#362 How to Have a Machine Learning Career in 2026 | Marina Wyss, Senior Applied Scientist at Twitch
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Marina Wyss discusses the evolving role of machine learning engineers and the skills needed for a successful career in AI.
The role of the machine learning engineer is being rewritten in real time. AI coding assistants are absorbing parts of the day-to-day, planning and evaluation are eating up more of the week, and the lines between machine learning engineer, AI engineer, and data scientist are blurrier than ever. For anyone working in data and AI — or trying to break in — this shift changes what skills are worth investing in, what employers actually screen for, and how interviews are run. What's still worth learning? What does a competitive portfolio look like? And how do you stand out when a thousand applicants are using bots to apply? Marina Wyss is a Senior Applied Scientist at Twitch (an Amazon company), where she builds production AI and machine learning systems across content understanding, recommendations, and forecasting. She came into the field from a non-traditional background — a political science undergrad and a Master's in social data science in Berlin — and has held machine learning roles at Coursera and a Berlin-based statistical consultancy along the way. Outside her day job, Marina runs a popular AI/ML YouTube channel and weekly newsletter, and coaches people transitioning into…
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