Distyl's Posts (58)

2025-08-16

Software Engineer - Front End

Distyl AIdevelops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform,Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneeringAI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work indeep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed byLightspeed, Khosla, Coatue,industry leaders likeNat Friedman(former GitHub CEO), as well asboard members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking For: At Distyl we’re bringing AI to the F500 and deliver novel and delightful user experiences. We’re looking for experienced Front End Engineers who are excited to define the future of work with a focus on human value. You will build the UI/UX patterns in which AI is deployed and used by the world’s most important institutions.Success at Distyl requires an obsessiveness about the user’s experience with our product and a drive to deliver great software. As an early member of our FE engineering team, your day to day will vary from writing code, collaborating with product and design on defining our products, and building core engineering infrastructure.Key Responsibilities:Building Enterprise Grade Frontend Applications: You will collaborate closely with the rest of our team to deliver high quality frontend applications.Solution Design: Collaborate closely Distyl AI Strategists to deeply understand customer’s workflows and design tailored AI solutions.End-to-End Software Ownership: Take charge of the entire software lifecycle, from service development to deploying them in customer cloud environments.Qualifications:Strong Coding Skills: Strong command of frontend development using React/TypeScript is essential. Backend experience in Python is beneficial and experience with AI/ML is helpful.User Empathy and Customer Focus: A deep sense of user empathy and a customer-obsessed approach, ensuring that solutions are not only technically sound but also closely aligned with customer needs and experiences.An Eye for Design: We often build before pixel perfect mocks are built, being able to make a reasonable design choice within the design system is key.Software Architecture: Demonstrated ability in architecting front end applications for change is critical.What We Offer:Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options and healthcare.Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies and make a real impact on the adoption of LLMs in the enterprise space.Collaborative and supportive work environment, with a strong focus on personal and professional growth.Exposure to a diverse range of real-world industries and projects, providing unique challenges and learning opportunities.Chance to be part of a growing team that is passionate about AI and its potential to revolutionize human productivity.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

Location: Hybrid

Salary range: None - None

2025-08-16

AI Strategist

Distyl AIdevelops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAs an AI Strategist, you will be the project lead for customer engagements. In collaboration with a technical lead, you’ll drive a motivated team of engineers and researchers focused on solving our customers' most critical problems. Your mission is to own business outcomes, ensure that the project team creates value for the customer, and earn customer trust. You will be responsible for the entire customer engagement from start to finish.In a typical engagement, you will begin by understanding customer problems and desired outcomes. With this context, you will embed yourself in the complex workflows of our customers, to identify opportunities where AI can solve pain points. After scoping a meaningful project, you will lead your team to ensure that we deliver a system with high quality and model accuracy. Because we care about driving real value, your engagement doesn’t stop with delivery of the system - you are also responsible for driving user adoption and iterating to make sure this product is valuable to the end user.This role requires a curious and analytical approach, the ability to identify valuable problems to solve, strong intuition for product development, and a deep commitment to customer success.Key ResponsibilitiesEarn Customer Trust:Demonstrate customer empathy and be the face of Distyl, managing relationships from end-users to executive stakeholders.End-to-end Workflow & Outcome Ownership:Identify the most valuable problems to solve. Embed yourself in the customer's workflow to understand it better than the users themselves. Ensure high accuracy and reliability to achieve the desired outcomes. Take ownership and accountability for the success of the customer engagement.Leadership:You and a technical lead will be jointly responsible for leading a team to deliver results to the customer.Data Analysis:Navigate noisy enterprise data to identify how AI can create reliable outcomes despite real-world constraints.User Adoption:Onboard users to our enterprise applications and platform, ensuring they realize value.Product Feedback:Represent the customer's voice, surfacing pain points that drive future product improvements.What We RequireOperational Experience:A proven record in managing complex projects or strategic leadership roles, with demonstrable experience in client-facing positions within AI or technology integration.Exceptional Communication Skills:Capable of earning customer trust and liaising effectively between clients and internal teams.User Empathy and Customer Focus:A deep sense of user empathy and a customer-obsessed approach, ensuring solutions are technically sound and aligned with customer needs.Thrive in Ambiguity:Ability to identify critical problems in complex situations, define outcomes, and create structure among competing priorities.AI Passion:A passion for AI and optimism about its potential to impact the world.Coding Experience:Proficiency in programming, scripting, or statistical packages (e.g., Python, R, Matlab, SQL).Travel:Ability to travel 25-75%, varying by team.What We OfferCompetitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office.Opportunity to be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies and make a real impact on the adoption of LLMs in the enterprise space.Collaborative and supportive work environment, with a strong focus on personal and professional growth.Exposure to a diverse range of real-world industries and projects, providing unique challenges and learning opportunities.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in-office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, and this role is available in either location.

