Operations Engineer, Fleet Health & Delivery

Mistral AI; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Parental leave

Retirement plans

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Meal and transportation allowances

Job summary

Mistral AI is seeking an Operations Engineer to build and support the infrastructure behind sovereign AI, running large-scale Linux environments, cloud systems, and AI workloads. You will ensure reliability, security, and performance while enabling customers to leverage Mistral’s sovereign AI platform.

In this role, you’ll collaborate across research, product, and infrastructure teams and explore modern cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes and GPU orchestration, to evolve our platform

Qualifications

• Strong Linux system administration experience at scale.
• Proficiency in Slurm and/or Kubernetes to manage workloads.
• Familiarity with distributed storage, high performance networking, cloud security, or GPU/AI/ML workloads.
• Customer-focused mindset: diagnose, explain, and resolve issues for users.
• Pragmatic, collaborative, hands-on approach across AI, infra and customer success.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate the infrastructure powering sovereign AI, including Linux environments, cloud systems, and AI workloads.
• Troubleshoot incidents to ensure high availability, performance, and security for models, products, and compute platforms.
• Collaborate with research, product, and infrastructure teams to align systems with AI and customer needs.
• Provide technical support to customers and internal teams, diagnosing issues and guiding solutions.
• Explore and contribute to modern cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes and GPU orchestration.

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Slurm

Cloud security

Networking

GPU workloads

AI/ML workloads

Customer focus

Tools

Linux environments

GPU orchestration

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
At Mistral, you’ll build and support the infrastructure behind sovereign AI. As an Operations Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of frontier models, products, and compute, ensuring our large-scale Linux environments, cloud systems, and AI workloads run reliably. This role is about more than just systems, it’s about enabling customers to leverage Mistral’s sovereign AI solutions with confidence, while helping us evolve toward modern, cloud-native technologies.

What You Will Do

• Own and operate the infrastructure powering Mistral’s sovereign AI, including Linux environments, cloud systems, and AI workloads.

• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents to ensure high availability, performance, and security for our models, products, and compute platforms.

• Collaborate with research, product, and infrastructure teams to align systems with AI and customer needs.

• Provide technical support to customers and internal teams, diagnosing issues, guiding solutions, and ensuring smooth operations.

• Explore and contribute to modern cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes and GPU orchestration, as we evolve our sovereign AI platform.

What We're Looking For

• Strong Linux system administration experience at scale.

• Proficiency in Slurm and/or Kubernetes to manage workloads effectively.

• Familiarity with distributed storage, high performance networking, cloud security, or GPU/AI/ML workloads is a plus.

• Customer-focused mindset: Ability to diagnose, explain, and resolve technical issues for users leveraging Mistral’s AI solutions.

• Pragmatic, collaborative, and hands-on - you thrive at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and customer success, and are eager to drive modernisation in a fast-evolving landscape.

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.

For the most up-to-date details on benefits available in your location, please refer to our Benefits page.

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