AI Engineer

Distyl AI

AI Engineer responsible for developing production-ready AI systems for customer environments at Distyl. Collaborating with clients to ensure systems deliver real business value while traveling 25-50%.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $150,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the behavior and performance of AI systems deployed for customers
Design and implement compound AI workflows that combine models, agents, retrieval, evaluation, and execution into coherent, production-ready systems aligned with real SME needs
Operate on live systems, measuring behavior, identifying failure modes, and iterating rapidly to improve quality, reliability, and usefulness.
Integrate AI systems into customer data platforms, APIs, and existing applications.
Work directly with customer stakeholders—often in high-visibility settings—and are expected to reason clearly about system behavior, tradeoffs, and limitations.
Take accountability for outcomes in production and adapt systems as requirements evolve

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of software engineering experience
Ownership Mentality for AI Systems: You take responsibility for whether an AI system actually delivers its intended value in production.
Experience Building AI Systems, Not Just Calling APIs: Built applications powered by LLMs or other AI models and are comfortable composing multiple components—prompts, agents, tools, retrieval, evaluators—into end-to-end systems.
Strong Engineering Fundamentals: Write clean, maintainable Python and are comfortable building and operating real systems.
AI-Native Working Style: Use AI tools daily to write and debug code, explore designs, analyze data, and automate repetitive work.
Comfort in Customer Environments: Able to work directly with customer teams, ask good questions, and adapt quickly to new domains.
Travel: Ability to travel 25-50%

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% covered medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents
401(k) with additional perks (e.g., 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

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI systemscompound AI workflowsPythonLLMsmodel integrationsystem evaluationdata analysisautomationclean codeproduction systems

Soft Skills

ownership mentalityclear reasoningadaptabilitycustomer engagementquestioningresponsibilitycommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationaccountability