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Mistral Forward Deployed Engineer jobs
Europe’s flagship FDE program — 13 open reqs from Palo Alto to Paris to Abu Dhabi.
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comp not posted
62/100
Index score
Palo Alto · Paris · global
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As of July 9, 2026
The Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI role
Mistral’s customer-facing Applied AI org deploys its frontier models into enterprise production — fine-tuning, agents, and LLM applications from pre-sales through implementation — with a distinctly European footprint spanning sovereign and critical-infrastructure customers.
Europe’s largest FDE program, spanning sovereign institutions.
Worth knowing: Posts roles the others don’t — including “Critical and Sovereign Institutions” FDEs and an offensive-security “Pentester, Forward Deployment” track.
Mistral FDE salary
Not posted
Base salary
Not published
Total comp (est., with equity)
Mistral doesn’t post salary ranges. US roles (Palo Alto, New York) are senior-leaning; European bands differ significantly.
How Mistral scores
Compensation
5
Program maturity
6
Career capital
7
Momentum
7
Index score: 62/100. How we rank →
Mistral FDE: common questions
Mistral doesn’t publish salary ranges for this role. Mistral doesn’t post salary ranges. US roles (Palo Alto, New York) are senior-leaning; European bands differ significantly.
As of July 9, 2026: 13 forward-deployed reqs live globally. Check the live careers page for current reqs.
Not typically. Expected experience: 2+ years IC; 8+ years for technical leads. For true entry-level paths, see our new-grad FDE jobs page.
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