I'm an ex-Amazon, current Meta machine learning engineer. Here's how I built my resume to land my AI roles.

"For people getting into the field, it's important to be deliberate with how you spend your time learning. I've worked in both startups and Big Tech companies, and I've had to be intentional about how I present my career. The technology will keep changing, and new models will emerge, but it's important to focus on the why of what you're doing for both the work itself and how you present yourself as a difference maker in that work."

"When I applied for my role at Meta, I focused on building out a narrative throughline in my résumé, which I think helped my application and brought me closer to my long-term career goals. I started within the startup world before joining Big Tech. My first job was as a founding machine learning engineer at a startup. Then, in the summer of 2022, I was interning at a hedge fund in New York as a software engineer, and I applied for a role at Amazon."

"I joined Amazon in February 2023. I really enjoyed my time there. It taught me a lot about how Big Tech approaches problem-solving and scaling resources. There are so many different paths within the world of AI and machine learning."

Saurabh Khandelwal, a 28-year-old machine learning engineer at Meta, emphasizes the importance of intentional career development in AI and machine learning. He began as a founding machine learning engineer at a startup, then interned at a hedge fund before joining Amazon in February 2023. His experience at Amazon provided insights into Big Tech's problem-solving approaches and resource scaling. Khandelwal stresses that while technology and models continuously evolve, focusing on the underlying purpose of work matters most. He credits his successful transition to Meta partly to building a coherent narrative throughout his resume that highlighted specific experiences from both startup and Big Tech environments, demonstrating comprehensive understanding of machine learning systems.

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