DevOps Engineer at Mistral

We are seeking our first DevOps Engineer.

- Collaborate with AI/ML engineers and researchers to develop and implement a CI/CD that enables safe and reproducible experiments

- Enable seamless replication of work environment across several HPC clusters 

- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting systems for both our large training runs and our client-facing APIs

- Make sure training environments are always available and ready on several clusters

- Improve development processes while finding the right balance between rigor, speed and flexibility for software development & research organization

- Develop and own internal tooling

- Collaborate with our AI/ML engineers and data scientists to build and maintain a secure, scalable, and efficient infrastructure.

- Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline the evaluation and development of AI/ML models and other applications.

- Ensure compliance with security best practices and industry standards.

- Work closely with the development team to troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments.

- Develop and maintain containerization and orchestration systems using tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

- Document processes and procedures to ensure consistency and knowledge sharing across the team

- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

- 3+ years of experience in a DevOps role, preferably in an AI/ML-focused environment.

- Strong experience with Kubernetes-based cloud computing

- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.

- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

- Strong knowledge of Python development good practices

- Having worked with GPUs before is a + but not required

- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

- Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Datadog.

- You ideally have an experience in Slurm

- Strong understanding of networking, security, and system administration concepts.

- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

- Self-motivated and able to work well in a fast-paced startup environment.

- Ability to shape the exciting journey of AI and be part of the very early days of one of Europe’s hottest startup 

- A fun, young, multicultural team and collaborative work environment — based in Paris and London 

- Competitive salary and bonus structure 

- Comprehensive benefits package 

- Opportunities for professional growth and development 

Mistral AI is a European company training large generative models for providing them to the industry. It releases the technology in a fully transparent way; a significant part of its IP is shared with permissive open-source software: Mistral AI intends to be a technical leader in the open-source generative AI community.

We're a small team, mostly composed of seasoned researchers and engineers in the field of AI. We like to work hard and to be at the edge of science. We are creative, low-ego, team-spirited, and have all been passionate about AI for years. We hire people that foster in competitive environments because they find them more fun to work in. We hire passionate women and men from all over the world.