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Advance Your AI/ML Engineering Career

Advance Your AI/ML Engineering Career

Offered by Mikhail S.

AI Founder & CTO | YouTube Rebuild Lead | Waymo AI | a16z Speedrun

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Studied at Moscow State University of Railway Transport

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Hiring Manager at fictional.ai

Description

This package is designed for professionals aiming to grow their careers in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The coaching will be tailored to your individual goals, covering topics such as strengthening technical depth in ML/AI, preparing for leadership opportunities, and building influence in your organization and the broader industry. With expert guidance, you’ll refine your AI/ML skills, elevate your professional presence, and chart a path to long-term success in this rapidly evolving field. Some of the common coaching activities included in this package are, but are not limited to: • Enhancing Your Personal Brand – Craft a compelling personal narrative that highlights your AI/ML achievements, projects, and thought leadership. • Advancing AI/ML Technical Skills – Deepen your expertise in areas like applied machine learning, neural networks, model deployment, or AI product strategy. • Mastering Stakeholder Communication – Learn how to translate complex AI/ML concepts into clear, actionable insights that drive alignment and decision-making. • Strategic Networking Guidance – Build a targeted networking plan to connect with leaders, peers, and communities in the AI/ML space. • Navigating Career Growth – Get personalized guidance on positioning yourself for promotions, transitioning into AI/ML leadership roles, or shifting into high-impact opportunities across industry or research. This coaching package is ideal for AI/ML professionals seeking to advance their careers, expand their influence, and position themselves as leaders in the field.


What you'll get from this package

A polished personal brand package, including a refined LinkedIn profile and AI/ML-focused narrative

A personalized career development roadmap with milestones for advancing in AI/ML

Enhanced technical or strategic skill development plan tailored to your career goals

A networking strategy and target list of AI/ML leaders, communities, and opportunities

Actionable guidance for promotions, leadership transitions, or role changes in AI/ML


Additional details

Coaching delivered via live sessions and .

Refund Policy

Services included:

LinkedIn Review

Cover Letters

Resume Review

Networking Strategy

Salary Negotiation

Technical Interview Prep

Job Search Strategies

Behavioral Interview Prep

Technical Skills


Mikhail S.

Offered by Mikhail S.

Joined November 2026

AI Founder & CTO | YouTube Rebuild Lead | Waymo AI | a16z Speedrun

I created Pony Diffusion, one of the most popular open-weight image model families, used to generate 3B+ images. I'm now co-founder and CTO of Fictional.ai, backed by a16z Speedrun, where I built the technology from the first prototype and lead engineering, hiring and technical strategy. My work spans LLMs and agents, training data, model development, evaluation and deployment. Before that, I spent 12 years at YouTube/Google and Waymo. I led the complete rebuild of YouTube.com from a laptop demo to a global launch, and worked on AI research infrastructure, ML systems and simulation at Waymo. I've interviewed hundreds of engineers, mentor through MentorCruise and Prepfully, and teach AI-driven product development with ByteByteGo. I can help you build and ship an AI product, make sound architecture and model decisions, or prepare for a senior engineering role. We work on your actual project or career challenge, with direct feedback and concrete next steps. One engineer I mentored landed a Staff role at Google after we sharpened how they presented the experience they already had.

Experience level: Associate

60+ AI & ML Engineering clients

Starting at $1,161

10h+ of coaching