Mistral AI

Mistral AI

Applied AI, Technical Lead, Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Montreal

Montreal · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 119 days ago
PythonFull-Stack DevelopmentAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsAPI DevelopmentMachine LearningPyTorchNLPLLMsRAGAgentic AIMLOpsProduct ManagementProduct StrategyExcelResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products, and solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver as an IC the critical lines of codes of our complex projects, you'll be hands-on and de-risk the critical parts of our complex projects. You'll stay deeply involved in coding, reviewing, and optimizing AI solutions.
  • Lead technical teams of Applied AI Engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and best practices for deploying state-of-the-art GenAI applications across industries.
  • Lead technical discussions during pre-sales, translating customer requirements into actionable solutions and communicating Mistral's technological advantages to diverse stakeholders.
  • Design and oversee the implementation of complex AI systems, including fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflows, and custom LLM applications, ensuring alignment with Mistral's product roadmap and open-source initiatives.
  • Drive innovation by identifying emerging trends in AI, evaluating new tools and methodologies, and championing best practices for fine-tuning, inference, and deployment.
  • Deliver as an IC the critical lines of codes of our complex projects, you'll be hands-on and de-risk the critical parts of our complex projects.
  • Mistral AI is seeking a Technical Lead, Applied AI to drive the technical strategy, execution, and delivery of complex AI solutions for our enterprise customers.
  • In this role, you will lead a project teams of Applied AI Engineers, ensuring the successful deployment of Mistral AI products and the development of high-impact, scalable AI use cases.

Requirements

  • Ideally, you have:

Nice to have

  • You are fluent in French and English.
  • You possess deep expertise in fine-tuning LLMs, advanced RAG, agentic systems, and deploying NLP applications at scale.
  • You are proficient in Python, PyTorch, and modern AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Hugging Face).
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and MLOps tools is a plus.
  • You excel in technical communication, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives and engineers.
  • You thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and are passionate about mentoring and growing technical talent.
  • Contributed to open-source projects, particularly in the LLM or AI space.
  • Experience in customer-facing roles (e.g., Solutions Architect, Customer Engineer, or Technical Product Manager) with a focus on enterprise AI adoption.

Skills

  • About Mistral
  • Our offerings include le Chat, the AI assistant for life and work.
  • Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation.
  • Our teams are distributed between France, USA, UK, Germany, and Singapore.

Benefits

  • You hold a PhD or Master's degree in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • You have a proven track record of leading teams to deliver complex AI projects, from prototyping to production, in industries such as tech, finance, healthcare, or industrial automation.
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