Distyl's Posts (19)

2024-10-23

Lead AI Engineer

Distyl AIdevelops production-grade AI systems to power core operational workflows for the Fortune 500. Working in partnership with OpenAI, Distyl brings deep expertise in enterprise AI, and technical investments that support the development of production-grade AI systems with rapid time-to-value.Led by proven leaders from top companies like Palantir and Apple, the Distyl team utilizes strategic partnerships, software accelerators, and enterprise AI expertise to deliver customized AI products that meet customers' operational needs within a quarter.Distyl is VC backed by Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, leaders like Nat Friedman (Former CEO of Github) and Brad Gerstner (Founder and CEO of Altimeter), and board members of over a dozen F500s.Lead AI EngineerWhat We Are Looking For:At Distyl we're deploying production LLM systems for our F500 clients largest workflows. This requires exceptional engineers who are going to push the boundaries of what is possible with LLM solutions.Lead AI Engineers at Distyl operate as the CTO of an engagement with a F500 customer, taking ownership of the project’s technical direction. They have a vision for the future and aren’t afraid to pitch bold ideas to F500 Enterprise Architects. From there, they lead a team of engineers to fundamentally transform how their customer operates. Always looking to grow, they’re driven by a passion for mastering their craft and excited to take on leadership roles that shape the future of AI.Key Responsibilities:Develop Production Grade AI Systems:For many of our customers we are theironlysuccessful GenAI project (and not for the lack of trying). This is because our AI Engineers are experts at understanding how to use software to tame the complexity of AI. They understand power and limits of both AI and Software and build systems which bring the best of both.Own End to End Delivery of Custom AI Solutions: Lead AI Engineers are responsible for architecting the solution, partnering with customer engineers to deploy into the customer’s environment, and then ensure the system operates as intended.Earn Our Customer's Trust: AI's power has yet to be fully realized, but there are already a lot of broken promises. All Distillers are customer facing and our engineers are responsible for making sure our promises are kept. You will partner with our AI strategists and researchers to devise a solution, present it customer enterprise architects, and then educate them on how our system works.Qualifications:Exceptional Software Engineering Skills:AI’s rapid evolution means code written today might not be useful tomorrow. We need engineers who know how to design and write stable, maintainable, and secure systems that are able to evolve. We use Python but are open to strong experience in other languages.Experience with AI Systems: You should know how to build a RAG system, done prompt engineering, and know the difference between precision and recall. While you'll partner with our Research Team to design these systems, you must be able to do the work to drive a POC to a production grade AI tool.Strong Communication and Organizational Ability: As the project technical lead, you will own relationships with customer technical teams, develop a plan with Distyl’s Project Leads, and work with the rest of the engineering team to deliver.Understanding of Enterprise Cloud Architectures: Our systems are deployed into our customer's environments, often into complex hybrid cloud environments. Our business is won on our Lead AI Engineer’s abillity to be trusted by customer enterprise architecture teams.Biases Towards Showing vs Telling:Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.What We Offer:An opportunity to advance the cutting-edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.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.A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Lead AI engineer and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

2024-09-17

Lead Software Engineer - Front End

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.Senior level candidates are expected to have experience with delivery architecture, developer experience, and mentorship or management of junior staff members.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 AI experiences.End-to-End Software Ownership: Take charge of the entire software lifecycle, from service development to deploying them in customer cloud environments.Improve Developer Productivity:Senior engineers architect our software to ensure engineers across the org can easily contribute and help mentor junior engineers in best practices.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.Leadership Experience:Senior engineers should have been a technical or people lead in their previous roles.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.Interview Process:30 minute intro call to understand Distyl/your motivations3 one hour interview facets: React App Coding, System Design, Business Problem DecompMeet with our CEONote: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

