Distyl · 2 days ago
AI Engineer (All Levels)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid, Senior LevelDistyl is a company that develops AI-native technologies for global enterprises, collaborating with Fortune 1000 companies to deliver impactful AI solutions. They are seeking AI Engineers at all experience levels to design, implement, and deploy production-grade AI systems, with responsibilities ranging from customer engagement to technical leadership in large-scale deployments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Design and Deploy LLM-Powered Systems: Build and deploy robust GenAI systems that deliver measurable business value. Includes model evaluation, prompt design, agent/agentic logic, and full-stack application development
Engage Deeply with Customers: Work directly with customer stakeholders to understand their most pressing business and technical needs, and turn those into tailored, high-impact AI solutions
Build and Improve Our Platform: Contribute to the development of Distillery, our internal LLM application platform, by developing reusable tools, infrastructure, and workflows that scale across customers
Deliver Production Quality: Ensure systems are observable, maintainable, and meet rigorous reliability, performance, and security standards
Evaluate AI Systems Scientifically: Lead evaluation efforts balancing accuracy, latency, explainability, cost, and robustness
Continuously Improve: Refine development workflows, platform architecture, and deployment practices to raise the engineering bar
Set technical direction and architecture for multi-million-dollar customer engagements
Earn executive trust and guide enterprise engineers through rollout and long-term operations
Mentor and up-level Distyl engineers via design reviews, architectural design reviews, leading by doing, and targeted coaching
Qualification
Required
Proficiency in Python or Typescript (experience with a diverse set of languages is a plus), with hands-on experience using LLM tooling such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Guardrails, MCP and Agents SDK
Experience building and deploying LLM-powered AI agents in production, including tool use, prompt orchestration, RAG, and long-horizon task execution
Deep understanding of agent design patterns, with practical experience in observability, debugging, and human-in-the-loop feedback systems
Skilled at solving complex, ambiguous problems using cutting-edge AI techniques to deliver meaningful business outcomes
Familiar with responsible AI practices (e.g., auditability, interpretability), and experienced in aligning AI systems with enterprise-grade requirements
Comfortable working across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) with modern DevOps tools (Docker, CI/CD), and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams
Preferred
For senior roles: strong architectural and systems design, experience leading projects, navigating and deploying into enterprise hybrid cloud environments and mentor others
Benefits
100% covered medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents.
401(k) with additional perks (commuter benefits, in-office lunch).
Access to state-of-the-art models, generous usage of modern AI tools, and real-world business problems.
Ownership of high-impact projects across top enterprises.
A mission-driven, fast-moving culture that prizes curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence.
Company
Distyl
Distyl AI partners with blue-chip leaders to help them create the enterprises of the future.
Founded in 2022
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$202MKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners
2025-09-22Series B· $175M
2024-09-24Series A· $20M
2023-04-13Seed· $7M
Leadership Team
Arjun Prakash
Co-Founder, CEO
Derek Ho
Co-Founder, COO
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