AI Scientist · Mistral

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:30:26 GMT
Engineering

Mistral · Palo Alto · hybrid

At Mistral, we are on a mission to democratize AI, producing frontier intelligence for everyone, developed in the open, and built by engineers all over the world.

We are hiring experts in the training of large language models and distributed systems. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI.

Responsibilities:

Research and develop novel methods to push the frontier of large language models

Work across use cases (e.g reasoning, code, agents) and modalities (e.g text, image and speech)

Build tooling and infrastructure to allow training, evaluation and analysis of AI models at scale

Work cross-functionally with other scientists, engineers and product teams to ship AI systems which have a real-world impact

About You:

You are a highly proficient software engineer in at least one programming language (Python or other, e.g. Rust, Go, Java)

You have hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) or distributed systems (e.g. Ray, Kubernetes)

You have high engineering competence. This means being able to design complex software and make it usable in production

You are a self-starter, autonomous and a team player

Nice to Have:

You have hands-on experience with training large transformer models in a distributed fashion

You are able to navigate the full MLOps stack, for instance, fine-tuning, evaluation and deployment

You have a strong publication record in a relevant scientific domain

Audio/Speech experience - audio input/out, NLP

What We Offer:

Competitive salary and bonus structure

Generous Equity

Health: Competitive Healthcare program (Medical Provider: Blueshield of California 100% coverage for employee, 75% for dependents)

Pension: 401K (6% matching)

PTO: 18 days

Transportation: Reimburse office parking charges, or $120/month for public transport

Coaching: we offer Betterup coaching on a voluntary basis

Sport: $120/month reimbursement for gym membership

Meal stipend: $400 monthly allowance for meals (solution might evolve as we grow bigger)

Visa sponsorship