Applied AI Systems Scientist

Distyl; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Healthcare

Collaborative work environment

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Distyl is seeking researchers who push the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. You will explore entirely new AI system classes, build prototypes that reveal novel human-AI collaboration, and connect ideas across domains to redefine how software is used.

You will experiment with unconventional problem definitions and develop prototypes to demonstrate impact. Ideal candidates combine strong programming, data analysis, and practical demonstration experience with models and systems, including

Qualifications

• Strong programming and data analysis skills with prototype-building ability.
• Experience across retrieval pipelines, reasoning agents, evaluation harnesses, multimodal integrations, or workflow graph systems.
• Proven track record of research results and practical demonstrations using AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify new AI system classes and develop prototypes that reveal human-AI collaboration categories.
• Draw connections across domains to uncover novel system archetypes and experiment with unconventional problem definitions.
• Showcase the power of AI today through tangible demonstrations using modern tooling.

Skills

Strong programming

Data analysis

Prototype building

Retrieval pipelines

Reasoning agents

Multimodal integrations

Graph-of-thoughts

ReAct

Job description

Distyl is seeking researchers who push the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. You will explore entirely new AI system classes, build prototypes that reveal novel human-AI collaboration, and connect ideas across domains to redefine how software is used.

You will experiment with unconventional problem definitions and develop prototypes to demonstrate impact. Ideal candidates combine strong programming, data analysis, and practical demonstration experience with models and systems, including