AI Scientist, Finance (Mistral Science) - Paris

About Mistral

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector, co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms.

We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

The Role

We are building a team of exceptional researchers who can identify and solve key problems in the finance field, leveraging the cutting-edge capabilities of our Core Science organization. You will be able to shape the mission and:

- Accelerate scientific discovery and innovation

- Be empowered with autonomy, advanced tools, and the freedom to explore high-impact projects at the intersection of your domain and AI.

What you will do

• Identify and Define Impactful Problems: Proactively identify critical challenges in the finance field where AI/ML can drive breakthroughs.

• End-to-End Research Ownership: Lead independent research projects from ideation to implementation, including literature review, hypothesis formulation, experimentation, and validation.

• Develop and Apply AI/ML Solutions: Design, implement, and refine advanced algorithms, models, and frameworks (e.g., deep learning, LLMs, agentic AI) to address domain-specific problems.

• Collaborate and Innovate: Work with a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and domain experts (including customers) to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI in science.

• Autonomy and Initiative: Operate with high autonomy, setting your own research agenda and driving projects to completion with minimal oversight.

What We're Looking For

• Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of the finance industrial domain and the ability to translate domain challenges into AI research questions.

• Proven track record of innovation in AI/ML applied to hard, real-life problems, demonstrated by first-author publications, open-source contributions, or impactful projects.

• Expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and/or large language models: Hands-on experience using frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.

• Customer Collaboration Experience: Experience working with customers or end-users to refine requirements, iterate on solutions, and ensure successful deployment and adoption of AI projects at scale.

• Low ego and team spirit mindset

• Embraces hands-on, operational work

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location-specific perks.

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