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Applied AI Researcher, System Discovery

Distyl AI· Research
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Hybrid (San Francisco), Hybrid (New York)$150k - $250kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Research-focused role in developing new classes of AI systems and human–AI collaboration models, with emphasis on cross-domain exploration, prototype development, and advancing AI-native enterprise workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Analogous to hypothesis generation in the space of AI for scientific discovery, the System Discovery team focuses on identifying entirely new classes of AI systems. Researchers explore a wide range of architectures, modalities, and compositions to uncover how AI can most effectively reshape work
  • Draw connections across disparate domains to uncover new system archetypes. Experiment with unconventional problem definitions and develop prototypes that reveal new categories of human–AI collaboration

Qualifications

  • Experience Building a Wide Breadth of Systems: You’ve built across many paradigms—retrieval pipelines, reasoning agents, evaluation harnesses, multimodal integrations, or workflow graph systems—and can abstract what makes each effective
  • Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: Expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.)
  • Proven Track Record of Research Results: Published in top journals or notable demonstration of work
  • Uses AI Every Day: Regular use of tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate workflow
  • Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: Ability to build prototypes and run experiments to prove effectiveness to a Fortune 500 audience
  • Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Ability to demonstrate AI capabilities to customers with tangible results

Skills

Required:Systems engineering across AI paradigmsCompound AI systems and agentic collaborationResearch disseminationPractical AI toolingPrototyping and experimentation

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
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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