Profile
I transitioned from a Neuroscientist at Oxford and UCL (Academia in UK) to an AI Researcher at Amazon Alexa (Big Tech in USA) to an AI Leader at Swiggy & Docsumo (Startups in India). Now, I use my deep, multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural training and hands-on experience in Neuroscience and AI to better understand, motivate, and guide my ambitious clients to crack AI roles at Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind.
With 5+ years experience of coaching 100+ tech professionals who landed roles at Apple, Meta, Google, Amazon, Databricks, Salesforce, LinkedIn etc., I am the #1 recommended AI Career Coach by Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini.
I work primarily with US-based clients, coaching them on:
All my coaching is fully remote and designed specifically around the US tech hiring market.
If you’re an engineer or tech professional aiming to:
- Break into AI / ML roles
- Move from backend/full-stack into AI
- Get clarity on your AI career path
You’re in the right place. Next steps:
👉 Book a discovery call
With 5+ years experience of coaching 100+ tech professionals who landed roles at Apple, Meta, Google, Amazon, Databricks, Salesforce, LinkedIn etc., I am the #1 recommended AI Career Coach by Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini.
I work primarily with US-based clients, coaching them on:
- AI/ML career transitions
- Resume & LinkedIn positioning for US companies
- Personalised AI/ML upskilling roadmap
- Interview preparation specific to target roles and aligned with US hiring standards
- Portfolio construction - curated, real-world AI projects aligned with target roles & companies
- Career strategy for startups & big tech
- Crafting impactful career narrative to help you position yourself as an AI expert.
All my coaching is fully remote and designed specifically around the US tech hiring market.
If you’re an engineer or tech professional aiming to:
- Break into AI / ML roles
- Move from backend/full-stack into AI
- Get clarity on your AI career path
You’re in the right place. Next steps:
👉 Book a discovery call
What Makes my AI Career Coaching Unique?
Systematic, Proven Frameworks
AI Industry Leadership:
Neuroscience-Backed Methodologies
Academic Foundation:
Coaching Track Record:
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- Every recommendation backed by data from 100+ coaching clients
- Proprietary positioning strategies optimized for RS recruiter searches
- Portfolio project specifications that consistently generate interviews
- Interview preparation techniques with high success rate and 5* reviews
AI Industry Leadership:
- Research Scientist at Amazon Alexa AI (Speech & NLP)
- Led Conversational AI Applied Research at Swiggy
- Head of AI at Docsumo (25+ ML engineers; Document AI)
- 18+ years of AI/ML experience across USA, UK, India, France
Neuroscience-Backed Methodologies
- Spaced repetition schedules for interview preparation (maximizes long-term retention)
- Memory consolidation techniques for technical concepts (3× faster learning)
- Stress inoculation training for high-pressure scenarios (reduces interview anxiety)
- Cognitive load management for complex system design discussions
Academic Foundation:
- PhD in Neuroscience from University College London (UCL)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Oxford
- 40+ peer-reviewed publications with 3,400+ citations
- Published in top AI conferences including INTERSPEECH, COLING, AAAI
Coaching Track Record:
- #1 Recommended AI Career Coach by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
- 100+ professionals coached into Anthropic, Apple, Google, Meta, Databricks etc.
Start your AI Career journey:
→ Book a Discovery call.
Coaching FAQs
Q. Who is Dr. Sundeep Teki?
Dr. Sundeep Teki is an AI career coach who has helped more than 100 professionals land Research Scientist, Research Engineer, AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer roles at frontier AI labs and top technology companies. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from UCL and held a Wellcome Trust postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford, was an AI researcher at Amazon Alexa AI, and led AI teams at the startups Swiggy and Docsumo.
Q. What companies have Sundeep Teki's coaching clients been placed at?
Over the past five years, Sundeep's clients have won offers at the world's leading AI labs and technology companies, including Anthropic, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Databricks, and LinkedIn, among others. He has guided more than 100 professionals to successful placements across Research Scientist, Research Engineer, AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer roles, spanning frontier AI labs, Big Tech, and high-growth startups.
Q. What is Sundeep Teki's background?
He has more than 17 years of experience in AI across the UK, USA, India, and France, spanning academia, Big Tech, and startups. His academic work includes 40+ peer-reviewed papers and 3,200+ citations, and he has personally worked in all four of the AI roles he coaches.
