AI / ML Engineer
Train the models that are rewriting how every industry works.
₹12–35L
Pay band
JEE Main & Advanced
Gating exam
4–6 years
To first job
98/100
Demand score
Eligibility
Minimum 75% in Class 12 (general category).
Great if you enjoy
Your roadmap
- 1
Years 1–2
core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, linear algebra, statistics).
- 2
Years 3–4
ML/AI electives, a real project or research paper, internships at a tech company.
- 3
Years 5–6
first ML engineering role, often after a specialised MTech or direct placement.
First job · ₹12+ LPA
Cutoff trend
JEE Advanced cutoffs for CS/AI branches at top IITs have stayed in the top 2,000–3,000 rank range for the last few years — among the most competitive branches at every IIT that offers it.
A day in the life
“Reading papers and prototyping models in the morning, pairing with data engineers on pipelines in the afternoon, and a lot of time spent debugging why a model that worked in training doesn’t generalise.”