[jwatte]

Nobody is "given" a job; you "earn" a job by convincing the hiring manager that you can do what they need done.

If you're any good, and have good results to show and talk about, yes, you could totally be employed.

If you show that you're extra willing to do all the heavy data preparation and labeling work yourself as well as the infrastructure that runs the models, you'll have an even easier time. Most people just want to play with models, and believe data preparation is "beneath" them, but that's actually where the meat is and where the success of the model is made or destroyed.