The model is fixed. The instruction is where the leverage lives.
POSITION ON THE USES → BUILDS AXIS · 30% TOWARD BUILD
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.