Applied AI, Technical Lead, Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Mistral AI2 months ago
Montréal, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Deliver critical code for complex AI projects and remain hands-on with coding, code review, and optimization.
- Lead and mentor Applied AI Engineers delivering generative AI applications across industries.
- Lead pre-sales technical discussions and translate customer requirements into actionable AI solutions.
- Design and oversee fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflow, and custom LLM application implementations.
- Drive evaluation of emerging AI tools and best practices for fine-tuning, inference, and deployment.
- Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to incorporate customer feedback into product development.
Requirements
- Fluency in French and English.
- Master’s degree or PhD in AI, machine learning, computer science, or a related field.
- 7/8+ years of AI/ML experience, including at least 2+ years in a technical leadership role focused on AI products or enterprise solutions.
- Proven experience leading complex AI projects from prototyping through production.
- Deep expertise in LLM fine-tuning, advanced RAG, agentic systems, and large-scale NLP application deployment.
- Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and modern AI frameworks such as LangChain and Hugging Face.
- Strong software engineering skills in API design, backend or full-stack development, and system architecture.
- Strong technical communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Preferred qualifications include open-source contributions, customer-facing enterprise AI experience, and experience influencing product strategy based on customer needs and market opportunities.
Benefits
- Benefits may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal allowances, transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks.
- Benefits vary by country and location.
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI builds foundation language models and full‑stack AI solutions for enterprises, offering APIs, on‑prem deployment, developer tools, and applications. The privately held company, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Paris, partners with organizations in finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector to co‑create customized systems. It releases open‑source models alongside commercial offerings and makes its models available through major cloud marketplaces.