Software Engineer, Deployment

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About Mistral

At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity. Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life. We democratize AI through high‑performance, optimized, open‑source and cutting‑edge models, products and solutions. Our comprehensive AI platform meets enterprise needs on‑premises or in cloud environments. We offer products such as Le Chat, the AI assistant for life and work, and a wide range of APIs and tools. Our team is distributed across France, the US, the UK, Germany and Singapore, and we are a collaborative, low‑ego, team‑spirit company passionate about AI’s potential to transform society.

Role Summary

We are seeking experienced backend software engineers to join our Deployment team. You will help deploy and integrate our products (models, APIs, AI Studio) across multiple infrastructure configurations, from leading cloud service providers to self‑hosted solutions. You will work closely with research, product, solution architecture and program management teams to deliver frontier models to customers wherever they use our technology.

What you will do

• Ensure fast and reliable launch of new products (from models to APIs) to customers.
• Build and test the infrastructure needed to package, deploy and integrate our core technology within first‑party systems and third‑party platforms.
• Help solve AI safety challenges on third‑party platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure services achieve high availability and performance for users.
• Automate deployment processes to enhance performance, scalability and velocity.
• Foster architecture improvements to make our products deployable on all configurations, including on‑premise.
• Drive cross‑functional feature improvements with other product engineering teams (Le Chat, API/SDK, Mistral Code).
• Contribute to key technology and architecture trade‑offs to break our deployment stack into small, maintainable and testable pieces.

About You

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Excellent proficiency in backend development (Python, Golang).
• Strong proficiency in infrastructure management (Docker, CI/CD, K8s, Helm, Terraform).
• Good knowledge of cloud ecosystems and understanding of deploying LLMs in multiple environments (public cloud, private cloud, on‑premises).
• Autonomous and self‑starter profile.
• Ability to communicate with influence.

Hiring Process

• Introduction call – 45 min
• Hiring Manager Interview – 30 min
• Live‑coding Interview (Python) – 45 min
• System Design Interview – 45 min
• Culture‑fit discussion – 30 min
• Reference checks

Location & Remote

The position is based in our Paris HQ offices. We encourage onsite work at least three days per week to foster collaboration. Our remote policy provides flexibility and a productive balance; each manager can set days worked remotely depending on context. Employees must maintain regular communication with their teams and be available during core working hours.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Health insurance
• Transportation allowance
• Sport allowance
• Meal vouchers
• Private pension plan
• Generous parental leave policy

We may use artificial intelligence tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. For more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.