AI Compute Engineer

About the company

Mistral AI is a France-based artificial intelligence company that develops AI models and builds compute infrastructure.

About this role

ABOUT MISTRAL Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems—across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector—co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited. The Role At Mistral, you’ll build and support the infrastructure behind sovereign AI. As an AI Compute Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of frontier models, products, and compute, ensuring our large-scale Linux environments, cloud systems, and AI workloads run reliably. This role is about more than just systems, it’s about enabling customers to leverage Mistral’s sovereign AI solutions with confidence, while helping us evolve toward modern, cloud-native technologies. What You Will Do - Own and operate the infrastructure powering Mistral’s sovereign AI, including Linux environments, cloud systems, and AI workloads. - Troubleshoot and resolve incidents to ensure high availability, performance, and security for our models, products, and compute platforms. - Collaborate with research, product, and infrastructure teams to align systems with AI and customer needs. - Provide technical support to customers and internal teams, diagnosing issues, guiding solutions, and ensuring smooth operations. - Explore and contribute to modern cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes and GPU orchestration, as we evolve our sovereign AI platform. What We're Looking For - Strong Linux system administration experience at scale. - Proficiency in Slurm and/or Kubernetes to manage workloads effectively. - Familiarity with distributed storage, high performance networking, cloud security, or GPU/AI/ML workloads is a plus. - Customer-focused mindset: Ability to diagnose, explain, and resolve technical issues for users leveraging Mistral’s AI solutions. - Pragmatic, collaborative, and hands-on - you thrive at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and customer success, and are eager to drive modernisation in a fast-evolving landscape. WHAT WE OFFER We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks. For the most up-to-date details on benefits available in your location, please refer to our Benefits page https://app.notion.com/p/mistralai/Benefits-at-Mistral-36e6ba59a7fe836b93dd01737fcc27ef?source=copy_link. PRIVACY POLICY Your privacy matters to us. You can learn more about how we handle your personal data in our Applicant Privacy Policy https://legal.mistral.ai/terms/applicant-privacy-policy.