Systems Engineer, HPC

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• We are seeking Systems Engineers / System Administrators to assist in designing, operating, and scaling the infrastructure that supports Mistral’s AI platforms.

• Manage and maintain extensive Linux environments (bare metal, clusters, cloud).

• Oversee system health, resolve incidents, and guarantee high availability.

• Provide support for production and research workloads across various environments.

• Assist in scaling clusters to accommodate hundreds to thousands of nodes.

• Work on systems that handle petabyte-scale storage.

• Enhance performance, reliability, and resource utilization.

• Automate operational tasks using tools such as Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform.

• Refine deployment, provisioning, and system lifecycle management.

• Contribute to decisions regarding system design and architecture.

• Collaborate closely with HPC/infrastructure teams, Platform/DevOps engineers, and Research teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong experience in Linux systems administration (core requirement).

• Experience in large-scale environments:

• HPC clusters or cloud infrastructure.

• Familiarity with job schedulers (e.g., Slurm).

• Excellent troubleshooting skills across systems, hardware, and networks.

• Knowledge of containers/orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).

• Experience with storage systems (e.g., Ceph, Lustre, NFS).

• Understanding of networking fundamentals (Ethernet; InfiniBand is a plus).

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code / automation tools.

• Experience with GPU or AI/ML technologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Impact: Play a crucial role in scaling Mistral’s state-of-the-art AI infrastructure.

• Growth: Opportunity to shape data center operations from the ground up in a rapidly growing startup environment.

• Collaboration: Work alongside a talented, cross-functional team that is passionate about AI and technology.

• Flexibility: Competitive compensation, benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking projects.