You've been given an AI mandate but don't have additional headcount, what next? Re-skilling, up-skilling and team augmentation become essential to delivering on a new mandate. In this talk we'll cover strategies to structure cross functional AI teams with domain experts, software engineers and ML engineers. We'll cover key skills and milestones that each traditional role can contribute to in unique ways.


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AI Engineer

A machine learning team lead at Wisdocs shares insights on building effective AI teams in the modern era. The talk covers three key areas: understanding what type of AI team your company needs based on whether you're a technology company, verticalized service, or tech-enabled business; the importance of hiring generalists who can adapt across model training, serving, and business domains rather than specialized researchers; and practical advice on upskilling existing teams through continuous learning, customer interaction, and domain expertise development. The speaker argues that most companies don't need top-tier AI researchers but rather well-rounded engineers who can bridge technical implementation with business value.

Structuring a modern AI team — Denys Linkov, Wisedocs