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Specialist-track positioning: what to build, what to read, what the realistic 12-month trajectory looks like. For engineers pivoting into AI security, governance, or architecture. Read more

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Leone Lage Perdigão

Leone Lage Perdigão

Principal AI Architect | ML, GenAI & Agentic Systems at TaoQ AI

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Specialist-track positioning: what to build, what to read, what the realistic 12-month trajectory looks like. For engineers pivoting into AI security, governance, or architecture.

Your mentor

I am an Independent Principal AI Architect based in the Netherlands, with 15+ years of experience across software engineering, cloud architecture, and AI. I currently lead architecture and R&D at PostNL's AI Centre of Excellence, where I authored the enterprise AI Reference Architecture adopted as the organisational standard for all AI initiatives. Before that, I was an Advisory AI Engineer at IBM, working across the NCEE market on WatsonX deployments and security product R&D for IBM QRadar EDR. I hold an MSc in Artificial Intelligence with Distinction from the University of Bath.

Moreover, I run TaoQ AI (taoq.ai), an independent AI security and EU AI Act governance practice. I maintain Ziran (github.com/taoq-ai/ziran), an open-source AI agent red-teaming framework. I contribute to NVIDIA Garak and Hugging Face Transformers.

WHAT I MENTOR ON

I work best with mentees who want to move into one of the following specialist tracks:

• AI architecture for production systems: designing and mantaining enterprise AI stacks across Generative AI, Agentic AI, MLOps, and edge deployment. What breaks in production and why.

• AI agent security and red-teaming: prompt injection, tool chain attacks, multi-phase trust exploitation, testing methodology. Hands-on with Ziran, Garak, and Promptfoo.

• EU AI Act compliance for engineers: classification under Article 6, conformity assessment, Annex IV technical file preparation. Regulation read as engineering, not as a compliance checkbox.

• Career transitions into AI specialist tracks: how engineers, security professionals, and governance people actually move into senior AI roles. Realistic timelines, portfolio building, positioning.

What mentees say

5.0 (7 reviews)
“Working with Leone as my mentor has been an absolute pleasure! My goal is to become an AI engineer, and Leone’s depth of expertise is truly phenomenal—he doesn't just excel in AI and ML, but also possesses profound know…” “Working with Leone as my mentor has been an absolute pleasure! My goal is to become an AI engineer, and Leone’s depth of expertise is truly phenomenal—he doesn't just excel in AI and ML, but also possesses profound knowledge across traditional SWE domains and security. He is incredibly professional, approachable, and always helpful. He built a detailed, well-structured study plan for me, and for every question I asked, he provided thorough explanations—going above and beyond to ensure all concepts were crystal clear. I couldn't have asked for a better guide on my technical journey, and I highly recommend him as a mentor to anyone!”
Judy

Judy

Lite Plan · 1 month

“Leone is an amazing mentor. Had great time with him coaching me on my next steps to shift my career to management. He shared his experience, motivations, helped me to createa list of skills i should work on. Over all, I…” “Leone is an amazing mentor. Had great time with him coaching me on my next steps to shift my career to management. He shared his experience, motivations, helped me to createa list of skills i should work on. Over all, I'm happy with the results. Did not managed to shift my career into management, but that is something i will keep working on. I have a clearer perspective on what to do from now onwards.”
Antonella

Antonella

Standard Plan · 1 month

“I had the pleasure of working with Leone as my technical mentor during a hands-on Gen AI engineering study plan, and I cannot recommend him highly enough. From day one, he brought the perspective of a senior engineer — …” “I had the pleasure of working with Leone as my technical mentor during a hands-on Gen AI engineering study plan, and I cannot recommend him highly enough. From day one, he brought the perspective of a senior engineer — not just pointing out what was wrong, but explaining why it was wrong and what the right approach looks like in a real production environment. His PR reviews were thorough, specific, and educational. Every comment came with context, he made sure I understood the reasoning behind each change, which is rare and invaluable. He reviewed multiple phases across multiple blocks, always maintaining the same high standard of feedback without cutting corners. He challenged me to think like a senior engineer — writing specs before code, understanding idempotency, and approaching infrastructure with discipline. Any engineer would be lucky to have him as a mentor or colleague.”
Millie

Millie

Lite Plan · 1 month

“I am very satisfied with my mentor. He built a clear program for me to improve my technical and professional skills in the field of AI. He is always available for questions, easy to talk to, and provides a very professi…” “I am very satisfied with my mentor. He built a clear program for me to improve my technical and professional skills in the field of AI. He is always available for questions, easy to talk to, and provides a very professional and comprehensive plan with practical exercises. Throughout the journey, he supports me and helps me understand what steps I need to take and how to overcome challenges. He is a pleasant person to communicate with, and I feel comfortable asking even the smallest questions. I highly recommend him as a mentor to anyone.”
Ran

Ran

Standard Plan · 2 months

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