Agentic AI Systems Engineer (Production-Ready)

Distyl AI; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% covered medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with additional perks

Access to state-of-the-art AI models

Job summary

Distyl AI is seeking a Research Engineer to design and implement robust agentic AI systems that operate reliably across complex workflows. This role is ideal for engineers with a passion for AI and a strong foundation in systems engineering. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to develop solutions that deliver real business value.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $150K – $250K, fully covered health benefits, and opportunities to work on high-impact projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in building AI systems using models, tools, or multi-step execution.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable Python code.
• Holistic thinking about the interaction of prompts, tools, and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement agentic AI systems for enterprise workflows.
• Build architectures that integrate planning, tool use, and execution.
• Create tools to observe and debug agent behavior.

Skills

Experience Building Agentic Systems

Strong Engineering Fundamentals

Systems-Level Reasoning

Research-Oriented Builder

AI-Native Working Style

Bias Towards Showing vs. Telling

Comfort in Customer Environments

Ownership Mentality

Tools

Python

Job description

Distyl AI is seeking a Research Engineer to design and implement robust agentic AI systems that operate reliably across complex workflows. This role is ideal for engineers with a passion for AI and a strong foundation in systems engineering. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to develop solutions that deliver real business value.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $150K – $250K, fully covered health benefits, and opportunities to work on high-impact projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven culture.