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Amazon AWSOnline courses can teach you a framework. Textbooks can give you theory. But neither can tell you which tools an interviewer will actually test you on next Thursday, or which architectural decision your team lead is going to push back on in your first code review.
Atlia mentors bring the knowledge that can't be Googled — the unwritten standards, the real hiring bar, the shortcuts that only come from years of experience on engineering teams at the world's best technology companies.
Every Atlia mentor is actively employed as a senior practitioner. Not a career educator. Not a retired professional. Someone who wrote production code, led a real deployment, or made a consequential architectural decision this week — and is now sharing what they know with the next generation.
A selection of our active mentor network. All 40+ mentors are current, senior-level practitioners at leading US and UK technology companies.
James leads computer vision and foundation model research at Google DeepMind in London. Previously at Google Brain and DeepMind's robotics division, he has authored 22 peer-reviewed papers, holds 8 patents, and has contributed to the training infrastructure behind Gemini. He is one of the most sought-after mentors on the Atlia network for learners targeting research engineering and MLOps roles.
Sarah works on fine-tuning, RLHF, and deployment infrastructure for GPT-series and o-series models at OpenAI. Before OpenAI she spent 6 years at Google building large-scale recommendation systems. Her mentorship focuses on practical LLM engineering — prompt engineering, RAG architecture, fine-tuning pipelines, and productionising GenAI features in real applications.
Nathan leads the AI engineering division at Scale AI, where his team builds evaluation frameworks and data pipelines for the world's largest AI training programmes. He specialises in multi-agent systems, autonomous workflow design, and tool-augmented LLM architectures. Nathan is the go-to mentor for learners targeting AI agent engineering and enterprise automation roles.
Priya builds the recommendation and personalisation models that drive content discovery for Netflix's 260 million subscribers. She previously led data science at Airbnb's pricing team and holds an MSc in Statistics from MIT. Her mentorship is especially valued for its business-first perspective — she teaches data science as a tool for driving decisions, not just running models.
Karen is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS with certifications across the entire AWS professional and specialty stack. She designs enterprise cloud architectures for Fortune 500 clients across financial services, healthcare, and retail. Her 16 years of infrastructure and cloud experience make her one of the most decorated cloud mentors in the Atlia network.
Chris is a veteran of the US federal cybersecurity community, having worked with CISA before moving to Mandiant (now Google Security). He specialises in threat intelligence, incident response, red team operations, and cloud security architecture. His 18 years span government, defence, and enterprise cybersecurity — making him uniquely equipped to guide learners toward high-value US and UK security roles.
Rachel leads the Copilot AI integration team at Microsoft, overseeing how GPT-4 is embedded into enterprise Office and Azure products. Her background spans product management and engineering, giving her a rare dual perspective on GenAI — both from a technical implementation standpoint and a product/business impact standpoint. She mentors on LLM integration, product thinking for AI, and enterprise deployment.
Marcus is a Senior SRE at Google's London office, where he manages reliability and observability for Google Cloud Platform services serving millions of daily requests. With 13 years split between software engineering, DevOps, and SRE roles, Marcus mentors on the full cloud engineering spectrum — from foundational IaC and CI/CD to advanced Kubernetes, SLO design, and chaos engineering.
Hannah leads network security engineering at Cloudflare's UK hub, overseeing DDoS mitigation, WAF rule development, and Zero Trust network architecture for some of the world's highest-traffic websites. She previously held senior security roles at BAE Systems and GCHQ-affiliated programmes. Her mentorship is especially valuable for learners targeting UK government, defence, and enterprise cybersecurity positions.
Thomas works on Constitutional AI and alignment research at Anthropic, contributing to the safety and interpretability work behind the Claude model family. Before Anthropic, he was a senior ML engineer at Stripe building fraud detection models. He mentors on the intersection of LLM safety, production ML, and the emerging field of AI alignment — one of the fastest-growing areas of the US job market.
Tom leads analytics engineering at Airbnb's EMEA division, owning the data infrastructure and modelling layer that powers pricing, host quality scoring, and demand forecasting across Europe. He previously built data teams at Rightmove and Deliveroo. Tom's mentorship is the most practical on the Atlia network for learners targeting analytics engineering, dbt, and data modelling roles in the UK market.
