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AI Scientist - Palo Alto

Mistral AI
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/6/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/5/2026

About Mistral


At Mistral we are on a mission to democratize AI, producing frontier intelligence for everyone, developed in the open, and built by engineers all over the world.


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, with teams distributed between Europe, the USA and Asia. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.


At Mistral, we develop models for the enterprise and for consumers, focusing on delivering systems which can really change the way in which businesses operate and which can integrate into our daily lives. All while releasing frontier models open-source, for everyone to try and benefit.


Mistral is hiring experts in the training of large language models and distributed systems. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI.


What will you do


*Research and develop novel methods to push the frontier of large language models

*Work across use cases (e.g reasoning, code, agents) and modalities (e.g text, image and speech)

*Build tooling and infrastructure to allow training, evaluation and analysis of AI models at scale

*Work cross-functionally with other scientists, engineers and product teams to ship AI systems which have a real-world impact


About you


*You are a highly proficient software engineer in at least one programming language (Python or other, e.g. Rust, Go, Java)

*You have hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) or distributed systems (e.g. Ray, Kubernetes)

*You have high engineering competence. This means being able to design complex software and make it usable in production

*You are a self-starter, autonomous and a team player


Now, it would be ideal if


*You have hands-on experience with training large transformer models in a distributed fashion

*You are able to navigate the full MLOps stack, for instance, fine-tuning, evaluation and deployment

*You have a strong publication record in a relevant scientific domain

*Audio/Speech experience - audio input/out, NLP


Note that this is not an exhaustive or necessary list of requirements. Please consider applying if you believe you have the skills to contribute to Mistral's mission. We value profile and experience diversity.



What We Offer


๐Ÿ’ฐ Competitive salary and bonus structureย 

๐Ÿš€ Generous Equity

๐Ÿง‘โ€โš•๏ธ Health : Competitive Healthcare program (Medical Provider: Blueshield of California 100% coverage for employee, 75% for dependents)

๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป Pension : 401K (6% matching)

๐Ÿ๏ธ PTO : 18 daysย 

๐Ÿš— Transportation: Reimburse office parking charges, or $120/month for public transport

๐Ÿค Coaching: we offer Betterup coaching on a voluntary basis

๐Ÿ€ Sport: $120/month reimbursement for gym membership

๐Ÿฅ• Meal stipend: $400 monthly allowance for meals (solution might evolve as we grow bigger)

๐Ÿชช Visa sponsorship

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