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Distyl AIDistyl AISan Francisco, CA

Applied AI Researcher, System Discovery

Applied AI Researcher on System Discovery team explores new AI system architectures, prototypes human-AI collaborations, and draws cross-domain insights to redefine enterprise workflows. Requires proven research track record, expertise in compound AI systems and agentic techniques, strong programming for rapid prototyping.

150k – 250k/yr
HybridAI Research

About the role

Key Responsibilities

  • Identify entirely new classes of AI systems by exploring architectures, modalities, and compositions to reshape work.
  • Draw connections across disparate domains to uncover new system archetypes.
  • Experiment with unconventional problem definitions and develop prototypes revealing new categories of human–AI collaboration.

Who You Are (Requirements)

  • Experience building a wide breadth of systems across paradigms (retrieval pipelines, reasoning agents, evaluation harnesses, multimodal integrations, workflow graph systems).
  • Expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and techniques like ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts (building with models, not training them).
  • Proven track record of research results (publications, public work).
  • Daily use of AI tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity to accelerate workflow.
  • Strong programming and data analysis skills for building prototypes and experiments.
  • Bias towards showing results vs. theoretical ideas.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary: $150K – $250K (depending on experience, location, level).
  • Meaningful equity.
  • 100% covered medical, dental, vision for employees/dependents.
  • 401(k), commuter benefits, in-office lunch.
  • Access to state-of-the-art models and AI tools.

Skills

Compound Ai SystemsAgentic CollaborationReactGraph-Of-ThoughtsEnsemblingRetrieval PipelinesReasoning AgentsEvaluation HarnessesMultimodal IntegrationsWorkflow Graph Systems

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