Applied Scientist/Research Engineer - Palo Alto/NYC
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.
About The Job
Run pre-training, post-training and deploy state of the art models on clusters with thousands of GPUs.
You don’t panic when you see OOM errors or when NCCL feels like not wanting to talk.
Generate and curate data for pre-training and post-training, working on evaluations and making sure the model’s performance beats expectations.
Develop the necessary tools and frameworks to facilitate data generation, model training, evaluation and deployment.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tackle complex use cases using agents and RAG pipelines.
Manage research projects and communications with client research teams.
What You Will Do
Run pre-training, post-training and deploy state of the art models on clusters with thousands of GPUs.
You don’t panic when you see OOM errors or when NCCL feels like not wanting to talk.
Generate and curate data for pre-training and post-training, working on evaluations and making sure the model’s performance beats expectations.
Develop the necessary tools and frameworks to facilitate data generation, model training, evaluation and deployment.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tackle complex use cases using agents and RAG pipelines.
Manage research projects and communications with client research teams.
About You
You are fluent in English, and have excellent communication skills.
You are at ease explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
You’re an expert with PyTorch or JAX.
You’re not afraid of contributing to a big codebase and can find yourself around independently with little guidance.
You write clean, readable, high-performance, fault-tolerant Python code.
You don’t need roadmaps: you just do.
You don’t need a manager: you just ship.
You are low-ego, collaborative and eager to learn.
You have a track record of success through personal projects, professional projects or in academia.
If you hold a PhD / master in a relevant field (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Machine Learning, Computer Science & Engineering), it would be great.
If you bring a variety of research experience (agents, multi-modality, robotics, diffusion, time-series), it would be great.
If you have contributed to a large codebase used by many (open source or in the industry), it would be great.
If you have a track record of publications in top academic journals or conferences, it would be great.
If you love improving existing code by fixing typing issues, adding tests and improving CI pipelines, it would be great.
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.