Location: Hybrid

Salary range: None - None

2025-08-16

AI Strategist

Distyl AIdevelops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAs an AI Strategist, you will be the project lead for customer engagements. In collaboration with a technical lead, you’ll drive a motivated team of engineers and researchers focused on solving our customers' most critical problems. Your mission is to own business outcomes, ensure that the project team creates value for the customer, and earn customer trust. You will be responsible for the entire customer engagement from start to finish.In a typical engagement, you will begin by understanding customer problems and desired outcomes. With this context, you will embed yourself in the complex workflows of our customers, to identify opportunities where AI can solve pain points. After scoping a meaningful project, you will lead your team to ensure that we deliver a system with high quality and model accuracy. Because we care about driving real value, your engagement doesn’t stop with delivery of the system - you are also responsible for driving user adoption and iterating to make sure this product is valuable to the end user.This role requires a curious and analytical approach, the ability to identify valuable problems to solve, strong intuition for product development, and a deep commitment to customer success.Key ResponsibilitiesEarn Customer Trust:Demonstrate customer empathy and be the face of Distyl, managing relationships from end-users to executive stakeholders.End-to-end Workflow & Outcome Ownership:Identify the most valuable problems to solve. Embed yourself in the customer's workflow to understand it better than the users themselves. Ensure high accuracy and reliability to achieve the desired outcomes. Take ownership and accountability for the success of the customer engagement.Leadership:You and a technical lead will be jointly responsible for leading a team to deliver results to the customer.Data Analysis:Navigate noisy enterprise data to identify how AI can create reliable outcomes despite real-world constraints.User Adoption:Onboard users to our enterprise applications and platform, ensuring they realize value.Product Feedback:Represent the customer's voice, surfacing pain points that drive future product improvements.What We RequireOperational Experience:A proven record in managing complex projects or strategic leadership roles, with demonstrable experience in client-facing positions within AI or technology integration.Exceptional Communication Skills:Capable of earning customer trust and liaising effectively between clients and internal teams.User Empathy and Customer Focus:A deep sense of user empathy and a customer-obsessed approach, ensuring solutions are technically sound and aligned with customer needs.Thrive in Ambiguity:Ability to identify critical problems in complex situations, define outcomes, and create structure among competing priorities.AI Passion:A passion for AI and optimism about its potential to impact the world.Coding Experience:Proficiency in programming, scripting, or statistical packages (e.g., Python, R, Matlab, SQL).Travel:Ability to travel 25-75%, varying by team.What We OfferCompetitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office.Opportunity to be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies and make a real impact on the adoption of LLMs in the enterprise space.Collaborative and supportive work environment, with a strong focus on personal and professional growth.Exposure to a diverse range of real-world industries and projects, providing unique challenges and learning opportunities.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in-office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, and this role is available in either location.

