Lead Technical Mentor -AI, Data Science & GenAI
Datavalley Technologies | Cyber Towers, Hyderabad | Full-Time | On-Site
Experience : 8+ Years
Location : Cyber Towers, Hyderabad (On-Site)
Employment Type : Full-Time, Permanent
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. You will run daily standups, conduct code reviews, enforce Git discipline and mentor freshers through real-world project delivery. Your success is measured by placement outcomes, not syllabus completion.
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.
Why Join Datavalley
- Competitive CTC of ₹12-₹15 Lakhs PA + unlimited placement-based incentives.
- High-impact work: directly shape careers and see your mentees land their first tech jobs.
- Autonomy: you design the projects, you set the technical bar, you decide when a student is ready.
- Growth path into Head of Training / Curriculum Director roles as we scale.
Work Location: In person
