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Mistral

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Talent Sourcer, South Korea (Contract)

Location
Seoul, South Korea
Job type
Full-time

About the role

Posted Oct 22, 2026

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.


Role Summary

As our first sourcer in this region, you will play a meaningful role in building and scaling Mistral in Korea.

You will identify and attract top Technical talent in the Korean market, ranging from ICs to CTOs and Research leaders, feeding back market knowledge and create a powerful Talent flywheel for Mistral.

What you will do

  • Identify and attract top Applied AI and Applied Science Talent for Mistral, with a systematic approach to target the most relevant startups, tech companies and competitors

  • Source through comprehensive bools but also leverage your networks with the end outcome of accelerating top of funnel with high quality Talent

  • Draft highly effective, personalized outreach that resonate deeply with ideal candidate profiles

  • Collaborate closely with the APAC TA team and hiring managers, to refine and iterate sourcing strategy

About You

  • Master sourcer with 5+ years of relevant experience recruiting top Tech Talent in South Korea

  • Passionate, obsessive and geeky about sourcing as a craft

  • Access to networks that you can leverage on day 1 to fulfill critical business needs

  • Collaborative, curious with an insatiable appetite for learning

  • High learning agility to ramp up and high ownership to drive outcomes

  • Creative and entrepreneurial with ideas on sourcing Talent

  • Fluent in English and experience recruiting internationally

  • Ideally, proficiency with Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI tools (Vibe, Claude)

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.

For the most up-to-date details on benefits available in your location, please refer to our Benefits page.

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Location
Seoul · Seoul, South Korea
Employment
Full-time
Team
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The company

Mistral

Mistral

Mistral is on a mission to push AI forward, to serve the open community and their enterprise customers. They are committed to driving the AI revolution by developing open-weight models that are on par with proprietary solutions.

Series D1,000–5,000 employeesEnterpriseInfra
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