I am in the process of making this transition now.
I joined Grab.com on their Safety team and started working on their face recognition technologies. This got my feet wet in ML. Now I am leading their content moderation efforts.
TL;DR: Find an "ML adjacent" engineering role and take on ML/AI work.
"ML adjacent" roles could be, content moderation, safety, ads, and search.
I joined Grab.com on their Safety team and started working on their face recognition technologies. This got my feet wet in ML. Now I am leading their content moderation efforts.
TL;DR: Find an "ML adjacent" engineering role and take on ML/AI work.
"ML adjacent" roles could be, content moderation, safety, ads, and search.