The Leanpub 60 Day 100% Happiness Guarantee
Within 60 days of purchase you can get a 100% refund on any Leanpub purchase, in two clicks.
See full terms...
The Complete AI Engineering Handbook: Volume I — AI Engineering Foundations
From Software Developer to Staff AI Engineer (Volume I: AI Engineering Foundations)
The definitive production engineering manual covering Professional Python, Advanced SQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, FastAPI, Docker, CI/CD, and backend systems for AI Engineers.
Interested in this book? Show your support by saying what you'd like to pay for it!
PDF
EPUB
WEB
APP
About
About the Book
Volume I — AI Engineering Foundations — is engineered to approximately 300 pagesacross 19 chapters. It is one of six volumes in The Complete AI Engineering Handbook(2026-2028 Edition). This volume assumes working proficiency in Python and SQL; it doesnot teach programming fundamentals. Its purpose is to bring a working software engineerto the baseline expected of a production AI engineer at a top-tier technology company —the layer of infrastructure, tooling, and engineering discipline that every later volume(Computer Science, Machine Learning, LLM Engineering, Production AI, Career Mastery)assumes you already have.Each chapter follows the standard 21-section handbook template: introduction, industryrationale, core concepts, internal architecture, production architecture, industry bestpractices, design tradeoffs, performance, security, scalability, common mistakes, hands-onexamples, a mini project, a production project, interview questions, resume bullets, GitHubportfolio strategy, senior engineer notes, a revision sheet, exercises, and further reading.Chapters are written at full depth and appended in order as completed.Chapter Roadmap# Chapter Title Pages Type Status0 How to UseThis Book &The AI EngineerCareer Map10 Front Matter Written1 ProfessionalPython for AIEngineers22 Core Written2 Advanced SQLfor AIEngineers20 Core Written3 50 SQL 18 Reference Written.
Feedback
Author
About the Author
Kritika choudhary
Hi, I am Kritika Choudhary, an AI Engineer from IIT Roorkee, one of the top institutes of India. As I learn and grow in my AI Engineering journey, I find myself in a lot of confusion about what to study, what to skip and how to actually become industry-ready. I wrote this handbook so you don’t have to learn the hard way like I did. Whether you are a college student, preparing for interviews at big tech companies or trying to become an AI Engineer, I hope this book provides you with a complete roadmap and helps you learn with more clarity and confidence.
Earn $8 on a $10 Purchase, and $16 on a $20 Purchase
We pay 80% royalties on purchases of $7.99 or more, and 80% royalties minus a 50 cent flat fee on purchases between $0.99 and $7.98. You earn $8 on a $10 sale, and $16 on a $20 sale. So, if we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book for $20, you'll earn $80,000.
(Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub.)
In fact, authors have earned over $15 million writing, publishing and selling on Leanpub.
Learn more about writing on Leanpub
Free Updates. DRM Free.
If you buy a Leanpub book, you get free updates for as long as the author updates the book! Many authors use Leanpub to publish their books in-progress, while they are writing them. All readers get free updates, regardless of when they bought the book or how much they paid (including free).
Most Leanpub books are available in PDF (for computers) and EPUB (for phones, tablets and Kindle). The formats that a book includes are shown at the top right corner of this page.
Finally, Leanpub books don't have any DRM copy-protection nonsense, so you can easily read them on any supported device.
Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them
Write and Publish on Leanpub
You can use Leanpub to easily write, publish and sell in-progress and completed ebooks and online courses!
Leanpub is a powerful platform for serious authors, combining a simple, elegant writing and publishing workflow with a store focused on selling in-progress ebooks.
Leanpub is a magical typewriter for authors: just write in plain text, and to publish your ebook, just click a button. (Or, if you are producing your ebook your own way, you can even upload your own PDF and/or EPUB files and then publish with one click!) It really is that easy.