLP and training paradigms like pre-training and in-context learning. Move beyond the cloud to deploy open-source models such as Llama or Gemma on local hardware with Hugging Face and GGUF, then master quantization to cut VRAM usage and PEFT with LoRA to customize behavior.

What you will do in practice:

Analyze the mathematical intuition behind self-attention and positional encoding.

Evaluate Byte Pair Encoding and how tokenization shapes model input.

Deploy and quantize open-source models locally with Hugging Face.

Build a high-throughput local inference environment as your Level 1 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

PyTorch

Llama

HuggingFace

Build End-to-End Machine Learning Foundations

Master the core ML lifecycle that sits underneath every modern AI system. Turn raw datasets into clean, training-ready formats with NumPy and Pandas, then work through the three pillars in order: supervised learning and the metrics that prove reliability, unsupervised learning for structure discovery, and deep learning basics in PyTorch, relating neural weights and biases to modern embeddings.

What you will do in practice:

Clean, transform, and prepare datasets with NumPy and Pandas.

Apply regression, classification, and clustering with scikit-learn.

Judge models with Precision, Recall, and Confusion Matrices.

Deliver a Predictive Classification and Segmentation System as your Level 2 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

NumPy

Pandas

scikit-learn

PyTorch

Engineer Reliable Context for Production Models

Move beyond basic prompting into context engineering, the skill that drives reliable model behaviour in production. Write reusable context and rules files, budget the context window, and design structured, schema-bound outputs, then apply a disciplined spec-driven build loop with guardrails and lightweight evaluation using AI-assisted tools.

What you will do in practice:

Apply roles, constraints, few-shot, and chain-of-thought with intent.

Write reusable context and rules files and produce reliable JSON outputs.

Run a spec-to-build loop with guardrails and a lightweight rubric.

Build a reusable Context Pack and AI-powered feature as your Level 3 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

Cursor

Lovable

OpenRouter

Build Production-Grade RAG and Knowledge Management

Master the distinction between passive RAG and autonomous agents, then build advanced retrieval pipelines with LangChain and LlamaIndex. Overcome hallucinations through semantic chunking, hybrid search, and cross-encoder reranking, and scale with Pinecone, culminating in CodeOracle, a production-grade Intelligent Knowledge Management System.

What you will do in practice:

Build ingestion pipelines with semantic chunking and overlapping strategies.

Populate FAISS and Pinecone vector stores with embedded technical data.

Route developer queries across source code, docs, and git logs.

Deliver CodeOracle, a production-ready IKMS API, as your Level 4 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

FAISS

Harden AI Systems Against Adversarial Attacks

Adopt the mindset of a red teamer to uncover hidden weaknesses, performing prompt injection and adversarial attacks to test resilience. Implement multi-layered guardrails and semantic filters with Guardrails AI, audit data-leakage risks, and deliver a hardened CodeOracle secured against malicious manipulation and aligned with ethical AI standards.

What you will do in practice:

Perform prompt injection and adversarial attack simulations.

Audit data-leakage risks across your AI tools and context.

Implement guardrails and semantic security filters.

Deliver a hardened CodeOracle with documented defenses as your Level 5 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

OpenAI

Guardrails AI

Customize LLMs with PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA

Evaluate the trade-offs between dynamic retrieval (RAG) and internalized reasoning (fine-tuning), then transform your RAG knowledge base into high-quality instruction datasets. Apply Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning with LoRA and QLoRA to specialize models without heavy compute, track training with Weights & Biases, and expose the result through production REST APIs.

What you will do in practice:

Decide when to fine-tune versus rely on RAG for domain adaptation.

Apply LoRA and QLoRA with Hugging Face fine-tuning libraries.

Track loss and evaluation metrics with Weights & Biases.

Deliver a fine-tuned CodeOracle variant as your Level 6 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

HuggingFace

PyTorch

Weights & Biases

Orchestrate Multi-Agent Systems with LangGraph and MCP

Architect true multi-agent systems where each agent has its own model, prompt, and memory, coordinated through orchestrator-worker, supervisor, and hierarchical patterns. Add an Agent Control Plane, an agent harness, and resilience patterns, then wrap agents in FastAPI and Gradio with real-time streaming and connect external systems through MCP servers built with FastMCP.

What you will do in practice:

Compare orchestration patterns and select the right one per workflow.

Stream agent and tool outputs live through FastAPI and Gradio.

Build MCP servers for secure access to databases and file systems.

