Applied AI Researcher, System Discovery

San Francisco, Remote. Posted 13 months ago

The role

The System Discovery team identifies new classes of AI systems. Researchers explore architectures, modalities, and compositions to reshape work and develop prototypes for human-AI collaboration.

What you will do

Identify entirely new classes of AI systems
Explore a wide range of architectures, modalities, and compositions
Draw connections across disparate domains to uncover new system archetypes
Experiment with unconventional problem definitions
Develop prototypes that reveal new categories of human–AI collaboration

Required qualifications

Experience building a wide breadth of systems including retrieval pipelines, reasoning agents, evaluation harnesses, multimodal integrations, or workflow graph systems
Experience building with models, such as compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.)
Proven track record of research results
Uses AI every day using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity
Strong programming and data analysis skills to build prototypes and perform experiments

Nice to have

Published in top journals
Posted amazing work on twitter

Benefits

100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible time off
Retirement 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
Complimentary in-office lunches and snacks provided
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

About the company

Distyl is an applied AI technology company partnering with the world’s most ambitious institutions to rearchitect critical operations for the frontier of AI. They research and deploy technologies that power AI-native operations.