# HPC Network Engineer

**Company**: Mistral AI
**Location**: France, USA, UK, Germany, Singapore
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119718658

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/mistral/6857fa38-ce30-4513-9930-acf7d78d42ed
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b3746239-557

## Description

As an HPC Network Engineer at Mistral AI, you will design, deploy, and optimize high-performance network infrastructures for our HPC clusters and AI workloads. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of networking solutions with our compute, storage, and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design, implement, and optimize high-performance, low-latency network architectures for HPC environments, including InfiniBand, RoCE, and high-speed Ethernet.

- Collaborate with HPC, DevOps, and AI research teams to integrate networking solutions with compute clusters, storage systems, and cloud platforms.

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues to minimize downtime and maximize performance.

- Follow escalation procedures and ensure solutions are provided in a timely manner. Ensure escalation is progressing accordingly with the given severity.

- Monitor network performance, capacity, and security, implementing improvements as needed.

- Stay updated with emerging HPC networking technologies and best practices, and drive their adoption within Mistral.

- Develop and maintain documentation for network architectures, configurations, and operational procedures.

Qualifications & Experience:

Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in HPC networking protocols (InfiniBand, RoCE, TCP/IP, MPLS).

- Hands-on experience with network hardware (switches, routers, NICs) from vendors like Mellanox, Cisco, or Arista.

- Knowledge of network automation tools (Ansible, Python scripting).

- Familiarity with HPC environments, parallel computing, and distributed systems.

- Experience with network security best practices.

Soft Skills:

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

- Excellent communication skills (English required; French is a plus).

- Teaching and documentation skills to ensure knowledge is archived and distributed to team members.

## Skills

### Required
- HPC networking protocols
- InfiniBand
- RoCE
- TCP/IP
- MPLS
- network hardware
- switches
- routers
- NICs
- Mellanox
- Cisco
- Arista
- network automation tools
- Ansible
- Python scripting
- HPC environments
- parallel computing
- distributed systems
- network security best practices