Postdoctoral Researcher (AI/ML) β†’ Senior AI Engineer

Postdoc to Industry AI Engineer: Leveraging Deep Expertise for Production Systems

You've done the PhD, published the papers, maybe led research teams. Your technical depth is unquestionable. But academia's publish-or-perish culture is exhausting, and industry AI roles offer better compensation, faster iteration cycles, and direct impact. This path is similar to the PhD transition but accounts for your additional experience and leadership skills. Focus areas: shipping fast over perfection, business metrics over academic metrics, and building things that users actually use. Your expertise positions you for senior roles, let's add the production engineering that gets you there.

2-4 months
Difficulty: Intermediate

Prerequisites

  • PhD in ML/AI or related field
  • Deep theoretical understanding of machine learning
  • Research leadership and mentoring experience
  • Strong Python programming skills
  • Publication track record in ML/AI

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