Location: San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

2024-06-23

AI Fellow

Distyl AI Fellows Program is an unique opportunity for graduate students and researchers to work at the vanguard of AI technology. In collaboration with Fortune 500 customers, alliance members like OpenAI, and our team at Distyl AI, fellows will have the chance to make a real impact in the AI industry.We currently offer the Distyl AI Fellowship along three distinct tracks:Data Systems track:Carry out novel research in developing Information Retrieval (IR) systems with our crack team of IR experts. You will carry out this research in conjunction with academia (e.g. University of Waterloo) and industry (e.g. F500 customers). This is an opportunity deploy your work directly to many of our customers, as well as publish in premier conferences (e.g. SIGMOD).Reliability track:Conduct research to enhance the reliability, safety, and performance of AI models, with a focus on model vetting, evaluation, and robustness. At the end of your fellowship, you will have the platform to share your findings with the community through various channels, including publications and posters. Additionally, you will see your work implemented at some of the most critical institutions of our society.UX track:Conduct research and experimentation in AI user experience (UX) design, with the goal of making AI systems more understandable, accessible, and user-friendly. At the conclusion of your fellowship, you will have the opportunity to present your experiments to the world, and see your work operationalized at some of the most iconic institutions.Throughout your fellowship, you will gain exposure to current technologies, acquire experience working on real-world projects in the AI industry, and collaborate with some of the best experts in the AI space.What We OfferMake an Impact: Contribute to cutting-edge AI projects and shape the future of the industry. Your work will be instrumental in real world applications at some of the most critical institutions.Expert Guidance: Receive mentorship from leading AI professionals and researchers who will share valuable insights and support your growth.Lasting Connections: Build a dynamic network with talented Fellows, AI experts, customers, and investors, fostering meaningful collaborations.Skill Development: Access exclusive workshops and events designed to deepen your expertise in AI, UX design, and research methodologies.Inclusive Culture: Join a supportive environment that encourages creativity, innovation, and the pursuit of challenges.Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options and healthcare

Location: San Francisco, New York

Salary range: None - None

2024-06-23

Product Designer

Distyl AIdevelops production-grade AI systems to power core operational workflows for the Fortune 500. Working in partnership with OpenAI, Distyl brings deep enterprise AI expertise and software to develop production-grade AI systems that deliver rapid time-to-value for our customers.Led by proven leaders from top companies like Palantir and Apple, the Distyl team utilizes strategic partnerships, software accelerators, and enterprise AI expertise to deliver customized AI products that meet customers' operational needs within a quarter.Distyl is VC backed by Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, leaders like Nat Friedman (Former CEO of Github) and Brad Gerstner (Founder and CEO of Altimeter), and board members of over a dozen F500s.What We Are Looking For:At Distyl we’re bringing AI to the F500 and view good design as critical to our success. We’re looking for experienced designers with deep passion for defining the future of work with a focus on human value and creating delightful experiences. You will pioneer the UI/UX patterns in which AI is deployed and used by the world’s most important institutions.Success at Distyl will require pushing the boundaries of AI design beyond the current chat interfaces seen in ChatGPT and Claude. To do this you will develop deep empathy for operators at the world’s most important institutions while appreciating AI’s potentials and pitfalls.As our first product designer, your day to day will encompass the full Product Design lifecycle. You’ll partner with our Product and Engineering leaders on early stage product ideation, run design sprints, build prototypes to market test ideas, and build dev ready mocks for our frontend engineering team.Key Responsibilities:User Experience, Interaction and Visual Design: You will be guiding the full product development lifecycle from ideation to design sprints, from wireframes to dev-ready, pixel-perfect designs.Prototyping: You will translate user research and product stories into high-resolution mockups to sell and validate early product ideas.User Research:You will collaborate with Distyl’s AI Strategists and Engineers to uncover what users need and how best to communicate that information to them.Design System Development: As an early-stage startup, our design language is still a work in progress, you’ll help shape how this comes together.Workflow Design: Some of our systems have conversational interfaces, helping define how AI should interact with humans in expected and unexpected pathways is key. We are looking for someone who can help us move beyond the traditional chat interface.Qualifications:A history of having designed delightful software products: Going from early ideations to shipped software in a short time is our goal; you have >4 years of experience.Figma expert: We want a high level of proficiency using Figma with experience creating realistic-looking Figma prototypes.An iterative design process: We’re working in a new and unknown space, so our first ideas will likely be wrong. We get to the right place through quick iterations on direct user feedback.Desire to move fast and collaborate across roles: Our company is small, Distyllers wear many hats as we build out the team.Good visual design sensibilities:A strong understanding of fonts, color, and information hierarchy.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.A portfolio of work is necessaryWhat 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.Interview Process:As a first step, we’ll ask you to submit a portfolio of your work (password protected is fine), an initial call will include a discussion of the problem you were solving for, as well as a chat about an existing GenAI product you’ve used and enjoyed.As a second step, you’ll meet with members of the founding team to discuss your background and goalsAs a final step, you’ll meet with our CEONote: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

Location: New York, San Francisco

Salary range: None - None

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