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Engineering Team Lead, Fleet Delivery

Mistral AIParisEngineering & Infra
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Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
23 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

The Engineering Team Lead, Fleet Delivery role is an opportunity to lead the software team turning physical hardware racks into operational clusters for Mistral AI in Paris with remote flexibility. This position suits an experienced infrastructure leader with a background in bare-metal automation and backend engineering who wants to build and scale European sovereign cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Build the delivery pipeline in Go, handling provisioning, configuration, validation, burn-in, network bring-up, and software stack installation.
Build the team from scratch by making initial hires, onboarding, coaching, and managing the growth and performance of engineers.
Own the time-to-acceptance metric, measuring and reducing the hours required from physical rack installation to serving customer workloads.
Collaborate closely with Hardware Design and Fleet Health teams to ensure high reliability right from initial delivery.
Manage large-scale GPU fleets, including H100 and GB200-class nodes, InfiniBand and RoCE fabrics, and address associated failure modes.
Partner with Product Managers and the datacenter organization to align delivery waves with capacity commitments.
Travel to datacenter sites when operational demands require physical presence.

Requirements

Bring 8+ years of experience building backend or infrastructure systems.
Possess at least 2 years of direct people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, and growing engineers.
Demonstrated background in automating bare-metal fleets and writing software that converts server racks into operational clusters.
Hardware fluency covering servers, GPUs, NICs, switches, and firmware, with the ability to read parts lists and topology diagrams.
Strong expertise in deep Linux well below the application layer.
Proven track record of shipping production systems in Go.
Willingness to travel to datacenter locations as needed.
A low-ego, team-first collaborative mindset.

Skills and Tools

Go
Kubernetes
Linux
Bare-metal automation
GPU fleet management (H100, GB200, InfiniBand, RoCE)

About the Company

Mistral AI provides full-stack artificial intelligence solutions ranging from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. The company partners with enterprises across high-stakes sectors such as finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector to co-create customized AI systems. Dedicated to building a sovereign AI cloud for Europe, the organization features a distributed, collaborative, and creative global team.

How to Apply

Candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

Kubernetes

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

This position is based in Paris with remote work options available, and requires occasional travel to datacenter sites.

What experience is required for this role?

Candidates must have 8+ years of experience building backend or infrastructure systems, including at least 2 years of direct people leadership experience.

What primary programming language is used?

The role requires shipping production systems in Go.

What is the main KPI for the Fleet Delivery team?

The key performance indicator is time-to-acceptance, which measures the hours between a physical rack being installed and it serving customer workloads.

How can I apply for this position?

You can apply directly on the official company careers page.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Mistral AI careers page.

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