Applied AI Engineer (Tech Lead)
Mistral AIVisit Mistral AI website
Paris-based AI company building frontier models, AI applications, developer tools, and compute infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
Paris, France
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI develops open-weight and commercial language models and provides a full-stack AI platform spanning agents, application development, custom-model training, APIs, and AI cloud infrastructure.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will drive technical delivery of complex AI solutions for enterprise customers, staying hands-on in code while leading a team of Applied AI Engineers. You will lead pre-sales technical discussions, design fine-tuning, RAG and agentic systems, and feed customer insights back to product teams.
Requirements
- PhD or Master's degree in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science or related field
- 7/8+ years of experience in AI/ML
- 2+ years in a technical leadership role
- Track record of leading teams delivering complex AI projects
- Deep expertise in fine-tuning LLMs, advanced RAG, agentic systems and NLP deployment
- Proficient in Python, PyTorch and AI frameworks such as LangChain and Hugging Face
- Strong software engineering skills including API design and system architecture
- Excellent technical communication
Responsibilities
- Deliver critical code of complex projects as an individual contributor
- Lead technical teams of Applied AI Engineers with mentorship and guidance
- Lead technical discussions during pre-sales
- Design and oversee implementation of complex AI systems including fine-tuning, RAG and agentic workflows
- Identify emerging AI trends and evaluate new tools and methodologies
- Work with product managers, researchers and engineers to integrate customer feedback
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- Parental leave
- Retirement plans
- Relocation support
- Wellness programs
- Meal and transportation allowances
