Enterprise AI Architect

The role

You will serve as a long-term technical partner to strategic Fortune 500 customers. You will lead the technical arc from problem shaping and architecture to feasibility and SOW, while staying accountable for the technical relationship.

What you will do

• Own the strategic technical relationship with CIO/CTO-level leaders and executives.
• Lead joint solution architecture, prototypes, and technical SOW quality.
• Qualify opportunities and assess technical feasibility regarding data, systems, and security.
• Translate customer patterns into reusable assets and product feedback.
• Carry the technical thread from first conversation through successful delivery.
• Stay engaged through architecture reviews, executive steering, and risk escalations.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience across engineering, enterprise architecture, forward-deployed engineering, solutions architecture, or similar roles, with substantial customer-facing responsibility.
• Hands-on production delivery experience designing, building, and shipping Enterprise-grade Agentic AI/ML systems.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior technical advisor to executives.
• Proven ownership of complex enterprise solution architecture and scope, including writing technical SOW content.
• Ability to work effectively with FDE / Delivery / Product & Strategy teams.
• Strong working knowledge of APIs, integrations, cloud and enterprise architecture, data flows, security considerations, and modern AI systems.
• Coding fluency to prototype, inspect systems, and engage deeply with engineers.
• Deep domain expertise in one or more enterprise areas such as customer support, voice, MarTech, Cybersecurity, IAM, or Document processing.
• Able to travel 25% and meet onsite with customer teams.
• Able to work from our New York or San Francisco office Tuesday–Thursday.

Nice to have

• Background in an FDE, engineering, or technical consulting organization where you owned both customer outcomes and technical decisions.
• Experience in a partner-like role at a consulting firm, high-growth technology company, or enterprise software company with long, C-suite-led sales cycles.
• Experience at an early-stage startup and comfort operating in ambiguous environments.

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
• A mission-driven, fast-moving culture that values curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence

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. Their work spans research into self-constructing systems, the development of reliable execution of AI systems, and products that transform mission-critical workflows.