Foundations
Sofia Marin
Applied AI engineer & educator
Sofia is an applied AI engineer who translates fast-moving model research into plain language. She runs the fundamentals track so every cohort starts with the same working mental model.
AI focus
You don't need the math. You need an accurate mental model of what these systems do well and where they quietly fail.
Expertise
- LLM fundamentals
- Prompting frameworks
- Vibe coding & tooling
- Evals and rubrics
Experience highlights
- 2017–2021
ML engineer shipping applied NLP systems in production.
- 2021–2024
Led an applied AI team building internal copilots.
- 2024–now
Teaches the AI Essentials track and designs the shared curriculum.
What they teach
- —AI Essentials
- —LLM fundamentals
- —Vibe coding & tooling