Applied AI, Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Machine Learning Engineer - EMEA

Mistral AI • Amsterdam, NY

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About The Position

Mistral AI is seeking a Applied AI Engineer to facilitate the adoption of its products among customers and collaborate with them to address complex technical challenges. The Applied AI Engineer is an integral part of our Applied AI Engineering team, which is dedicated to driving the successful deployment of Mistral AI products and building complex enterprises use-cases. They work hand-in-hand with customers from the pre-sale stage to post-implementation, ensuring our solutions meet and exceed client expectations. In this role, you'll manage customer relations involving multiple stakeholders (CEO/CTO, data scientists, and software engineers) and function as a key resource in externalizing our research in production settings.

Requirements

• Fluent in English.
• Hold a PhD / master in AI / data science or self-made.
• 7-10+ years as a technical individual contributor (data scientist or software engineer) on AI-based products.
• Experience in Fine Tuning LLMs, tackling advanced RAG or agentic use cases.
• Deep understanding of concepts and algorithms underlying machine learning and LLMs.
• Deep understanding of Cloud Infrastructure and how to deploy AI based products.
• Experience deploying or building products with large scale user bases.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms.

Nice To Haves

• Contributed to open-source projects in particular in the space of LLM.
• Experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Staff Engineer Machine Learning Engineer, or Staff Data Scientist.

Responsibilities

• Individually help deploy into production use cases with a considerable business impact across various industries.
• Work on state-of-the-art GenAI applications from consumer products to industrial use cases, driving with our customers a crucial technological transformation.
• Collaborate with researchers, other AI engineers, and product engineers on complex customer projects involving fine-tuning and LLM applications.
• Contribute to open-source codebases for tasks such as inference and fine-tuning.
• Be involved in pre-sales calls to understand potential clients' needs, challenges, and aspirations.
• Provide technical guidance on our products and explain Mistral technologies to various stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product and science teams to continuously improve product and model capabilities based on customer feedback.

Benefits

• Competitive cash salary and equity.
• Daily lunch vouchers.
• Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription.
• Monthly contribution to a mobility pass.
• Full health insurance for you and your family.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Visa sponsorship.
• Reimburse office parking charges, or 90GBP/month for public transport.
• 90GBP/month reimbursement for gym membership.
• £200 monthly allowance for meals.
• SmartPension plan (5% Employee & 3% Employer).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees