Distyl

AI Engineer, UK

London, UK, Remote. Posted 16 days ago

The role

AI Engineers will design and deploy production-grade AI systems powered by LLMs. You will work with Fortune 500 companies to build intelligent agents and full-stack AI products.

What you will do

  • Design, develop, and deploy robust AI applications using LLMs
  • Partner with enterprise stakeholders to translate problems into AI solutions
  • Design scalable architectures for production AI systems
  • Contribute to Distillery, the internal LLM application platform
  • Develop evaluation frameworks for model performance
  • Ensure systems meet standards for observability, reliability, security, and maintainability
  • Improve development workflows, evaluation practices, and deployment strategies

Required qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in Python or TypeScript
  • Experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications or AI agents in production
  • Experience with modern LLM tooling such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Guardrails, MCP, or agent frameworks
  • Experience implementing RAG pipelines, tool use, or multi-step AI workflows
  • Strong understanding of AI system evaluation, debugging, and observability
  • Experience building reliable production systems with modern DevOps practices

Nice to have

  • Experience deploying AI systems in enterprise environments
  • Experience working across cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Experience with agent architectures and long-horizon task execution
  • Familiarity with responsible AI practices, including auditability and governance

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful equity
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Workplace Pension Scheme with employer contributions
  • Private Medical Insurance (PMI)
  • Flexible Time Off + Holidays
  • Lunch provided on office days
  • Access to state-of-the-art models
  • Generous usage of modern AI tools

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. The company researches and deploys technologies that power AI-native operations.