I'm on a hiring committee for a job with the title of "Machine Learning Engineer". The most qualified candidates we have come through the process are physics PhDs who did a significant amount of coding during their PhD and have been able to segue into machine learning because they were interested.
Our other tier of hireable candidates have been individuals with 4+ years of industry experience, usually with CS PhDs with a machine learning specialty.
The rest of our team came from internal transfers, people who were less qualifed but proved that they would have a positive impact on the output of the team.
Our other tier of hireable candidates have been individuals with 4+ years of industry experience, usually with CS PhDs with a machine learning specialty.
The rest of our team came from internal transfers, people who were less qualifed but proved that they would have a positive impact on the output of the team.