Applied AI Researcher, System Discovery at Distyl AI

You are an experienced AI researcher with a documented track record of building complex, agentic systems rather than just training models. You possess the programming skills to prototype experimental architectures and the ability to demonstrate their effectiveness to enterprise stakeholders. **What makes it worth a look...** Distyl AI pays between $150,000 and $250,000 annually for this hybrid role located in San Francisco or New York. The position offers meaningful equity, 100% covered health premiums for you and your dependents, and direct access to real-world business problems within Fortune 500 companies. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have built compound AI systems using tools like ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, or retrieval pipelines. * Use AI tools like Cursor, Perplexity, or ChatGPT daily to accelerate your own research workflow. * Can demonstrate a history of tangible research results through publications or open projects. * Prioritize rapid prototyping and showing functional prototypes over theoretical long-term research.