How difficult is it to get SDE interviews if you're a DS?
Sep 22, 2021
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I have 3 yoe (2 as Sde) and my official title is Data Scientist but most of the work I do is Data Engineering and Devops. I haven't done any modeling or EDA work so far in the company but I don't mind it. I want to switch back to Engineering for several reasons. My question is how hard can it be to get interviews for SDE roles at top companies given that my role is DS.
Can I ask my manager that I want an SDE or Data Engineer title instead of DS? I just don't want to have that discussion with them otherwise they'll think I'm planning to interview with other companies. Another way was to just mention my role as data engineer or SDE on my resume and LinkedIn and interview with that. Is it too risky to do that?
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If you are already good at coding, you can start interviewing and say you want to be more involved in Engineering side and you can also bring some experience from ML/DS to the team.