Applied AI, Technical Lead, Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Paris
Mistral AI · Paris
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead delivery of complex AI solutions for strategic enterprise customers.
- Guide strategic customers from pre-sales through post-implementation.
- Shape future AI offerings with research, product and engineering teams.
What they offer
- healthcare coverage
- parental leave
- retirement plans
- relocation support
- wellness programs
- meal and transportation allowances
Ideal candidate
A hands-on AI leader who thrives mentoring teams and partnering with strategic customers to turn cutting-edge research into robust, real-world enterprise impact.
Requirements
- Fluent in English
- PhD or Master's degree in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field
- 7/8+ years of experience in AI/ML with 2+ years in a technical leadership role
- Proven track record 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 such as LangChain and Hugging Face
- Strong software engineering skills including API design, backend/full-stack development and system architecture
- Excellent technical communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
Lab profile
About Mistral AI
Provides full-stack AI solutions from frontier models to tools, applications, and compute.
What they build
- Frontier AI models
- Developer tools
- AI applications
Known for
- Full-stack AI development
- Enterprise co-creation and deployment
- Customizable systems that run on customer terms
- Focus on finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare and public sector