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A 6-week hands-on program where you go from data scientist to ML engineer by building one complete, production-grade machine learning system, deployed, monitored, and live on GitHub. You will work on the IEEE-CIS Fraud Detection dataset (590,000 real e-commerce transactions from Vesta Corporation, which protects $18 billion in annual payments). This is not a toy dataset or a Kaggle submission. You are building a system a real fintech team would recognise. Included: A personalised week-by-week learning plan with daily build targets 6 weeks of structured mentorship with Deepa, including async code reviews on GitHub, architecture feedback, and live Q&A sessions timed to your pace Curated self-study resources mapped to each module, hand-picked to match the exact tools and concepts you are building with AI-assisted coding guidance using Cursor throughout, with specific prompts for every build task An interview question bank covering every module, so you are preparing for interviews while you build Support for your questions and doubts throughout the program 6 structured code reviews where Deepa reviews your actual GitHub PRs with inline comments A project plan document you fill in during the EDA, so you always know what you are building and why The system you build covers the full production ML stack: model training and experiment tracking, a live prediction API, containerization and deployment, drift monitoring, explainability, and an automated CI/CD pipeline, all wired together into one demonstrable system.
A live fraud detection API running in production, accepting real transaction data and returning fraud probabilities in under 100ms
Tracked experiments with documented hyperparameter optimization
A dockerized model service with drift monitoring that automatically triggers retraining
A CI/CD pipeline with an evaluation gate so bad models cannot be deployed
A SHAP explainability report and a model card, the documentation production ML teams actually write
A public GitHub portfolio with a clear README, architecture diagram, and load test results
The ability to answer the three most common MLE final-round questions from hands-on experience: "How would you serve this model?", "How do you know when to retrain?", and "Walk me through a system you built end to end"
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
We are practitioners, not lecturers. Every session is about your code, your blockers, your decisions, not slides. The program is async-first by design. You do the building alone, using Cursor for AI-assisted coding. Deepa's time is used only for the things that genuinely require a senior practitioner: reviewing your actual code on GitHub, making architecture calls you cannot make alone, running mock interviews that simulate the pressure of a real final round, and unblocking you when you are genuinely stuck. Before every code review you submit a GitHub PR with a description of what you built, the decisions you made, and what you are uncertain about. Deepa responds with inline comments that ask the question that leads you to the fix, not by rewriting your code. That distinction matters. You learn more from finding the bug than from being shown it. We use the 30-minute rule: before escalating a question you must have tried for 30 minutes including asking Cursor. This is not a gatekeeping rule, it is the most important engineering habit we teach. Most questions answer themselves when you are forced to articulate them clearly. What sets this apart from other coaching: you will have a live production system to demo by the end of Week 2. Not a notebook. Not a certificate. A real system you can show in an interview and say "I built this."
Services included:
AI Fundamentals
AI Research
AI System Design
ML Ops & Deployment
AI Code Review
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Joined October 2025
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AI/ML Career Coach | Director at Koru | 600+ Professionals Mentored
Welcome to my profile! With a robust background in AI and machine learning, I am passionate about helping others excel in this dynamic field. As the Director of AI Solutions Engineering at Koru, I bridge AI strategy with hands-on engineering to build scalable AI-native business units. My experience as a co-founder and coach at Touch Infinity Consulting, along with my role as a Data Science Trainer/Coach at Great Learning, has allowed me to mentor over 600 industry professionals, earning an average review score of 4.81/5. I specialize in guiding clients through complex ML topics, from Python for Data Science to advanced algorithms like CNNs. Whether you're looking to break into AI/ML or advance your career, I'm here to help you achieve your goals. Let's connect and create a tailored plan for your success!
5h–10h of coaching