Applied AI Researcher, Benchmarking
Distyl AI
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Applied AI Researcher – System Self-Improvement
Distyl AI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- The System Self-Improvement team builds architectures that continuously evaluate and enhance their own performance
- Researchers design feedback-driven systems capable of detecting weaknesses, generating corrective hypotheses, and implementing their own improvements through reflection, retraining, or workflow adaptation
- Researchers in Self-Improvement study how systems can form self-models—understanding when, why, and how they succeed or fail
- They explore reflective reasoning, reward modeling, and self-evaluation techniques to enable autonomous evolution
Requirements
- Experience Building Feedback-Driven Systems
- Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models
- Proven Track Record of Research Results
- Uses AI Every Day
- Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills
- Biases Towards Showing vs Telling
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options
- Medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents
- 401K plan
- Commuter benefits
- Lunch provided in office
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
feedback-driven systemsdata analysisprogrammingreflective reasoningreward modelingself-evaluation techniquesautonomous evolutionmodel buildinghypothesis generationworkflow adaptation
Soft skills
strong communicationproven track recordbias towards showing