Systems Engineer, HPC

Requirements

• Strong Linux systems administration experience
• Experience working in large-scale environments like HPC clusters or cloud infrastructure
• Experience with Job schedulers (e.g. Slurm)
• Solid troubleshooting skills across systems, hardware, and networks

Nice to Have

• Containers / orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Storage systems (e.g. Ceph, Lustre, NFS)
• Networking fundamentals (Ethernet; InfiniBand is a plus)
• Infrastructure as Code / automation tooling
• GPU or AI/ML experience

What You'll Be Doing

Core Systems Operations

• Operate and maintain large-scale Linux environments (bare metal, clusters, cloud)
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot incidents, and ensure high availability
• Support production and research workloads across multiple environments

Scaling Infrastructure

• Help scale clusters toward hundreds to thousands of nodes
• Work on systems handling petabyte-scale storage
• Improve performance, reliability, and resource utilization

Automation & Engineering

• Automate operational tasks using tools like Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform
• Improve deployment, provisioning, and system lifecycle management
• Contribute to system design and architecture decisions

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with HPC/infrastructure teams, Platform/DevOps engineers, and Research teams
• Act as a bridge between users and infrastructure

Perks and Benefits

• Impact: Play a pivotal role in scaling Mistral’s cutting-edge AI infrastructure
• Growth: Opportunity to shape data centre operations from the ground up in a high-growth startup environment
• Collaboration: Work with a talented, cross-functional team passionate about AI and technology
• Flexibility: Competitive compensation, benefits, and the chance to contribute to revolutionary projects