I'm an ex-Amazon, current Meta machine learning engineer. Here's how I built my résumé to land my AI roles.

Saurabh Khandelwal joined Meta as a machine learning engineer in 2025. Courtesy of Saurabh Khandelwal Saurabh Khandelwal started his machine learning career at a startup before moving to Big Tech. He highlighted specific experiences in both startup and Big Tech to enhance his résumé. His résumé's overall narrative helped show that he understands machine learning systems end-to-end. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Saurabh Khandelwal, a 28-year-old machine learning engin...