AI Engineer, Lead

The role

AI Engineers are technical leaders who own the architecture, execution, and delivery of production AI systems for enterprise customers. You will design AI systems, lead a team of engineers, and work directly with customer stakeholders.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a team of AI Engineers
• Design and implement AI systems combining models, agents, retrieval, evaluation, and execution
• Work directly with customer stakeholders to communicate system behavior and tradeoffs
• Operate and improve live AI systems by measuring behavior and debugging issues
• Integrate AI systems into customer data platforms, APIs, and existing applications
• Take accountability for outcomes in production

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience
• Experience as a tech lead or engineering lead on customer-facing or production AI projects
• Experience with cloud systems, system integrations, API design, and data engineering
• Use AI tools daily to write and debug code, explore designs, analyze data, and automate work
• Willingness to travel 10–30%

Benefits

• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible time off
• Retirement and financial planning benefits
• Access to pre-tax HSA, FSA, and commuter accounts
• 401(k)
• Financial coaching resources
• Physical fitness, mental well-being, and fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot
• Complimentary in-office lunches and snacks
• Access to state-of-the-art AI models
• Generous usage of modern AI tools

About the company

Distyl is an applied AI technology company partnering with large institutions to rearchitect critical operations. Their work spans research into self-constructing systems and products that transform mission-critical workflows.