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Mistral is building full-stack AI solutions—from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute—partnering with enterprises across finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector to co-create customized AI systems.
You will join the US Talent Acquisition team as a senior technical recruiter focused on Research and engineering hiring. This is an early-stage, high-impact role where you'll build and scale Mistral's US-based research and engineering teams from the ground up. You'll shape both recruitment strategy and operations, working closely with Research leadership across Research Science, Research Engineering, and adjacent technical functions to ensure Mistral attracts exceptional researchers and engineers who drive frontier-model ambitions.
Key responsibilities include:
**Technical Stakeholder Partnership**: Partner deeply with technical leaders—Research Scientists, Research Engineers, team leads, and hiring managers—to understand hiring needs, define role specifications, and identify top talent. Own full-cycle recruitment across Research Science and Research Engineering. Advise hiring managers on market mapping, leveling, compensation positioning, and competitive landscape dynamics for US research and engineering talent. Translate technical role nuances into compelling candidate outreach.
**End-to-End Technical Recruitment**: Own the full recruiting lifecycle from sourcing to close with autonomy on complex, competitive technical roles. Source passive and active candidates across US research and engineering talent pools—from PhD students and postdocs to experienced researchers and engineers at leading AI labs, universities, and technology companies. Conduct intake and calibration sessions with hiring managers. Drive efficient, high-conversion pipelines and close candidates in a fiercely competitive market.
**Candidate Experience & Selling Mistral**: Guide candidates through the hiring process with clear communication and compelling narratives about Mistral's mission, culture, and trajectory. Articulate Mistral's positioning in the AI landscape—frontier models, open-weight philosophy, and research credibility—to differentiate against better-resourced labs. Provide candidates with real insight into research agenda, compute access, publication culture, and role impact. Deliver high-quality, respectful candidate experience at every stage.
**Recruiting Operations & Data-Driven Improvement**: Develop and refine technical recruiting processes, tools, and documentation to improve outcomes and efficiency. Use data to diagnose pipeline issues and propose targeted solutions. Build and maintain market maps, competitive intel, and talent pools for key US research and engineering segments. Standardize technical interview rubrics, scorecards, and debrief practices.
**Raising the Bar**: Collaborate with Research leadership and the broader Talent team to continuously elevate hiring standards. Contribute to defining and evolving technical talent acquisition strategy in the US as the research presence scales. Partner on employer-brand and outbound sourcing initiatives—academic pipelines, conference presence, open-source community engagement—that position Mistral as a destination for top research and engineering talent.
**Requirements:**
- 6+ years of recruiting experience, including 2+ years in a startup or high-growth environment, with focus on Research Science and Research Engineering roles
- Demonstrated ability to independently hire across the technical stack—from Research Engineers to Research Scientists and senior research talent
- Deep network and sourcing expertise in US research and engineering talent markets, with credibility in AI/ML and ideally connections across top labs and universities
- Track record of hiring in competitive, candidate-scarce markets where top researchers have multiple offers
- Experience working across multiple US markets, including relocation and visa-driven hiring
- Willingness to work on other roles as needs arise
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and switching between strategic planning and hands-on execution
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence peers and senior technical stakeholders without direct authority
- Organized, detail-oriented, able to juggle shifting priorities across high-volume hiring slate
- Professional experience with modern recruiting tools such as Ashby
- Familiarity with the AI/ML research landscape and ability to credibly discuss frontier model capabilities, research directions, and publications with technical candidates
