Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Construction

Key Responsibilities

• Build systems that can build other systems.
• Design architectures capable of autonomously generating, assembling, and refining sub-systems.
• Develop meta-learning loops, automated pipeline generation, and self-architecting frameworks that reduce the human bottleneck in complex system creation.
• Study recursive design principles: how systems represent their own construction processes, evaluate them, and evolve.
• Explore what it means for a system to “understand” and redesign itself.

Qualifications

• Experience building modular and composable systems.
• Experience building with models, not just building models.
• Prominent track record of research results.
• Uses AI every day.
• Strong programming and data analysis skills.
• Biases towards showing vs telling.

What We Offer

• Base salary range: $150K – $250K, depending on experience, location, and level.
• Meaningful equity.
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents.
• Flexible time off.
• Retail and financial planning benefits, including access to pre-tax HSA, FSA, and commuter accounts, 401(k), and financial coaching resources.
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including physical fitness, mental well-being, and fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot.
• Access to state-of-the-art AI 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 values curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence.

About Distyl AI

Distyl is an applied AI technology company partnering with the world’s most ambitious institutions to rearchitect critical operations for the frontier of AI. Our customers include the largest companies in telecom, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, consumer goods, and global social organizations. We research and deploy technologies that power AI-native operations — both for our partners and for Distyl itself. Our work spans research into self-constructing systems, the development of the most reliable execution of AI systems, and products that transform mission-critical workflows. As a result, Distyl's technologies affect some of the world's largest operations — from hundreds of millions of consumer interactions to tens of millions of supply chain transactions and millions of patient journeys. Distyl is backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, DST Global, and the board-members of 20+ F500s. The results reflect this approach: a 100% production deployment success rate for our customers and one of the few enterprise AI companies to run a profitable business.