# AI Engineer at Distyl

- Company: Distyl
- What the company does: Architecting the AI-Native Enterprise. Distyl partners with the most ambitious enterprises to design and operationalize their AI transformations. Backed by Khosla, Lightspeed and Peak XV.
- Company website: https://distyl.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/distyl/46728319-c47a-48c8-bbfb-af0d9bff2ea2
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/distyl-ai-engineer/

## About the role

Build and operate AI systems deployed in customer environments, taking ownership of system behavior, reliability, and usefulness in production Design and implement compound AI workflows that combine models, prompts, agents, tools, retrieval, evaluation, feedback loops, and execution into coherent production systems aligned with user and SME needs

## What they're looking for

- This is not a demo-building role. AI Engineers are expected to make AI systems work in practice: with users, data, constraints, and accountability for production outcomes
- Ownership mentality for AI systems. You take responsibility for whether the systems you build deliver their intended value in production. You are comfortable making technical decisions, learning from system behavior, and owning the results of your work
- Strong engineering fundamentals. You write clean, maintainable Python and are comfortable building production software systems. You understand core engineering concepts like versioning, debugging, testing, performance, code review, and production readiness
- Pragmatic delivery mindset. You can navigate ambiguity, make progress with incomplete information, and balance speed with robustness when building systems that need to work for production users
- Willingness to travel. Travel is typically 10–30%, depending on the project, customer needs, and your role on the engagement

Tags: Engineering