AI & ML Technical Mentor — Freelance | Part-Time | Remote

AI & ML Technical Mentor — Freelance | Part-Time | Remote
Duration: 6–9 months
Seeking an AI/ML practitioner for paid, one-to-one mentorship, supporting a techno-functional finance professional transitioning toward an Applied AI & ML Engineer role.
Scope
• Create a structured roadmap for a learner developing Python fundamentals.
• Guide self-study, assign practical tasks, and provide regular code reviews, debugging support, and feedback.
• Cover Python and software engineering foundations, practical ML, and LLM/GenAI applications, including RAG.
• Guide data preparation, model training, evaluation, and performance measurement.
• Support building, testing, and deploying portfolio projects.
Requirements
• Hands-on experience developing and deploying AI/ML applications.
• Strong Python skills and experience with relevant tools such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Practical knowledge of LLMs and RAG.
• Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to a beginner.
• Availability for regular sessions and agreed support between sessions.
Preferred
• Experience in banking, finance, or FinTech is an advantage, but not required.
• Guidance toward team projects or internships is a plus

Work arrangement
Yes