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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