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Engineering Team Lead, Managed K8s

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, Managed K8s at Mistral AI is a hybrid people-leadership and technical role based in Paris with remote options available. This position suits an experienced engineering leader who wants to spend roughly half their time on architecture and complex technical challenges while dedicating the other half to team management and mentoring.

Key Responsibilities

Design and deliver the control plane by building alongside the team and handling critical architecture decisions including scheduling, operators, provisioning, and node lifecycle.
Foster professional growth for engineers by setting high ownership standards, eliminating roadblocks, and providing ongoing coaching.
Maintain end-to-end reliability for the Kubernetes control plane as the primary team KPI and lead incident response.
Accelerate cluster provisioning to transform hardware setup into automated processes rather than manual ticketing.
Collaborate closely with Product Managers to establish priorities, scope initiatives, and balance technical trade-offs.
Handle complete people management responsibilities encompassing recruitment, performance reviews, career growth paths, and direct feedback.
Establish and refine execution rituals and processes as the department scales.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years of actual people leadership experience managing, hiring, coaching, and evaluating software engineers.
Proven track record of shipping production software systems written in Go.
Extensive operational experience running Kubernetes and building custom components like operators, schedulers, or controllers alongside direct Linux work.
Experience running GPU workloads on Kubernetes or the ability to quickly master that domain.
Strong background in building infrastructure or backend systems with a developer-first mindset.
Previous collaboration with product, design, and business stakeholders to release software to real users.
Collaborative, low-ego, and team-first attitude.

Skills and Tools

Kubernetes
Go
Linux
GPU Workloads
Distributed Systems

About the Company

Frontier AI delivers full-stack artificial intelligence solutions ranging from advanced frontier models to developer tools, specialized applications, and compute infrastructure. The organization partners with enterprises across high-stakes sectors such as healthcare, finance, defense, manufacturing, and the public sector to deploy customized AI systems. Dedicated to building a sovereign European AI cloud, the enterprise operates its own physical hardware, datacenters, and network infrastructure to support enterprise data sovereignty.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official company careers page to submit an application and review current openings.

Skills and tech stack

Kubernetes

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

This position is based in Paris, France, with remote work options available.

How is the time split in this role?

Approximately half of the time is dedicated to architecture decisions and complex technical challenges, while the other half focuses on team leadership and management.

What programming language is required?

Candidates must have experience shipping production systems in Go.

What is the primary infrastructure focus of the team?

The team builds and manages a metal-to-on-demand Kubernetes platform running on proprietary hardware, network, and datacenters to support sovereign AI deployments.

How many years of leadership experience are required?

The role requires at least 2 years of real people leadership experience managing and coaching engineers.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Mistral AI careers page.

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