DevEx Team Lead: Build & Scale Developer Tools

Mistral; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Parental leave

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Meal and transportation allowances

Job summary

Mistral is seeking a high-impact leader to run Developer Experience, owning both execution and leadership for a small, growing team. You will drive improvements to developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure while collaborating closely with product and engineering colleagues to accelerate velocity and quality across AI platform projects.

You will mentor engineers, define processes, and stay hands-on with architecture and reviews to ensure scalable, high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevEx, DevOps, or related fields.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go; experience with infrastructure as code.
• Experience leading high-performing teams in tooling or infrastructure.
• Collaborative work with product, design, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of the DevEx roadmap focusing on tooling and platform improvements.
• Lead CI/CD and build-system enhancements; optimize registries and cloud integrations.
• Define roadmap with engineering on developer experience and productivity impact.
• Hands-on architecture, code reviews, and technical decision-making for tooling.
• Define team processes, rituals, and knowledge sharing to scale.
• Mentor engineers and promote ownership and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Infrastructure as code

DevEx leadership

Project management

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud infrastructure

Build systems

Developer tooling

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Mistral is seeking a high-impact leader to run Developer Experience, owning both execution and leadership for a small, growing team. You will drive improvements to developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure while collaborating closely with product and engineering colleagues to accelerate velocity and quality across AI platform projects.

You will mentor engineers, define processes, and stay hands-on with architecture and reviews to ensure scalable, high-quality delivery.