Systems Engineer, HPC (APAC)
About the role
About Mistral At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity. Our technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into daily working life. We democratize AI through high-performance, optimized, open-source and cutting-edge models, products and solutions.
Our comprehensive AI platform is designed to meet enterprise as well as personal needs. Our offerings include Le Chat, La Plateforme, Mistral Code and Mistral Compute - a suite that brings frontier intelligence to end-users. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society.
Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between France, USA, UK, Germany and Singapore. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. Together, we can make a meaningful impact. ai/careers.
About Mistral At Mistral AI, we build high-performance, open, and efficient AI systems designed to power the next generation of applications. Our infrastructure combines large-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms, and HPC environments to support cutting-edge research and production workloads.
We are a collaborative, low-ego, and highly technical team, operating across Europe, the US, and beyond. As we scale rapidly, we are building the foundational infrastructure to support thousands of nodes and petabyte-scale systems. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. Together, we can make a meaningful impact. ai/careers.
About the Role We are looking for Systems Engineers / System Administrators to help design, operate, and scale the infrastructure behind Mistral’s AI platforms.
This is a hands-on, hybrid role combining: Systems administration (operating and troubleshooting large-scale Linux environments) Systems engineering (automation, scalability, and performance improvements) You’ll work closely with infrastructure, HPC, and research teams to ensure our clusters and platforms run reliably at scale.
What We’re Looking For
Must-have Strong Linux systems administration experience (core requirement)
Experience working in large-scale environments: HPC clusters or cloud infrastructure
Experience with Job schedulers (e.g. Slurm) Solid troubleshooting skills across systems, hardware, and networks
Nice-to-have (any of these) We are not expecting everything — strong depth in one area is valuable. Containers / orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) Storage systems (e.g. Ceph, Lustre, NFS) Networking fundamentals (Ethernet; InfiniBand is a plus) Infrastructure as Code / automation tooling GPU or AI/ML experience
Profile We Value Pragmatic problem solver who can operate in fast-scaling environments Comfortable working across multiple domains (“Swiss army knife” mindset) Able to go deep in one area while learning others Low-ego, collaborative, and hands-on —------------------------------------------------------------------ Why Join Mistral?
Impact: Play a pivotal role in scaling Mistral’s cutting-edge AI infrastructure. Growth: Opportunity to shape data centre operations from the ground up in a high-growth startup environment. Collaboration: Work with a talented, cross-functional team passionate about AI and technology. Flexibility: Competitive compensation, benefits, and the chance to contribute to revolutionary projects.