Emily builds AI-powered decision platforms at Palantir that are deployed in US and UK government, defence, and healthcare settings. Her engineering work spans agent orchestration, data pipeline design, and deploying AI at national scale under strict compliance and security requirements. She mentors on agentic systems engineering, government AI programmes, and the intersection of data engineering and AI.
Daniel is a staff mlops engineer at Stripe with deep expertise in artificial intelligence. Daniel brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, deep learning, and model deployment. On Atlia, Daniel mentors students targeting AI and ML engineering roles across the US and UK.
Olivia is a principal ai engineer at Anthropic with deep expertise in artificial intelligence. Olivia brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, deep learning, and model deployment. On Atlia, Olivia mentors students targeting AI and ML engineering roles across the US and UK.
Rajesh is a computer vision lead at NVIDIA with deep expertise in artificial intelligence. Rajesh brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, deep learning, and model deployment. On Atlia, Rajesh mentors students targeting AI and ML engineering roles across the US and UK.
Sophie is a deep learning researcher at Meta AI with deep expertise in artificial intelligence. Sophie brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, deep learning, and model deployment. On Atlia, Sophie mentors students targeting AI and ML engineering roles across the US and UK.
Maya is a generative ai lead at OpenAI with deep expertise in generative AI. Maya brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering. On Atlia, Maya mentors students targeting GenAI engineering roles across the US and UK.
David is a applied scientist at Cohere with deep expertise in generative AI. David brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering. On Atlia, David mentors students targeting GenAI engineering roles across the US and UK.
Isabella is a prompt engineering lead at Anthropic with deep expertise in generative AI. Isabella brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering. On Atlia, Isabella mentors students targeting GenAI engineering roles across the US and UK.
Liam is a llmops engineer at Hugging Face with deep expertise in generative AI. Liam brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master LLMs, RAG, and prompt engineering. On Atlia, Liam mentors students targeting GenAI engineering roles across the US and UK.
Alex is a ai platform lead at Salesforce Einstein AI with deep expertise in agentic AI. Alex brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master autonomous agents, orchestration, and tool use. On Atlia, Alex mentors students targeting AI agent development roles across the US and UK.
Grace is a agent systems architect at Microsoft with deep expertise in agentic AI. Grace brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master autonomous agents, orchestration, and tool use. On Atlia, Grace mentors students targeting AI agent development roles across the US and UK.
Arjun is a staff ai engineer at LangChain with deep expertise in agentic AI. Arjun brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master autonomous agents, orchestration, and tool use. On Atlia, Arjun mentors students targeting AI agent development roles across the US and UK.
Chloe is a autonomous agents lead at Adept AI with deep expertise in agentic AI. Chloe brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master autonomous agents, orchestration, and tool use. On Atlia, Chloe mentors students targeting AI agent development roles across the US and UK.
Michelle is a vp data science at JPMorgan Chase with deep expertise in data science. Michelle brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, statistics, and analytics. On Atlia, Michelle mentors students targeting data science roles across the US and UK.
Benjamin is a lead data scientist at Netflix with deep expertise in data science. Benjamin brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, statistics, and analytics. On Atlia, Benjamin mentors students targeting data science roles across the US and UK.
Ananya is a senior data scientist at Airbnb with deep expertise in data science. Ananya brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, statistics, and analytics. On Atlia, Ananya mentors students targeting data science roles across the US and UK.
George is a ml engineering lead at Spotify with deep expertise in data science. George brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master machine learning, statistics, and analytics. On Atlia, George mentors students targeting data science roles across the US and UK.
Jennifer is a cloud solutions lead at Microsoft Azure with deep expertise in cloud computing. Jennifer brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master cloud architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure. On Atlia, Jennifer mentors students targeting cloud engineering roles across the US and UK.
Victor is a principal cloud architect at Amazon Web Services with deep expertise in cloud computing. Victor brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master cloud architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure. On Atlia, Victor mentors students targeting cloud engineering roles across the US and UK.
Emma is a senior cloud engineer at Google Cloud with deep expertise in cloud computing. Emma brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master cloud architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure. On Atlia, Emma mentors students targeting cloud engineering roles across the US and UK.
Samuel is a devops & cloud lead at Microsoft Azure with deep expertise in cloud computing. Samuel brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master cloud architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure. On Atlia, Samuel mentors students targeting cloud engineering roles across the US and UK.
Robert is a threat intelligence analyst at CISA (US Gov) with deep expertise in cyber security. Robert brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master threat detection, defensive security, and incident response. On Atlia, Robert mentors students targeting security engineering roles across the US and UK.
Natalie is a lead security engineer at CrowdStrike with deep expertise in cyber security. Natalie brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master threat detection, defensive security, and incident response. On Atlia, Natalie mentors students targeting security engineering roles across the US and UK.
Omar is a penetration testing lead at Palo Alto Networks with deep expertise in cyber security. Omar brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master threat detection, defensive security, and incident response. On Atlia, Omar mentors students targeting security engineering roles across the US and UK.
Lauren is a incident response manager at Mandiant with deep expertise in cyber security. Lauren brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master threat detection, defensive security, and incident response. On Atlia, Lauren mentors students targeting security engineering roles across the US and UK.
Kayla is a senior data analyst at Spotify with deep expertise in data analytics. Kayla brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master SQL, BI tools, and data storytelling. On Atlia, Kayla mentors students targeting data analytics roles across the US and UK.
Brian is a analytics engineering lead at Shopify with deep expertise in data analytics. Brian brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master SQL, BI tools, and data storytelling. On Atlia, Brian mentors students targeting data analytics roles across the US and UK.
Vanessa is a director of analytics at Salesforce with deep expertise in data analytics. Vanessa brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master SQL, BI tools, and data storytelling. On Atlia, Vanessa mentors students targeting data analytics roles across the US and UK.
Ethan is a senior analytics lead at Meta with deep expertise in data analytics. Ethan brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master SQL, BI tools, and data storytelling. On Atlia, Ethan mentors students targeting data analytics roles across the US and UK.
Aisha is a business intelligence lead at Deloitte with deep expertise in data analytics. Aisha brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master SQL, BI tools, and data storytelling. On Atlia, Aisha mentors students targeting data analytics roles across the US and UK.
Jacob is a analytics engineer at Shopify with deep expertise in data analytics. Jacob brings hands-on production experience to every session, helping learners master SQL, BI tools, and data storytelling. On Atlia, Jacob mentors students targeting data analytics roles across the US and UK.
Every Atlia program domain is covered by multiple active, senior mentors — so you always have depth of perspective, not a single point of failure.
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Your mentor doesn't appear at the start and disappear after week two. They're embedded in every phase of your program.
Testimonials from Atlia graduates — specifically about what their mentor relationship meant to their career outcome.
"James reviewed my capstone project at 11pm on a Thursday with a 3-paragraph writeup that was more valuable than anything I'd read in six months of self-study. That level of care — from a Google DeepMind engineer — is something I still can't quite believe I had access to."
"Sarah didn't just teach me LLMs — she taught me how someone at OpenAI thinks about LLMs. The mental models, the tradeoffs, the questions you ask before choosing an architecture. That's what I brought into my first technical interview, and it's what got me the offer."
"Karen told me within the first month that I should be targeting Solutions Architect roles, not Cloud Engineer. I had the communication skills from my previous career — I just didn't see it as an asset. That one reframe changed my entire job search strategy and led directly to the role I accepted."
"The mock interview Chris ran was harder than my actual interview at Deloitte. He told me I'd probably find the real thing easier — and he was right. That confidence going in made a visible difference. The interviewers actually commented on how composed I seemed."
"I came from a finance background. Priya helped me see that wasn't a disadvantage — it was my entry point into fintech data science. She introduced me to a hiring manager at JPMorgan through LinkedIn. I didn't even apply. The job came to me through a mentor connection."
"Marcus pulled up my GitHub on a live call and gave me feedback like I was already on his team. 'This is what I'd say in your first PR review.' I'd never had someone at that level care about my code that directly. It completely changed how I approach writing software — not just for jobs, but full stop."
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