[D] Expectation from Machine Learning Engineering jobs

Hey everyone,

I’ve seen a lot of posts here about careers in ML and landing internships or jobs, and two things come up a lot

  1. Building a strong research portfolio and publishing at conferences like NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML, which seems to focus more on getting research scientist roles.

  2. The growing demand for Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) roles, which are apparently more in demand than research scientist positions.

I’m curious about the difference between these two roles and what kind of portfolio would be ideal for landing an MLE position. I know having a master’s degree is often preferred, but is an impressive publication record necessary for MLE roles? Or is it not that big of a deal?

What are your thoughts?