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Mistral is a full-stack AI company providing frontier models, developer tools, applications, and compute infrastructure. The company partners with enterprises across finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector to co-create customized AI systems.
As Engineering Team Lead on the Cloud Platform team, you will lead a product squad responsible for mission-critical systems powering Mistral's cloud infrastructure. This is a hybrid technical and management role where you balance hands-on engineering contributions with team leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Empowering your team by removing obstacles and fostering an environment for high-quality product development
- Owning your team's roadmap delivery with focus on reliability, performance, and accountability
- Partnering with Product Managers to define priorities, scope initiatives, and drive technical and business decisions
- Staying hands-on with architecture design, system design, coding, and technical decision-making to lead by example
- Defining and evolving team processes, best practices, and execution rituals
- Raising the engineering bar by challenging the team to take ownership, grow, and improve knowledge sharing
Required qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of relevant work experience with at least 2 years building and leading high-performing engineering teams
- Proficiency in server-side programming languages, preferably Golang, with strong backend fundamentals (APIs, databases, caching, distributed architectures)
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) or bare-metal infrastructure
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (product, design, business)
- Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills
- Autonomous, self-starting mindset with a low-ego, team-first attitude
Mistral offers a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, and location-specific perks. The company has distributed teams across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
