Lead Applied AI, Fullstack Software Engineer, South Korea

About The Job

Mistral AI is seeking an 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 - Software Engineer will be an integral part of our Applied AI Engineering team, which is dedicated to driving the successful deployment of Mistral AI products. They will work hand-in-hand with customers from the pre-sale stage to post-implementation, ensuring our solutions meet and exceed client expectations. 

What you will do

- Deliver as an IC the critical lines of codes of our complex projects, you’ll be hands-on and de-risk the critical parts of our complex projects. You’ll stay deeply involved in coding, reviewing, and optimizing AI solutions.

- Lead technical teams of Applied AI Engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and best practices for deploying state-of-the-art GenAI applications across industries.

- Lead technical discussions during pre-sales, translating customer requirements into actionable solutions and communicating Mistral’s technological advantages to diverse stakeholders.

- Design and oversee the implementation of complex AI systems, including fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflows, and custom LLM applications, ensuring alignment with Mistral’s product roadmap and open-source initiatives.

- Drive innovation by identifying emerging trends in AI, evaluating new tools and methodologies, and championing best practices for fine-tuning, inference, and deployment.

- Work closely with product managers, researchers, and engineers to ensure seamless integration of customer feedback into Mistral’s product development cycle.

• You are fluent in English and Korean

• You hold a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• You have 5+ years as a technical individual contributor on cutting-edge technologies

• You have strong technical coding skills in Python and TypeScript

• You have experience with front-end frameworks such as React, NextJS, or VueJS.

• You have experience with back-end technologies such as NodeJS.

• You have a solid understanding of software development principles, including design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.

• You hold strong communication skills with an ability to explain complex technical concepts in simple terms with technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

• Contributed to open-source projects or libraries

• Experience as a Customer Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect or Technical Product Manager