Location: Hybrid

Salary range: None - None

2025-08-16

AI Strategist Lead

What We Are Looking ForAs an AI Strategist Lead, you will lead Distyl’s most complex, high impact customer engagement end-to-end. Partnering a senior technical leader, you’ll oversee a multidisciplinary team of engineers, researchers, and AI Strategists to deliver enterprise-scale outcomes that fundamentally transform how our customers operateYou’ll work directly with C-suite and senior executives at Fortune 500 companies, helping them scope and shape AI -native strategies, and drive adoption of new workflows. You will be accountable not just for delivery, but for measurable business impact, long-term value creation, and building trusted executive relationships.You’ll shape the vision, drive execution, and influence our product roadmap by representing the voice of our most strategic customers. This role is ideal for someone with a rare blend of operational rigor, customer obsession, and strategic clarity - who thrives in ambiguity, leads with influence, and is passionate about AI.Key ResponsibilitiesExecutive Engagement:Build trust with senior stakeholders, including C-suite and VP-level sponsors. Align on business priorities and act as a strategic thought partner.End-to-End Ownership:Lead customer engagements from initial scoping to sustained value delivery. Define success, design the roadmap, and measurable outcomes.AI Strategy & Value Discovery:Identify the most valuable problems to solve and aligning solutions to ROI.Team Leadership:Jointly lead teams of 10+ engineers, researchers, AI Strategists and program managers. Set clear goals, foster a high-performing team culture, and manage cross-functional execution.Enterprise-Grade Delivery:Ensure technical solutions meet performance, compliance, and scalability standards. Navigate complex enterprise environments and drive cross-functional dependencies to deliver deeply integrated solutions.Change Management & Adoption:Drive onboarding, user adoption, and change management to ensure systems are embedded into daily workflows.Platform Influence:Represent the customer’s voice to the Platform team. Surface insights and themes that inform platform development.What We RequireEnterprise-Scale Delivery Experience: A track record of successfully leading large, complex high-budget customer engagements or transformation programs ($10M+) ideally involving AI. Most successful candidates will have at least 10 years of experience working with enterprise customers.People Leadership:Track record of leading cross-functional teams and mentoring others. You foster clarity, motivation, and accountability at scale. Enterprise Scale Delivery: Demonstrated experience delivering mission-critical solutions for organizations with significant scale, complexity, and regulatory considerations.Executive Communication:Comfortable presenting to C-level stakeholders and translating between technical and non-technical audiences.Strategic Leadership:Ability to frame high-level business challenges, guide strategic decision-making, and influence senior executives.Customer-Centric Mindset:Deep empathy for users and the ability to identify solutions that create tangible, lasting business impact..Technical Acumen:Proficiency in programming or data analysis tools (e.g., Python, R, SQL) and a solid understanding of AI/ML concepts.Passion for AI:You believe in AI’s transformative potential and want to help shape how it’s applied responsibly and effectively in the enterprise.Bias for Action:You’re comfortable with ambiguity, eager to take ownership, and capable of turning vision into structured execution.Travel: Flexibility to travel 25–75% depending on engagement needs.What We OfferCompetitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office.Opportunity to be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies and make a real impact on the adoption of LLMs in the enterprise space.Collaborative and supportive work environment, with a strong focus on personal and professional growth.Exposure to a diverse range of real-world industries and projects, providing unique challenges and learning opportunities.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in-office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, and this role is available in either location.

Location: New York

Salary range: None - None

2025-08-16

Chief of Staff

Distyl AIdevelops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What Are We Looking ForWe’re looking for a strategic and execution-driven Chief of Staff to partner directly with the CEO to drive clarity, alignment, and operational rigor across the company. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, supporting the CEO in scaling the company, driving cross-functional priorities, and ensuring the leadership team operates with focus and velocity.You’ll be responsible for managing company-wide operating rhythms, surfacing and solving key strategic issues, and ensuring the CEO’s time and attention are focused on the highest-leverage areas. This is a highly visible role that requires exceptional judgment, EQ, business acumen, and the ability to lead through influence.What You’ll DoAmplify CEO Impact:Serve as a trusted partner to the CEO, triage priorities, prepare for high-stakes meetings (e.g.investors, key customers), and ensure follow-through on critical decisions and initiatives.Drive Cross-Functional Execution:Lead and track key initiatives that span teams, particularly where clear ownership is missing. Unblock issues, manage interdependencies, and ensure outcomes are delivered with urgency.Run Strategic Planning & Operating Cadence:Own company-wide planning, OKRs, and leadership operating rhythms. Ensure alignment on goals, decisions, and accountability across the executive team.Support Market & Customer Strategy:Partner with SGE leaders to shape pricing, packaging, and customer feedback loops.Lead Internal Communications & Narrative:Draft executive communications, internal updates, and strategic narratives that drive clarity and alignment across teams.Facilitate Executive Forums & Offsites:Design and run leadership team meetings, offsites, and company-wide moments that build trust, focus, and high performance.Build Organizational Leverage:Identify gaps, remove friction, and improve the systems and structures that support scale.What You’ll Bring8–12+ years of experience, ideally a mix of consulting, strategy, business operations, or experience in a Chief of Staff or BizOps role at a fast-growing company.Proven ability to operate as both a strategic thought partner and a hands-on operator.Experience supporting or working alongside Sales, Marketing, or Customer teams.Experience driving strategic planning, OKRs, and operating cadences across senior teams.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to synthesize complex ideas and influence across functions.High trust, discretion, and judgment, you can handle sensitive topics with care and integrity.Calm under pressure, thrives in ambiguity, and solves problems before they escalate.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in-office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, and this role is available in San Francisco office.

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

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