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Prompt Engineer

The model is fixed. The instruction is where the leverage lives.

POSITION ON THE USES → BUILDS AXIS · 30% TOWARD BUILD

What it is

The Prompt Engineer designs the instructions and system prompts that shape model behaviour — the craft of getting reliable, on-brief output from a fixed model.

It is increasingly folded into the broader builder roles rather than standing alone, but the underlying skill — precise, structured, testable instruction — remains real and valuable.

Done well, it looks less like wordsmithing and more like specification: defining role, constraints, and output format so the result holds across cases.

What you'd do

  • Write structured, testable system prompts
  • Define role, constraints and output format precisely
  • Iterate against real cases, not single examples
  • Encode voice and judgement so output needs little correction
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