Deliver a Multi-Agent Travel Planner as your Level 7 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

LangGraph

ConvexDB

FastAPI

Gradio

FastMCP

Scale AI Systems with LLMOps and Cloud Deployment

Bridge prototype to enterprise-grade product. Containerize your AI stack with Docker, architect high-performance FastAPI services, and deploy to AWS, GCP, or Azure with KV-cache quantization for high-concurrency performance. Configure observability with Langfuse and Helicone to monitor latency, token cost, and drift, and gate releases so only validated builds reach production.

What you will do in practice:

Containerize AI agents with Docker for reproducible deployments.

Deploy scalable FastAPI services to AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Implement security guardrails, rate limiting, and release gates.

Deliver a Scalable AI Agent Deployment as your Level 8 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

FastAPI

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Langfuse

Helicone

Apply AI to Enterprise Demand Prediction

Follow one enterprise system end to end through a case study on demand prediction in ride-hailing. See how a platform like PickMe or Uber forecasts where and when riders need cars, prices those rides dynamically, and then actively shapes demand, framing demand as a forecasting problem driven by pricing, timing, and local traffic.

What you will do in practice:

Frame demand prediction as a time-series forecasting problem.

Identify the features that drive accurate demand forecasts.

Connect predictions to dynamic and surge pricing.

Measure forecast accuracy against real outcomes.

Software and languages you will learn:

scikit-learn

PyTorch

Pandas

Become Job-Ready with Portfolio and Interview Prep

Transition from AI Engineering student to job-ready professional. Build a standout CV and a structured GitHub portfolio that tells the story of your technical growth, submit your materials for individual expert review, and prepare for behavioral and technical interviews with real question frameworks and targeted application strategies.

What you will do in practice:

Build a professional AI Engineer CV from curated templates.

Structure a GitHub portfolio around your LLM, RAG, and agent projects.

Submit your CV for individual review and feedback from experts.

Prepare for behavioral and technical interviews with real frameworks.

Software and languages you will learn:

GitHub

Master Transformer Architecture and Local Intelligence

What you will do in practice:

Analyze the mathematical intuition behind self-attention and positional encoding.

Evaluate Byte Pair Encoding and how tokenization shapes model input.

Deploy and quantize open-source models locally with Hugging Face.

Build a high-throughput local inference environment as your Level 1 project.

Software and languages you will learn:

PyTorch

Llama

HuggingFace

Don't listen to us. Listen to their success stories

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7:45

3:32

STEM Link gave me the foundation to build real-world projects and the confidence to land my role as a Trainee Backend Developer. The mentorship and hands-on approach made all the difference.

Salman Afhan

NexaDigitas

1:14

Joining STEM Link was a turning point, the structured learning path and mentorship helped me grow as a developer and prepare for real industry challenges.

Shashini Madushika

Pronto Software

1:25

STEM Link's practical approach to learning gave me the skills and industry exposure I needed to kickstart my career in tech.

Danula Perera

Brandix

1:00

The hands-on projects and one-on-one mentorship at STEM Link transformed my confidence and technical skills, preparing me for real-world engineering challenges.

Dasini Jayakody

KPMG

AI Engineer (Gen AI)

Professional Certification Program

Everything you need to become job-ready as an AI Engineer, with strong mentor support. Master LLMs, RAG pipelines, AI agents, and LLMOps through hands-on, project-based work.

Best for

Developers moving into AI engineering

Engineers building Agentic Systems

Founders shipping AI solutions

Launching 25^th July

LKR75,000

Only 35 of 50 seats remaining

Full AI Engineer curriculum (all sub-tracks)

Live instructor-led sessions

Direct access to mentors for technical guidance

Instant Support throughout the program

Project-based, real-world learning

Career guidance and interview preparation

Best performers recommended to hiring partners

Bonus Sub Track: "Enterprise AI Development"

Only 35 of 50 seats remaining

Will you be certified?
Of course! It'll look great
on your resume and LinkedIn

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Upskill at your pace,
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4,500 - 75,000 LKR

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50,000 - 100,000 LKR

Foreign Bootcamps/
Degree Programs

1,500,000 - 9,000,000 LKR

Flexibility - learn on your time

Personal mentor and career coaching video calls to keep you on track

Online learning flexibility with 1:1 mentor support

Guaranteed GenAI & LLMOps Expertise

Direct access to mentors

Aligned with local university modules

Career preparation included for every bootcamp

Flexibility - learn on your time

Personal mentor and career coaching video calls to keep you on track

Online learning flexibility with 1:1 mentor support

Guaranteed GenAI & LLMOps Expertise

Direct access to mentors

Aligned with local university modules

Career preparation included for every bootcamp

Online Video
Courses

4,500 - 75,000 LKR

With STEM Link

50,000 - 100,000 LKR

Foreign Bootcamps/
Degree Programs

1,500,000 - 9,000,000 LKR

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We organized the 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka's
1st Ever AI Research-Based Hackathon

