About the job
The Applied AI for Critical and Sovereign Institutions team is Mistral’s specialized unit dedicated to delivering high-impact, secure AI solutions for institutions and organizations operating in highly regulated and strategic environments.
We work hand-in-hand with clients to design, deploy, and maintain AI systems that meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and operational excellence.
Our team combines deep technical expertise with a rigorous approach to compliance and risk management, ensuring that every solution is both cutting-edge and fully aligned with the unique constraints of our partners.
What you will do
- Individually deploy AI solutions into production for use cases with significant operational and strategic impact.
- Develop state-of-the-art GenAI applications tailored to the specific needs of sovereign institutions and critical infrastructure, driving technological transformation in collaboration with our customers.
- Work closely with our researchers, AI engineers, and product teams on complex customer projects involving advanced fine-tuning, LLM applications, and contributions to our open-source codebases for inference and fine-tuning.
- Participate in pre-sales discussions to understand the needs, challenges, and aspirations of potential clients, providing technical guidance on Mistral’s products and technologies to diverse stakeholders.
- Collaborate with our product and science teams to continuously improve our offerings based on customer feedback, with a focus on security, compliance, and performance.
How we work in Applied AI
- We care about people and outputs.
- What matters is what you ship, not the time you spend on it.
- Bureaucracy is where urgency goes to vanish. You talk to whoever you need to talk to.
- The best idea wins, whether it comes from a principal engineer or someone in their first week.
- Always ask why. The best solutions come from deep understanding, not from copying what worked before.
- We say what we mean. Feedback is direct, timely, and given because we care.
- No politics. Low ego, high standards.
- We embrace an unstructured environment and find joy in it.
About you
- Fluent in English.
- PhD or Master's in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years of experience in AI/ML.
- Proven track record of leading teams to deliver complex AI projects from prototyping to production.
- Deep expertise in fine-tuning LLMs, advanced RAG, agentic systems, and deploying NLP applications at scale.
- Proficient in Python, PyTorch, and modern AI frameworks (LangChain, HuggingFace).
- Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and MLOps tools a plus.
- Strong software engineering skills: API design, backend/full-stack development, system architecture.
- Excels in technical communication with technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
- Thrives in fast-paced collaborative environments and is passionate about mentoring technical talent.
It would be great if you
- Have experience with React or other frontend frameworks.
- Have experience with Deep Learning in PyTorch.
- Contributed to open-source projects in the LLM or AI space.
- Have experience in customer-facing roles with a focus on enterprise AI adoption.
Security & Compliance criteria
- Eligibility: must hold citizenship in the target territory (France for now).
- Clearable: must meet all local requirements for high-level security clearance (e.g., no criminal record, fulfillment of national service obligations).
Benefits
- 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.
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