Applied AI, Forward Deployed Machine Learning Engineer

About the Role

Mistral AI is hiring an Applied AI Engineer to drive successful deployment of our AI products with enterprise customers. You'll work across the full customer lifecycle—from pre-sale technical discussions through production implementation—ensuring our solutions deliver measurable business impact in high-stakes industries including finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector.

Responsibilities

• Onboard customers on Mistral products and APIs, providing technical guidance on prompting, evaluation, fine-tuning, and production integration with backend and frontend systems
• Deploy generative AI applications into production across consumer and industrial use cases, from concept through go-live
• Manage customer relationships involving multiple technical and executive stakeholders (CEOs, CTOs, data scientists, software engineers)
• Participate in pre-sales calls to understand client needs, deliver technical product guidance, and explain Mistral technologies to diverse audiences
• Collaborate with research, product, and engineering teams on complex customer projects involving advanced fine-tuning, LLM applications, and open-source contributions
• Translate customer feedback into product and model improvement recommendations for internal teams

Requirements

• Master's degree or PhD in AI, Machine Learning, or Data Science
• 2+ years as a technical individual contributor (data scientist or software engineer) building AI-based products
• Hands-on experience fine-tuning LLMs and implementing advanced RAG or agentic systems
• Strong Python coding skills and experience with PyTorch for deep learning
• Proven experience building and deploying LLM or NLP applications with API integration
• Experience with agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain) and vector databases
• Deep understanding of machine learning and LLM concepts and algorithms
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Fluent English communication

Preferred Qualifications

• Open-source contributions in the LLM space
• Prior experience as a Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Technical Product Manager

Benefits

Mistral offers a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and location-specific perks. Details vary by country and location.