Full-Time
Applied AI Engineer
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Mistral AI
201-500 employees
Develops and deploys large language models
Junior, Mid
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Job requires onsite presence in Palo Alto.
- PhD / master in AI / data science
- 2+ years as a technical individual contributor (machine learning engineer or data scientist or software engineer) on AI-based products
- Experience in Fine Tuning LLMs, tackling advanced RAG or agentic use cases
- Experience in MLOps and deploying Machine Learning use cases at scale
- Deep understanding of concepts and algorithms underlying machine learning and LLMs
- Experience building and deploying LLMs or NLP applications
- Proven experience in AI or machine learning product implementation with APIs, back-end and front-end interfaces.
- Strong technical coding skills in Python
- Experience in deep learning with Pytorch
- Experience with Agents framework such as Langchain, vector DBs
- Strong communication skills with an ability to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms with technical and non-technical audiences
- Onboarding customers on our products and APIs, providing guidance on prompting, evaluation, and fine-tuning, and ensuring the best production integration with back-end and front-end interfaces.
- Working on state-of-the-art GenAI applications from consumer products to industrial use cases, driving with customers a crucial technological transformation.
- Individually helping deploy into production use cases with a considerable business impact across various industries.
- Collaborating with researchers, other AI engineers, and product engineers on complex customer projects involving fine-tuning and LLM applications, and contributing to the open-source codebase for tasks such as inference and fine-tuning.
- Involved in pre-sales calls to understand potential clients' needs, challenges, and aspirations, providing technical guidance on products and explaining Mistral technologies to various stakeholders.
- Collaborating with the product and science team to continuously improve product and model capabilities based on customer feedback.
- Experience as a Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect or Technical Product Manager
- Contributed to open-source projects in particular in the space of LLMs
Mistral AI develops and deploys Large Language Models (LLMs) that can understand and generate human-like text. Their main products include an API that allows clients to access these models on a pay-as-you-go basis, making it easy for businesses of all sizes to integrate advanced AI capabilities without large upfront costs. Additionally, Mistral AI offers open-source models that can be accessed through platforms like Hugging Face, encouraging community involvement and continuous improvement of the models. Unlike many competitors, Mistral AI combines a flexible API with open-source offerings, allowing for both commercial use and community contributions. The company's goal is to provide scalable and cost-effective AI solutions while fostering innovation through community engagement.
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$1B
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2023
6 month growth
↑ 5%1 year growth
↑ 6%2 year growth
↑ 11%
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Mistral AI's €600M funding round boosts its valuation to €6 billion.
- The Codestral 25.01 model outperforms competitors, gaining popularity among developers.
- European AI market surge favors Mistral AI's growth and innovation.
What critics are saying
- Competition from advanced models by companies like OpenAI may challenge Mistral's market position.
- Rapid AI innovation could render Mistral's models obsolete if not updated.
- AFP partnership may expose Mistral to content licensing and copyright risks.
What makes Mistral AI unique
- Mistral AI offers both API access and open-source models, catering to diverse client needs.
- The partnership with AFP enhances Mistral's language models with real-time news content.
- Mistral AI's strategic alliance with Microsoft expands its global reach via Azure.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Company Equity
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Paid Vacation