Anthropic Pays $320K for an AI Engineer. I Rebuilt It as a Claude Skill.
Anthropic pays up to $320K for AI engineers. I turned Andrew Ng's skills map into one AI Engineer Skill for Claude and Codex. Install it and start building.
While googling, I came across this AI Engineer job posting from Anthropic.
The interesting part is the salary: $320K.
But didn't Dario Amodei say that AI may cause “unusually painful” disruption to jobs?
And this statement was in Jan.
After that, Fable 5 was released.
The model was too powerful; they had even started a project called Glasswing.
The goal was to help companies identify and fix critical issues before they can be exploited by this model.
(Fable 5 is Mythos 5 with additional safety safeguards.)
So I was half-convinced.
Next, I asked a Fable-5 how much of our skill can cover described in this job description;
Andrew Ng's AI Engineering Skills Map
After that, I came across Andrew NG’s post.
He is a co-creator of Coursera, a Stanford professor, and really a legend for me because his courses were the first that I took while learning AI in 2018.
I read his full issue, about this AI Engineering Skills Map.
They analyzed 10,000+ job postings and carried out interviews with AI experts, hiring managers, and recruiters.
And they formulated the entire process in 4 steps.
And now I am convinced.
I plan to build it as a Claude Skill.
On top of this analysis, I added one more step: Harness, because I assume you’ll use Claude Code or Codex, and this Harness works for both.
Inside the AI Engineer Skill: 5 Modules
It has 5 different modules, which started after the interview.
Shaper: Turns your idea into a buildable spec.
Architect: Picks the stack and names the tradeoffs.
Harness: Sets up CLAUDE.md, skills and more features.
Builder: Writes the code and runs everything it writes.
Shipper: Tests the build and gives a verdict: ship or not.
If the shipper approves, then it’ll build you a plan, so you can ship it.
I turned what I teach on build-ship-repeat into a shipper, so you can build an app from scratch.
Like always, I am going to give you the Google Drive link with a prompt that can help you install this Claude skill.
This time, I wrote one prompt for Codex users; I believe we have too many inside the community.
Here are the files.
After the paywall, I’ll give you the Google Drive link, show you a few tricks for using this skill, and share my advice on what to build next if you want to make money from it or possibly find an investor for your app.
If you want to build in public with a community and have me review your builds and suggest improvements, join the community.
