Engineering Team Lead

About Mistral 

At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time and enhance learning and creativity. Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life.

We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions. Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise needs, whether on-premises or in cloud environments. Our offerings include le Chat, the AI assistant for life and work.

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 France, USA, UK, Germany and Singapore. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. Together, we can make a meaningful impact. See more about our culture on https://mistral.ai/careers.

Role summary

We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled Team Lead to join our team and drive the development of mission-critical systems powering our AI platform and products : AI Studio, Le Chat and Mistral Vibe.

You will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership to build high-impact scalable systems while growing and guiding a high-performing engineering team. On average, our team leads are responsible for teams of about five people for a specific product, owning both execution and delivery while remaining hands-on with code. You will split your time dynamically between individual contribution and leadership, with the balance shifting as your team grows. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers and ship features that directly impact our users and business. You will be responsible for creating a strong team culture, setting clear processes, raising the engineering bar and ensuring consistent high-quality delivery.

This is a highly critical role at the intersection of product engineering infrastructure and people. You will help shape how our engineering organization works, how we build at scale and how we turn cutting-edge AI research into reliable production-grade systems used by millions of developers and end users.

If you enjoy building complex systems, leading ambitious engineers and shipping products that matter, this role is for you.

What you will do

Depending on your skills and field of expertise, you will be involved in key components of our technology, including:

• Empower Your Team: Act as the clear point of contact for your team and its projects. Remove obstacles, unblock execution and create an environment where engineers can focus on building impactful high-quality products.

• Lead Delivery and Accountability: Own the delivery of your team’s roadmap and ensure projects are shipped with the right level of quality reliability and performance. Keep the team accountable for results and maintain strong execution momentum.

• Bridge Product and Technology: Partner closely with Product Managers to define the roadmap and priorities of your team. Scope initiatives, estimate engineering effort and drive prioritization decisions based on business and technical impact. Keep the whole team involved and engaged in the product direction.

• Hands-on Technical Leadership: Stay deeply involved in architecture design, system design, coding, peer reviews and technical decision-making. Lead by example and remain connected to the day-to-day challenges of the team.

• Process and Clarity: Define and evolve team processes, best practices and execution rituals with the team. Ensure they remain relevant as the team and product scale.

• Raise the Engineering Bar: Challenge engineers to step up, take ownership and grow beyond their comfort zone. Increase the team’s bus factor through knowledge sharing, documentation and rotation of responsibilities.

About you

• 5+ years of relevant professional work experience.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.

• Proficiency in one of the following language : Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Golang.

• Experience with building and leading high-performing teams.

• Experience with working with cross functional teams like product, design, business, etc.

• Experience with project management and planning.

• Ownership and capacity to ship products end-to-end.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Low ego and team spirit mindset.

• Autonomous and self-starter.

Now, it would be ideal if you had experience with:

• Experience with Platform & DX products (API, SDK, Tooling, Observability, Billing, etc.)

• AI/ML/MLOps engineering

Our Culture

We're driven to build a strong company culture and are looking for individuals with solid alignment with the following:

• Reason with rigor

• Are you audacious enough?

• Make our customers succeed

• Ship early and accelerate

• Leave your ego aside 

Engineering blog

Our first Engineering blog post is live, you can check it out here

Location & Remote

The position is based in our Paris HQ offices and we encourage going to the office as much as we can (at least 3 days per week) to create bonds and smooth communication. Our remote policy aims to provide flexibility, improve work-life balance and increase productivity. Each manager can decide the amount of days worked remotely based on autonomy and a specific context (e.g. more flexibility can occur during summer). In any case, employees are expected to maintain regular communication with their teams and be available during core working hours.

What we offer

💰 Competitive salary and equity package

🧑‍⚕️ Health insurance

🚴 Transportation allowance

🥎 Sport allowance

🥕 Meal vouchers

💰 Private pension plan

🍼 Generous parental leave policy