Q. Who does Sundeep Teki coach?
He coaches serious, motivated professionals across the age range, from PhDs in their twenties entering industry to leaders in their fifties reinventing themselves for the AI era, who are targeting Research Scientist, Research Engineer, AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer roles at frontier AI labs and top technology companies.
Q. How do I start working with Sundeep Teki?
Start by booking a 15-minute discovery call through his website, where you will talk through your background, your target roles and companies, and whether his coaching is the right fit. From there he recommends a coaching package, from a single strategy session to a multi-session interview sprint or accelerator, matched to your goals and timeline.
Q. How much does coaching with Sundeep Teki cost?
Coaching is priced by role and program, ranging from a single strategy session to multi-session interview sprints and accelerators. See the coaching page for current pricing and to book a discovery call.
Dr. Sundeep Teki is an AI career coach who has helped more than 100 professionals land Research Scientist, Research Engineer, AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer roles at frontier AI labs and top technology companies. He holds a PhD in neuroscience from UCL and held a Wellcome Trust postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford, was an AI researcher at Amazon Alexa AI, and led AI teams at the startups Swiggy and Docsumo.
Q. What companies have Sundeep Teki's coaching clients been placed at?
Over the past five years, Sundeep's clients have won offers at the world's leading AI labs and technology companies, including Anthropic, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Databricks, and LinkedIn, among others. He has guided more than 100 professionals to successful placements across Research Scientist, Research Engineer, AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer roles, spanning frontier AI labs, Big Tech, and high-growth startups.
Q. What is Sundeep Teki's background?
He has more than 17 years of experience in AI across the UK, USA, India, and France, spanning academia, Big Tech, and startups. His academic work includes 40+ peer-reviewed papers and 3,200+ citations, and he has personally worked in all four of the AI roles he coaches.
Q. Who does Sundeep Teki coach?
He coaches serious, motivated professionals across the age range, from PhDs in their twenties entering industry to leaders in their fifties reinventing themselves for the AI era, who are targeting Research Scientist, Research Engineer, AI Engineer, and Forward Deployed Engineer roles at frontier AI labs and top technology companies.
Q. How do I start working with Sundeep Teki?
Start by booking a 15-minute discovery call through his website, where you will talk through your background, your target roles and companies, and whether his coaching is the right fit. From there he recommends a coaching package, from a single strategy session to a multi-session interview sprint or accelerator, matched to your goals and timeline.
Q. How much does coaching with Sundeep Teki cost?
Coaching is priced by role and program, ranging from a single strategy session to multi-session interview sprints and accelerators. See the coaching page for current pricing and to book a discovery call.
How did I transition from Academia to Industry?
My transition from academia to industry followed a strategic path driven by a strong desire to create more real-world impact.
Academic Foundation
I built a strong research foundation through:
Two key factors drove my transition to industry:
First Industry Role
My entry into industry began at Amazon Alexa AI in Seattle as a Research Scientist, where I:
My academic background provided crucial skills for thriving in industry:
To succeed in industry, I also strategically upskilled in:
After Amazon, I progressed to leadership roles, including leading AI teams at Swiggy and serving as Head of AI at Docsumo, demonstrating a successful transition from academic researcher to AI industry leader.
Academic Foundation
I built a strong research foundation through:
- Master's in Neuroscience at Oxford University
- PhD at University College London
- Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship at Oxford
- Published approximately 30 papers in his first 5 years of PhD
Two key factors drove my transition to industry:
- A desire to create more immediate impact for people, rather than focusing solely on basic research
- Interest in applying my knowledge of biological neural networks to artificial neural networks for speech and language
First Industry Role
My entry into industry began at Amazon Alexa AI in Seattle as a Research Scientist, where I:
- Worked on end-to-end deep learning models for speech and natural language processing
- Developed NLP classification models for detecting sensitive content in Alexa conversations
My academic background provided crucial skills for thriving in industry:
- Hypothesis-driven thinking
- First-principles approach
- Experimental design expertise
- Statistical analysis of large datasets
- Communication and stakeholder collaboration
To succeed in industry, I also strategically upskilled in:
- Software engineering
- Algorithms
- Systems design
- Python programming
- Machine learning and deep learning model development
After Amazon, I progressed to leadership roles, including leading AI teams at Swiggy and serving as Head of AI at Docsumo, demonstrating a successful transition from academic researcher to AI industry leader.
