Senior Engineering Manager, IaaS

Paris-based AI company building frontier models, AI applications, developer tools, and compute infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector deployments.

Series DRecently funded13 current maintainers13 active leads5 new active leads15 lead step-downs
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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About the Role

You will lead three teams: Managed Kubernetes, Network and Storage, managing team leads as a second-line manager. You will build the Storage team from zero, own delivery across roadmaps, own the architecture seams between the teams, partner with Product Managers, hire and raise the engineering bar.

Requirements

  • Led multiple engineering teams in production infrastructure as a second-line manager
  • Run Kubernetes or compute orchestration at scale, shipped systems in Go, and Linux experience
  • Strong network and storage knowledge
  • Comfortable working with hardware
  • Built a team from nothing
  • Grown leaders who now run teams
  • Low-ego, team-first mindset

Responsibilities

  • Own delivery and health across three teams' roadmaps
  • Manage and grow team leads
  • Build the Storage team from zero including charter, hiring and first production systems
  • Own architecture crossing Kubernetes, network and storage and the boundary with fleet and hardware groups
  • Partner with Product Managers to set priorities
  • Hire engineers and onboard them quickly
  • Raise the engineering bar through mentoring and feedback

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage
  • Parental leave
  • Retirement plans
  • Relocation support
  • Wellness programs
  • Meal and transportation allowances