Cloud Platform Lead — Go, Kubernetes, AI Infra

Mistral AI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Job summary

Mistral is hiring for a senior backend/infrastructure engineer to own the cloud platform systems. You will write Go, shape architecture, and lead a small squad of engineers while partnering with Product Managers to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure.

You will design and ship critical systems powering our sovereign AI cloud, working with Kubernetes and Linux at scale. The role emphasizes hands-on technical leadership over formal management responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Shipped production Go systems.
• Led engineers for 2+ years.
• Experience running Kubernetes in production.
• Collaborated with product, design and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship the systems; write Go and own architecture decisions.
• Run Kubernetes in production and manage on-call 3am incidents.
• Own delivery of the team's roadmap with reliable, scalable workloads.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the org.
• Partner with Product Managers to align technical scope with customer needs.
• Define team processes and execution rituals as to scale the platform.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Backend development

Team leadership

Linux

Observability

Tools

Linux

Job description

Mistral is hiring for a senior backend/infrastructure engineer to own the cloud platform systems. You will write Go, shape architecture, and lead a small squad of engineers while partnering with Product Managers to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure.

You will design and ship critical systems powering our sovereign AI cloud, working with Kubernetes and Linux at scale. The role emphasizes hands-on technical leadership over formal management responsibilities.