Software Engineer, Research Team

Mistral AI
Paris, France
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Paris, France

Tech stack

Java
API
C++
Code Review
Nvidia CUDA
Continuous Integration
Distributed Systems
Python
Open Source Technology
Software Engineering
Data Processing
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Slurm
Data Pipelines

Job description

https://mistral.ai/careers. Mistral AI participates in the E-Verify program Role Summary - Software Engineering track As a Research Engineer on the software side, you will design and harden the codebase, tools and distributed services that let our scientists train and ship frontier-scale models. You do not need prior ML experience; what matters is writing clean, reliable code that scales. You will join our Platform REs team to build and maintain shared dev-tools, evaluation & data pipelines, training framework, cluster tooling and CI/CD. Location: Paris / London (hybrid) or remote EU/UK with one hub day per month. What will you do * Accelerate researchers by owning the complex parts of large-scale pipelines and delivering robust internal tooling. * Interface research with product: expose clean APIs, automate model pushes, surface live metrics. * Write efficient, well-tested Python and systems code; enforce code review, CI, and observability. * Design and optimise distributed

Requirements

services (Kubernetes / SLURM, thousands-of-GPU jobs). * Prototype utilities (CLI, dashboards) and carry them through to stable, shared libraries. About the Research Engineering team Based in Paris and London, our REs move fluidly along the research * production spectrum. Engineers can rotate between Platform and Embedded tracks as their interests evolve. About you * Master's in Computer Science (or equivalent experience). * 4 + years building and operating large-scale or distributed systems. * Strong software-design instincts: modular code, tests, CI/CD, observability. * Fluency in Python plus one systems language (C++, Rust, Go or Java). * Hands-on with container orchestration and schedulers (Kubernetes / K8s, SLURM, or similar). * Comfortable profiling performance, optimising I/O, and automating workflows. * Self-starter, low-ego, collaborative, high-energy. Nice-to-haves * Exposure to ML workloads or data-processing pipelines. * Experience with GPU

Benefits & conditions

clusters or CUDA. * Open-source contributions or widely used internal tools. Benefits France Competitive cash salary and equity Food: Daily lunch vouchers Sport: Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription Transportation: Monthly contribution to a mobility pass ️ Health: Full health insurance for you and your family Parental: Generous parental leave policy Visa sponsorship UK Competitive cash salary and equity Insurance Transportation: Reimburse office parking charges, or £90 per month for public transport Sport: £90 per month reimbursement for gym membership Meal voucher: £200 monthly allowance for meals Pension plan: SmartPension (percentages are 5% Employee & 3% Employer)

About the company

About Mistral At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity. Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life. We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions. Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise as well as personal needs. Our offerings include Le Chat, La Plateforme, Mistral Code and Mistral Compute - a suite that brings frontier intelligence to end-users. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between France, USA, UK, Germany and Singapore. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. Together, we can make a meaningful impact. See more about our culture on

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