Research Engineer, Machine Learning - Paris/London

Mistral AI; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering AI firm is seeking a Research Engineer to optimize ML systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with large-scale ML pipelines and proficiency in Python and frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow. This role allows collaboration with research teams to bring innovations into production, with hybrid work options available in London or Paris.

Benefits

Competitive cash salary and equity

Transportation reimbursements

Monthly gym membership reimbursement

Meal vouchers

Qualifications

• 4+ years working on large-scale ML codebases.
• Hands-on with PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow.
• Experience in deep learning, NLP or LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimise large-scale ML pipelines.
• Integrate research with production for checkpoint evaluations.
• Design and benchmark ML algorithms.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Deep learning

NLP

Collaborative mindset

Education

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

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, optimised, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions. Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet the needs of enterprises, 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, the USA, the 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.

Role Summary

The Research Engineering team spans Platform (shared infra & clean code) and Embedded (inside research squads). Engineers can move along the research-production spectrum as needs or interests evolve.

As a Research Engineer – ML track, you’ll build and optimise the large-scale learning systems that power our open-weight models. Working hand-in-hand with Research Scientists, you’ll either join:

• Platform RE Team: Enhance the shared training framework, data pipelines and cluster tooling used by every team;
• Embedded RE Team: Sit inside a research squad (Alignment, Pre-training, Multimodal, …) and turn fresh ideas into repeatable, scalable code.

Location: Paris / London (hybrid) or remote from EU/UK

What will you do

• Accelerate researchers by taking on the heavy parts of large-scale ML pipelines and building robust tools.
• Interface cutting-edge research with production: integrate checkpoints, streamline evaluation, and expose APIs.
• Conduct experiments on the latest deep-learning techniques (sparsified 70 B + runs, distributed training on thousands of GPUs).
• Design, implement and benchmark ML algorithms; write clear, efficient code in Python.
• Deliver prototypes that become production-grade components for Le Chat and our enterprise API.

About you

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent proven track record).
• 4 + years working on large-scale ML codebases.
• Hands-on with PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow; comfortable with distributed training (DeepSpeed / FSDP / SLURM / K8s).
• Experience in deep learning, NLP or LLMs; bonus for CUDA or data-pipeline chops.
• Strong software-design instincts: testing, code review, CI/CD.
• Self-starter, low-ego, collaborative.

Benefits

France:

• Competitive cash salary and equity
• Food: Daily lunch vouchers
• Sport: Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription
• Transportation: Monthly contribution to a mobility pass
• Health: Full health insurance for you and your family
• Parental: Generous parental leave policy
• Visa sponsorship

UK:

• Competitive cash salary and equity
• Insurance
• Transportation: Reimburse office parking charges, or £90 per month for public transport
• Sport: £90 per month reimbursement for gym membership
• Meal voucher: £200 monthly allowance for meals
• Pension plan: SmartPension (percentages are 5% Employee & 3% Employer)