Machine Learning Mentor Summer 2025
Machine Learning Mentor Summer 2025
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AI & Machine Learning Mentor (remote parttime paying $3540/hr)
This is a parttime remote position 810 hours/week) from July 1 to Aug 8 2025
Do you remember that person who made you realize your true potential
The one who championed you while you traversed the path towards academic or professional success.
Your mentor. Maybe you had one or even several if you were very lucky!
If you are a grad student with machine learning skills SureStart is offering YOU the chance to pay that mentorship forward by helping newer students develop machine learning and AI skills. It will also help you develop your leadership skills and experience all while getting paid for your efforts!
This summer we are working with the MIT RAISE Initiative once again to host a very exciting 6week virtual AI training program called the MIT FutureMakers Createathon! This program runs from July 1st through August 8th 2025 and will bring together students from across the US to help them develop skills related to AI applied machine learning app development and entrepreneurship through a virtual program led by undergraduate and graduate student mentors.
Your role will be crucial in this Createathon!
Your responsibilities will be to:
- Train support and encourage a small group of 56 students as they develop AI and Machine Learning skills using the program curriculum.
- Help them use those skills to build a final AIbased project to complete the program.
- Daytoday you will interact with your group of trainees through regular meetings.
- Keep your group accountable for finishing their prior days tasks.
- Help unblock them when they are stuck by pointing them to resources showing them how to debug code and/or giving them helpful hints to discover the answer on their own.
The curricula for the program will be provided and you will be trained in how to mentor effectively. You will be supported in your work by the program manager and a head mentor.
Requirements for applicants
- Must be recent graduates or currently enrolled as Masters or Phd students in Computer Science Computer Engineering Data Science/Analytics Machine Learning or similar fields.
- Passionate about teaching and mentoring younger students; especially invested in mentoring students from backgrounds underrepresented in science and technology.
- Applicants must be proficient in programming in Python in using Google Colab and Github.
- Proven experience in using Machine learning for Computer Vision Speech or Natural Language Processing applications.
- Willing and able to commit to 8 hours per week during the first four weeks of the program. For the final two weeks an additional 23 hours may be required to assist student teams for Createathon prep.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Must be available to participate in
- Required paid mentor curriculum training in June (exact dates TBD) and
- Mentoring Across Difference training from 5:006:30PM ET from June 911th 2025 (paid training)
Benefits
- You will deepen your technical skills (look up protege effect)
- Work on exciting challenging and incredibly rewarding work critical to the future of ethical AI
- Build up your CV with realworld leadership and management experience years ahead of your classmates!
- Get trained in mentorship and professional skills including communication selfbranding entrepreneurship equitable leadership and more
- Attend technical skills talks by industry professionals
- Be an integral part of an impactful movement towards opportunity equity in tech and AI
- Valuable networking opportunities with industry leaders within enterprise tech and academia
It is a winwin for you and your trainees. So if you are interested apply today!
If youre excited about being a mentor but are hesitating about the requirements go ahead and apply anyway wed love to hear from you!
Diverse minds building diverse technology is SureStarts mission. We would love to see a wide variety of candidates presenting their unique perspectives experiences and skills. We are an equal opportunity employer and highly value diversity. SureStart does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Part-Time
