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 engineer at Meta...