IT Role Rank Poland
#7 by score · #3 editorially · AI/ML and Data

AI Engineer (GenAI / aplikacje LLM)

Tier 1 · AI-era winnersAI risk: lowMixed47 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 73 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

Mixed
051015202530354045505560Estimate≈18–36Market B2B21.9–27.7 · 42 offers · SOLID.JobsMarket employment17.5–43.6 · 5 offers · SOLID.Jobs

estimate MID → SENIORmarket (SOLID.Jobs): 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 · 13/11/2026
47offers · 17 employers
25.2kB2B median · 21.9–27.7k
18.4kemployment median · 5 offers
51%remote · 49% hybrid

Most common stack

  • LLM
  • Python
  • AI
  • RAG
  • AI agents
  • Docker
  • PostgreSQL
  • API design
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • GenAI
  • Java

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 0%Regular 53%Senior 47%

17925 Q116025 Q212925 Q313625 Q415726 Q120126 Q215326 Q34626 Q4
Offers per quarter in Data Science and AI · hollow dot = quarter in progress

Matching: 47 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.

Salaries in job-board reports

From reports

No Fluff Jobs: „Kariera w IT 2026”data for H1 2026

These are the report's figures for the whole AI category, not for this role alone.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Junior––
Mid20–25.215.4–21.3
Senior23.5–30.120–26.6

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. A dash means the report gives no amount because there were too few ads. Source: page 21 of the report.

No Fluff Jobs: „Rynek pracy IT w Polsce 2025/2026”data for 2025

These are the report's figures for the whole AI category, not for this role alone.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Overall19.3–28.619–24
Junior12.2–1810.2–12.5
Mid20–2514–21
Senior23–28.620–29

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. Year-on-year change of the overall upper median: B2B -4.5%, employment -4.0%. Source: pages 27 and 33 of the report.

Reports are shown on their own, with a link and page number. They are not averaged with SOLID.Jobs data because they measure something else: the report gives the median lower and upper bounds, SOLID.Jobs the median of the range midpoints.