NEW - Engineering Manager

Mistral; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Parental leave

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Meal allowances

Job summary

Mistral is seeking an Engineering Manager for its Product Engineering team to lead the development of scalable, reliable AI platform systems powering millions of users. You will balance technical contributions with people management and work closely with Product Managers to align engineering work with business objectives.

The role focuses on defining architecture, building high-quality production systems, and maintaining engineering standards and processes as the team scales across regions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Ability to balance technical work with people management.
• Track record turning AI research into production systems.
• Strong collaboration with Product Managers to align roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for your team and remove obstacles.
• Own delivery of your team’s roadmap and quality standards.
• Define roadmap, scope initiatives, and drive prioritization with PMs.
• Contribute to architecture, system design, and code reviews.
• Define and evolve team processes for scaling and clarity.
• Encourage knowledge sharing to boost team resilience.
• Hold the team accountable for results and execution.
• Keep the team engaged in product direction.

Skills

Scalable systems

Team leadership

Architecture/design

PM collaboration

Production systems

Job description

About Mistral

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems—across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector—co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms.

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 Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

The Role

As an Engineering Manager on the Product Engineering team, you will lead the development of systems that power our AI platform and products. This role combines technical expertise with team leadership to ensure we build scalable, reliable solutions for millions of users.

Our product engineering teams, typically ten members, turn AI research into production systems. Your work will influence how our engineering organization operates and how we deliver products to developers and end users.

You will balance technical contributions with team management, partnering with Product Managers to align engineering work with business objectives. The role is key to maintaining engineering standards, clear processes, and consistent delivery.

What You Will Do

• Serve as the primary contact for your team, removing obstacles to execution.
• Own delivery of your team’s roadmap, ensuring projects meet quality and performance standards.
• Partner with Product Managers to define roadmap, scope initiatives, and drive prioritization.
• Contribute to architecture, system design, and code reviews, leading by example.
• Define and evolve team processes to maintain clarity as the team scales.
• Challenge engineers to take ownership and increase team resilience through knowledge sharing.
• Hold your team accountable for results and execution.
• Keep the team engaged in product direction.

What We’re Looking For

• Technical expertise in building scalable systems.
• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Ability to balance technical work with team management.
• Experience partnering with Product Managers to align goals.
• Ability to build team culture and establish processes.
• Ability to improve engineering standards and ensure quality.
• Experience shaping engineering organizations.
• Experience turning research into production systems.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks.

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