MLE vs ML infra for early career

Aug 27, 2021 5 Comments

Currently at 1 year 10 months of experience at Microsoft Research as a machine learning engineer, a Snap and Lyft recruiter contacted me for ML engineer roles. However Snap recruiter did say hiring managers generally looking for 2.5 - 3 YOE, and I am not yet at the sweet spot. So I am not sure how many hiring managers would be truly interested in taking me on right now despite recruiter contact. I spoke with many other company recruiters, such as Robinhood, Waymo, Uber and Tesla, and most places are looking for people with more years of experience for machine learning engineer, and thus these companies are considering me for infra roles. Currently I am at Microsoft Research working as a MLE so I think I have good experience in ML, but lesser in YOE than desired. What would be a good strategy? How easy is it for ML infra engineers to transition to MLE with only ML infra experience?

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  • Amazon
    hamama

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    hamama
    I’m currently interviewing as an MLE for several companies with 1 YOE (including some companies listed in this post). Maybe you just need to brush up a bit on the resume and try again
    Aug 27, 2021 3
    • Amazon
      hamama

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      hamama
      I would say that the balance between research and development is similar, but the specific domain, not necessarily
      Aug 27, 2021
    • SAP
      alex007

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      alex007
      Hey Hamama, I am planning to switch role from SDE to MLE. How is the interview process generally for MLE? What kind of ML questions are there usually? Also, LC is important for these roles as well? Could you shed some light?
      Sep 4, 2021
  • Spotify
    Rvme70

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    Rvme70
    Lol πŸ˜‚. This is how you know is a good market for employees. Enjoy life man. You have no experience. Btw. All options are good.
    Aug 27, 2021 0