Talent Acquisition Specialist, Mistral AI

North America, Contractor

Salary not provided

Junior and Mid level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

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Generative AI model developers

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Generative AI model developers

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechSaaS

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Junior and Mid level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

More information about location

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechSaaS

Company mission

To make frontier AI ubiquitous, and to provide tailor-made AI to all the builders.

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Company

Role

Who you are

Experience recruiting for both business and technical positions, ideally within the enterprise software sector
Strong ability to operate independently, quickly learning new roles, markets, and processes
A track record of hiring in highly competitive talent markets
At least four years of experience in recruiting, including outbound search
Effective communication skills with the credibility to influence hiring managers and senior stakeholders
Attention to detail, accountability, and a drive to deliver on hiring targets
Comfort moving between strategic planning and hands-on recruiting tasks
Experience with Ashby or similar recruiting tools

What the job involves

As a Talent Acquisition Contractor in our US team, you will play a central role in building high-caliber teams during a period of rapid company expansion
You will work with hiring managers across business and technical functions to source, engage, and hire talent for go-to-market roles and corporate teams
Your work will directly impact our ability to grow, helping shape our culture and future success
Manage the end-to-end recruiting process to create a seamless experience for candidates and hiring teams
Develop and implement search strategies for a range of business, corporate, and technical roles
Partner closely with stakeholders to define hiring needs and sourcing plans
Identify, engage, and guide candidates throughout the interview and offer process
Analyze hiring data and processes to find and address root causes or inefficiencies
Recommend and drive improvements in recruiting processes, documentation, and tools
Advise candidates on closing strategies to ensure high acceptance rates
Contribute to ongoing refinements in hiring systems and approaches

Our take

Founded by Facebook AI researchers, Mistral AI focuses on developing open-source generative AI models to "make AI useful." It emerged in early 2023, quickly achieving a $260 million valuation.

Mistral features up to 176 billion parameters, and its open-source nature has sparked concerns about potential misuse. However, Mistral remains a formidable competitor in the AI landscape, challenging models from Google and Meta.

In 2025, Mistral secured a massive €1.7 billion funding round, raising its valuation to €11.7 billion. This Series B funding, led by European chip firm ASML, underscores significant interest in alternatives to ChatGPT and a push away from Silicon Valley dependence by European AI competitors.

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Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Sep 2025

$2.0bn

SERIES C

Jun 2024

$543.1m

SERIES B

Total funding: $3.1bn

Company benefits

Competitive bonus structure
Equity
Opportunities for professional growth and development

Company HQ

Villette, Paris, France

Leadership

Timothee Lacroix

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously PhD and Software Engineer Intern at Facebook and Visiting Undergraduate at CAlab UCSD

Guillaume Lample

(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)

Research Student and Scientist at Facebook AI and Research Intern at Jane Street Capital

Arthur Mensch

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously Staff Research Scientist at DeepMind, Post-doc researcher at École normale supérieure, Visiting Researcher at NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and PhD Student at Inria

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