Lead Technical Mentor

About the job

About the Role: At Datavalley we are looking for a Lead Technical Mentor, a senior practitioner who can run our AI/ML training floor like a real engineering team. You will own the end-to-end technical readiness of each batch: from Python fundamentals to production-grade GenAI projects to interview preparation. This is not a classroom teaching role. What You Will Do: - Own the technical training and mentorship, ensuring each cohort is fully prepared from foundational Python to advanced GenAI projects and supporting students through code reviews, Git best practices and interview readiness. - Design and deliver hands-on curriculum covering Python, ML/AI, Data Science, GenAI and Cloud (GCP). - Guide students through end-to-end project delivery: RAG chatbots, fraud detection, recommendation engines, sentiment analysis. - Run the cohort like a real dev team: daily standups, sprint planning, JIRA, code reviews, Git hygiene. - Ensure every student graduates with a GitHub portfolio of 3+ documented, production-grade projects. - Collaborate with the placement team to ensure students are interview-ready and technically confident. - Cover System Design / HLD basics for interview preparation. Must Have: - 8+ years of hands-on experience in Python, AI/ML or Data Science. - Production experience: you have built and deployed ML models or data pipelines in a real-world environment (not just Kaggle or academic projects). - Strong in Python (OOP, clean code), SQL (advanced queries, database design) and ML fundamentals (Scikit-Learn, regression, classification, model evaluation). - Hands-on with Git, JIRA and Agile practices. - Ability to simplify complex technical concepts - you are the person juniors come to for explanations. - GenAI exposure: OpenAI/Gemini APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines or Hugging Face. - Cloud familiarity: GCP (Vertex AI preferred) or AWS (SageMaker). Good to Have: - Prior training, mentoring or tech lead experience. - Deep Learning fundamentals (TensorFlow / PyTorch). - Data Analytics skills: Power BI, Tableau or advanced visualisation. - Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines or model deployment at scale.

Requirements

• Python
• AI/ML
• Data Science
• GenAI
• JIRA

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Python
• AI/ML or Data Science

Preferred Technologies

• Python
• AI/ML
• Data Science
• GenAI
• JIRA

Benefits

• Paid sick time
• Provident Fund