AI Scientist - Audio/ Palo Alto

About MistralAt Mistral we are on a mission to democratize AI, producing frontier intelligence for everyone, developed in the open, and built by engineers all over the world.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, with teams distributed between Europe, the USA and Asia. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.At Mistral, we develop models for the enterprise and for consumers, focusing on delivering systems which can really change the way in which businesses operate and which can integrate into our daily lives. All while releasing frontier models open-source, for everyone to try and benefit.Mistral is hiring experts in the training of large language models and distributed systems. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI.What will you doResearch and develop novel methods to push the frontier of large language modelsWork across use cases (e.g reasoning, code, agents) and modalities (e.g text, image and speech)Build tooling and infrastructure to allow training, evaluation and analysis of AI models at scaleWork cross-functionally with other scientists, engineers and product teams to ship AI systems which have a real-world impactAbout You An expert in speech input/output methodologies (specific to audio)You are a highly proficient software engineer in at least one programming language (Python or other, e.g. Rust, Go, Java)You have hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) or distributed systems (e.g. Ray, Kubernetes)You have high engineering competence. This means being able to design complex software and make it usable in productionYou are a self-starter, autonomous and a team playerNow, it would be ideal if You have experience working with large-scale speech-language modelsYou have hands-on experience with training large transformer models in a distributed fashionYou can navigate the full MLOps stack, for instance, fine-tuning, evaluation and deploymentYou have a strong publication record in a relevant scientific domainNote that this is not an exhaustive or necessary list of requirements. Please consider applying if you believe you have the skills to contribute to Mistral's mission. We value profile and experience diversity.BenefitsFrance💰 Competitive cash salary and equity🥕 Food : Daily lunch vouchers🥎 Sport : Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription🚴 Transportation : Monthly contribution to a mobility pass🧑‍⚕️ Health : Full health insurance for you and your family🍼 Parental : Generous parental leave policy🌎 Visa sponsorshipUK💰 Competitive cash salary and equity🚑 Insurance🚴 Transportation: Reimburse office parking charges, or 90GBP/month for public transport🥎 Sport: 90GBP/month reimbursement for gym membership🥕 Meal voucher: £200 monthly allowance for its meals💰 Pension plan: SmartPension (percentages are 5% Employee & 3% Employer)We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.