Setting New
Benchmarks
in the AI World

Tech Communities who endorsed this Initiative

An Expert Panel of Industry Leaders

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Pasindu Wijesena

Founder Zeya Health

Dr. Sumani Rajadurai

Principal Machine Learning
Engineer at OCTAVE

Isuru Alagiyawanna

Head of AI
at Veracity Digital

Suresh Peiris

Chief Architect & Co-Founder
of InfoWaves

Nisal Mihiranga

AI Practitioner
at Microsoft AI MVP

Roy Ian

Principal Architect
at PickMe

Pubudu Wanigasekara

Founder of EN2H

Premuditha Perera

Director of Software
Engineering at Calcey

Sameera Abeysinghe

Chief Executive Officer
at OREL IT

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& knowledge that powered
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AI Engineer (Gen AI)

Professional Certification Program

Our top performers are hired by

Become a Job-ready AI Engineer with STEM Link

Who is an AI Engineer?

How we Accelerate your Job Placement

3 Weeks to 2 Months

6 Months to 1 Year

150+

3000+

80%

Our grads get great jobs with both startups and industry giants

You After the AI Engineer Program

Shane Fernando

Capstone Project

Education

Soft Skills

AI Engineering Skills & Tools

How you get an AI Engineer Role in just 4 Months

Master LLM foundations, RAG systems, and AI agent development with industry-standard tools.

Build production-ready AI applications from prompt engineering to cloud deployment.

Career coaching and building a compelling CV and AI project portfolio for engineering roles.

Practical AI Engineering Mastery with Industry Tools & Modern Frameworks

This is what your skillset will look like

Integrations: Works with Your Existing Tools

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) & Model Fine-Tuning

Multi-Agent Systems & Advanced AI Orchestration

Production-Ready LLMOps & Cloud Deployment

Preparing You for the Industry by Bringing in the CxOs of Largest Firms

Learn Directly from Leading AI Engineers & Career Development Coaches

Sachith

Dinesh

Poornima

Roy

Pasindu

Ashan

Vidura

Sabilashan

Manupa

Dilshara

Tharana

Some cool things you are gonna learn

Master LLM Foundations & Transformer Architecture

Complete Learning Roadmap

AI Engineering Main Track

Stage 0 - Foundations

Stage 1 - POC

Stage 2 - MVP

Stage 3 - Production

Stage 4 - Career Prep

Sub Track

Enterprise AI Development

AI Engineering Main Track

Stage 0 - Foundations

Stage 1 - POC

Stage 2 - MVP

Stage 3 - Production

Stage 4 - Career Prep

Sub Track

Enterprise AI Development

Download Full Curriculum

Master Transformer Architecture and Local Intelligence

What you will do in practice:

Software and languages you will learn:

Don't listen to us. Listen to their success stories

Salman Afhan

Shashini Madushika

Danula Perera

Dasini Jayakody

AI Engineer (Gen AI)

Best for

Will you be certified? Of course! It'll look great on your resume and LinkedIn

STEM Link Live Feed

Upskill at your pace, with support every step of the way

Online Video Courses

With STEM Link

Foreign Bootcamps/ Degree Programs

Online Video Courses

With STEM Link

Foreign Bootcamps/ Degree Programs

AI Engineer
(Gen AI)

Our top performers
are hired by

Become a Job-ready AI Engineer
with STEM Link

How we Accelerate
your Job Placement

You After the AI Engineer
Program

How you get an AI Engineer
Role in just 4 Months

Practical AI Engineering
Mastery with Industry Tools
& Modern Frameworks

This is what your
skillset will look like

Integrations: Works with
Your Existing Tools

Preparing You for the Industry
by Bringing in the CxOs of
Largest Firms

Learn Directly from Leading
AI Engineers & Career
Development Coaches

Some cool things
you are gonna learn

AI Engineering
Main Track

Will you be certified?
Of course! It'll look great
on your resume and LinkedIn

Upskill at your pace,
with support every step of the way

Online Video
Courses

Foreign Bootcamps/
Degree Programs

Online Video
Courses

Foreign Bootcamps/
Degree Programs

Still not sure whether this program is
right for you ?

We organized the 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka's
1st Ever AI Research-Based Hackathon

Setting New
Benchmarks
in the AI World

Get the same energy, expertise,
& knowledge that powered
Sri Lanka's first ever
AI research hackathon

Get the same energy, expertise,
& knowledge that powered
Sri Lanka's first ever
AI research hackathon

Our Quality Assurance
Framework