Research Engineer

About Mistral

• At Mistral AI, we are a tight-knit, nimble team dedicated to bringing our cutting-edge AI technology to the world. Our mission is to make AI ubiquitous and open.
• We are creative, low‑ego, team‑spirited, and have been passionate about AI for years.
• We hire people who thrive in competitive environments, because they find them more fun to work in.
• We hire passionate women and men from all over the world.
• Our teams are distributed between France, UK and USA.

Role Summary

• As a Research Engineer here, you will be responsible for building our AI systems.
• Working hand in hand with our science team, you will help us accelerate research.
• Location: Paris/London.

Key Responsibilities

• Help accelerate researchers by taking on more complex parts of pipelines and building appropriate tools.
• Help interface our research with the products we build.
• Conduct research on the latest AI and machine learning technologies.
• Develop and implement AI models and algorithms, designing and executing the required experimental protocols.
• Write simple and efficient machine learning code.
• Develop prototypes and proof‑of‑concept models for AI applications.

About the Research Engineering team

• The team will be located in Paris; London.
• Our Research engineering team is embedded in our Science team.
• Our engineers can fluidly move on the production / research spectrum depending on where the needs are or where their interests lie.

Qualifications & Profile

• Master’s in computer science (or equivalent) or ideally a PhD.
• Background in research and a previous experience working in a lab.
• Experience with deep learning, natural language processing, LLMs.
• Hands‑on experience with AI frameworks and tools (e.g., Tensor

  Flow, Py

  Torch, Jax).
• Have experience working with large distributed systems.
• Self‑starter and autonomous.
• Low‑ego.
• Collaborative and have a real team‑player mindset.