Skill Profile

LLM Evaluation

Benchmarks, BLEU/ROUGE metrics, human eval, LLM-as-judge, generation quality assessment

Machine Learning & AI LLM & Generative AI

Roles

where this skill appears

Levels

structured growth path

Mandatory requirements

the other 2 optional

Machine Learning & AI

LLM & Generative AI

3/17/2026

Choose your current level and compare expectations. The items below show what to cover to advance to the next level.

What is Expected at Each Level

The table shows how skill depth grows from Junior to Principal. Click a row to see details.

Role	Required	Description
AI Product Engineer		Understands the fundamentals of LLM Evaluation. Applies basic practices in daily work. Follows recommendations from the team and documentation.
LLM Engineer	Required	Knows basic LLM evaluation metrics: perplexity, BLEU, ROUGE. Runs standard benchmarks (MMLU, HellaSwag) under mentor guidance and interprets basic results.

Role	Required	Description
AI Product Engineer		Independently applies LLM Evaluation in practice. Understands trade-offs of different approaches. Solves typical tasks independently.
LLM Engineer	Required	Independently designs evaluation pipelines: custom benchmarks, domain-specific eval sets, human evaluation protocols. Compares models across multiple metrics for production decision-making.

Role	Required	Description
AI Product Engineer	Required	Has deep expertise in LLM Evaluation. Designs solutions for production systems. Optimizes and scales. Mentors the team.
LLM Engineer	Required	Designs comprehensive evaluation frameworks: automated eval with LLM-as-judge, contamination detection, statistical significance testing. Develops domain-specific benchmarks for production tasks.

Role	Required	Description
AI Product Engineer	Required	Defines LLM Evaluation strategy at the team/product level. Establishes standards and best practices. Conducts reviews.
LLM Engineer	Required	Defines evaluation standards for the LLM team. Establishes model evaluation guidelines, regression testing, benchmark management. Coordinates human evaluation processes and quality assurance.

Role	Required	Description
AI Product Engineer	Required	Defines LLM Evaluation strategy at the organizational level. Establishes enterprise approaches. Mentors leads and architects.
LLM Engineer	Required	Shapes enterprise evaluation strategy. Defines approaches to continuous evaluation, model quality governance, and benchmark development. Ensures alignment between evaluation metrics and business objectives.

Junior 2 requirements

AI Product Engineer

Understands the fundamentals of LLM Evaluation. Applies basic practices in daily work. Follows recommendations from the team and documentation.
LLM Engineer
Required

Knows basic LLM evaluation metrics: perplexity, BLEU, ROUGE. Runs standard benchmarks (MMLU, HellaSwag) under mentor guidance and interprets basic results.

Middle 2 requirements

AI Product Engineer

Independently applies LLM Evaluation in practice. Understands trade-offs of different approaches. Solves typical tasks independently.
LLM Engineer
Required

Independently designs evaluation pipelines: custom benchmarks, domain-specific eval sets, human evaluation protocols. Compares models across multiple metrics for production decision-making.

Senior 2 requirements

AI Product Engineer
Required

Has deep expertise in LLM Evaluation. Designs solutions for production systems. Optimizes and scales. Mentors the team.
LLM Engineer
Required

Designs comprehensive evaluation frameworks: automated eval with LLM-as-judge, contamination detection, statistical significance testing. Develops domain-specific benchmarks for production tasks.

Lead / Staff 2 requirements

AI Product Engineer
Required

Defines LLM Evaluation strategy at the team/product level. Establishes standards and best practices. Conducts reviews.
LLM Engineer
Required

Defines evaluation standards for the LLM team. Establishes model evaluation guidelines, regression testing, benchmark management. Coordinates human evaluation processes and quality assurance.

Principal 2 requirements

AI Product Engineer
Required

Defines LLM Evaluation strategy at the organizational level. Establishes enterprise approaches. Mentors leads and architects.
LLM Engineer
Required

Shapes enterprise evaluation strategy. Defines approaches to continuous evaluation, model quality governance, and benchmark development. Ensures alignment between evaluation metrics and business objectives.

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