Forward Deployed AI Engineer

ABOUT DISTYL AI

Distyl is an applied AI technology company partnering with the world’s most ambitious institutions to rearchitect critical operations for the frontier of AI. Our customers include the largest companies in telecom, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, consumer goods, and global social organizations.

We research and deploy technologies that power AI-native operations — both for our partners and for Distyl itself. Our work spans research into self-constructing systems, the development of the most reliable execution of AI systems, and products that transform mission-critical workflows. As a result, Distyl's technologies affect some of the world's largest operations — from hundreds of millions of consumer interactions to tens of millions of supply chain transactions and millions of patient journeys.

Distyl is backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, DST Global, and the board-members of 20+ F500s. The results reflect this approach: a 100% production deployment success rate for our customers and one of the few enterprise AI companies to run a profitable business.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

At Distyl, Forward Deployed AI Engineers build and operate AI systems that deliver real business value inside customer environments. This role is for engineers who thrive in ambiguous problem spaces, take ownership of outcomes, and are excited to work directly on production AI systems that must perform reliably under real-world constraints.

Forward Deployed AI Engineers are hands-on builders who design, deploy, and iterate on end-to-end AI systems. They work close to customers to understand real requirements, translate them into concrete system designs, and continuously improve system behavior through evaluation, iteration, and integration. Their focus is not on demos or experiments in isolation, but on making AI systems work in practice.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Own the behavior and performance of AI systems de...