NEW - Systems Engineer, HPC

About this role

Mistral seeks a Systems Engineer to design, operate, and scale large-scale HPC clusters and Linux infrastructure powering AI research and production workloads. You'll ensure reliability and performance across petabyte-scale systems while collaborating with infrastructure and research teams to solve complex scaling challenges.

What you'll do

• Operate and maintain large-scale Linux environments, bare metal clusters, and cloud infrastructure
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and ensure high availability for production and research workloads
• Scale clusters toward hundreds to thousands of nodes while optimizing performance and resource utilization
• Automate operational tasks using Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform for deployment and lifecycle management
• Work with job schedulers like Slurm to optimize workload management and resource allocation
• Collaborate with HPC, infrastructure, and research teams to align systems with user needs

What they're looking for

• Linux systems administration at scale (HPC clusters or cloud)
• Job scheduler experience (Slurm)
• Infrastructure as Code and automation (Ansible, Terraform)
• Container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Storage systems (Ceph, Lustre, NFS)
• Networking fundamentals (Ethernet, InfiniBand)
• Python and Bash scripting
• GPU or AI/ML workload exposure

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• Parental leave
• Retirement plans
• Relocation support
• Wellness programs
• Meal and transportation allowances

Likely interview questions

• Walk us through your experience managing large-scale HPC clusters—what was the largest environment you've operated, and what were your key scaling challenges?
• How have you used Slurm in production, and what optimizations have you implemented for workload scheduling?