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# Research Software Engineer

- **Company:** Mistral AI
- **Location:** Paris, France (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Clusters, Code Review, Nvidia CUDA, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Data Processing, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software, Slurm
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://fr.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f3320ab7df4ae2a9

## About the Role

* 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 clusters or CUDA.

 * Open-source contributions or widely used internal tools.

## Description

* 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 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.


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