Instructor bio
Devoin is a Lead AI Engineer with over a decade building machine learning systems at scale — from recommendation engines serving millions to production LLM pipelines. He has trained 140,000+ students worldwide and specializes in making complex AI concepts practical, approachable and career-focused.
His teaching philosophy is simple: build real things from day one. Every course pairs the intuition behind a concept with hands-on projects you can put straight into a portfolio.
Core expertise
Experience
Lead AI Engineer
Anthropic Labs • 2021 – PresentLeads a team building production LLM pipelines and evaluation systems serving.
Senior ML Engineer
Google Brain • 2016 – 2021Shipped recommendation and ranking models, and mentored dozens of junior.
Data Scientist
Spotify • 2013 – 2016Built the first generation of personalized playlist models used by tens of millions of listeners.
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Student reviews
“We improved marketing performance significantly using AI-driven recommendations that optimize campaigns, consistent results.”


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