{"slug": "ask-hn-how-has-the-ml-engineer-job-evolved-outside-of-llm-labs", "title": "Ask HN: How has the ML engineer job evolved outside of LLM labs?", "summary": "An Ask HN post questions how the role of machine learning engineers has evolved outside of large language model labs, noting that frontier LLMs now handle tasks that previously required custom-trained models. The post seeks insights on whether engineers still train custom models or if their roles have shifted entirely.", "body_md": "It seems that a lot of the tasks that once required custom-trained models can now be achieved out of the box by frontier LLMs.\n\nIf you're an ML engineer working outside a frontier lab, how has your job evolved? Are people still training custom models, or has your role shifted entirely?\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48681934](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48681934)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-has-the-ml-engineer-job-evolved-outside-of-llm-labs", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48681934", "published_at": "2026-06-26 03:08:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-26 03:35:20.169209+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["machine-learning", "large-language-models", "ai-research", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-has-the-ml-engineer-job-evolved-outside-of-llm-labs", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-has-the-ml-engineer-job-evolved-outside-of-llm-labs.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-has-the-ml-engineer-job-evolved-outside-of-llm-labs.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-how-has-the-ml-engineer-job-evolved-outside-of-llm-labs.jsonld"}}