--- title: 'AI Engineer at Distyl AI' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/ai-engineer-distyl-ai-london-cevve9983qr7' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-12' --- # AI Engineer at Distyl AI - **Company:** Distyl AI - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-05-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/distyl/26cc59d5-af3c-4ae7-9ee9-f70733e68dd7 ## Job description ## 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. ## What We’re Looking For We’re opening an office in London, UK and looking for AI Engineers to design and deploy production-grade AI systems powered by LLMs. At Distyl, AI Engineers work directly with Fortune 500 companies to transform complex workflows using cutting-edge AI. You’ll build and ship real-world AI applications — from intelligent agents to full-stack AI products — and see them operate at scale in mission-critical environments. This role is highly hands-on. You’ll collaborate closely with customers, define system architectures, and build reliable, high-impact AI systems from prototype to production. Engineers at Distyl also help shape technical direction across major customer engagements, guiding enterprise teams through AI adoption and deployment. ## Key Responsibilities - Build Production AI Systems: Design, develop, and deploy robust AI applications using LLMs, including prompt engineering, agent workflows, tool use, and full-stack AI products - Work Directly with Customers: Partner closely with enterprise stakeholders to understand complex problems and translate them into impactful AI solutions - Lead System Architecture: Design scalable architectures for production AI systems, balancing performance, reliability, cost, and maintainability - Develop Our Internal Platform: Contribute to Distillery, our internal LLM application platform, by building reusable infrastructure, tools, and workflows used across customer deployments - Evaluate AI Systems Rigorously: Develop evaluation frameworks that measure model performance across accuracy, latency, cost, reliability, and safety - Ship Production-Grade Systems: Ensure systems meet high standards for observability, reliability, security, and maintainability - Raise the Engineering Bar: Improve development workflows, evaluation practices, and deployment strategies as our AI platform continues to evolve ## Who You Are - 3+ years of professional software engineering experience - Strong proficiency in Python or TypeScript - Experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications or AI agents in production - Experience with modern LLM tooling such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Guardrails, MCP, or agent frameworks - Experience implementing RAG pipelines, tool use, or multi-step AI workflows - Strong understanding of AI system evaluation, debugging, and observability - Experience building reliable production systems with modern DevOps practices - Experience deploying AI systems in enterprise environments is a plus - Experience working across cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) is a plus - Experience with agent architectures and long-horizon task execution is a plus - Familiarity with responsible AI practices, including auditability and governance is a plus ## What We Offer - Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and a comprehensive benefits package - Workplace Pension Scheme with employer contributions - Private Medical Insurance (PMI) offered - Flexible Time Off + Holidays - Lunch provided on office days - Access to state-of-the-art 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 prizes curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence #LI-Hybrid We believe diverse perspectives make our work stronger and more impactful. We are an equal opportunity employer and evaluate all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. ## About Distyl AI ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Distyl AI partners with world-class institutions to rearchitect their operational systems for abundant intelligence, deploying AI-native workflows at production scale. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Arjun Prakash (Co-Founder, CEO) and Derek Ho (Co-Founder, COO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: AI-Native Operations / Enterprise AI - **Target Customers**: Large enterprises and institutions in regulated industries (Fortune 500 companies), specifically financial services, healthcare, telecom, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. - **Mission/Purpose**: To help world institutions rearchitect their systems for abundant intelligence without sacrificing human agency and control. ## Products & Services - **Distillery (Proprietary Platform)**: An agentic infrastructure platform that curates context from across the enterprise, enabling composable routines, policy-aware execution, and built-in auditability. It integrates with existing enterprise systems to allow for autonomous workflows. - **Distyl Scans**: A service offering that provides enterprises with an “AI Readiness” score and a roadmap for adopting AI-driven technologies by surveying KPIs, business processes, data landscape, and tech stack. - **AI-Native Workflows**: Custom, full-stack solutions deployed for specific industries, including intelligent underwriting, claims processing, prior authorization automation, and contact center intelligence. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metrics**: - **Total Funding**: $202 million (across 3 rounds: Seed, Series A, Series B). - **Annual Revenue**: $1.0 million (per LinkedIn). - **Decisions Processed**: Over 1 billion decisions processed annually at production scale. - **Deployments**: 50+ enterprise deployments across Fortune 500 companies. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed Venture Partners (led Series A & B), Khosla Ventures, DST Global, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, OpenAI, Microsoft. - **Growth Signals**: - **Massive Headcount Growth**: 117 employees (+101.3% YoY, +77 people) as of recent data. - **Latest Funding**: Raised a $175 million Series B in October 2025. - **Industry Reach**: Active production deployments across 12 industries. - **Talent Pipeline**: Strong hiring from top-tier companies like Palantir, McKinsey, Amazon, and Microsoft. ## Competitive Advantages - **Outcome Ownership**: Unlike a pure software vendor or consultancy, Distyl takes "Relentless Outcome Ownership," deploying solutions and managing them in production to ensure EBITDA impact within 6 months. - **Full-Stack AI**: They combine strategy, research, and engineering to build and deploy production-grade systems, not just demos or proofs-of-concept. - **Built for Regulated Industries**: Their platform is designed with dynamic guardrails and auditability, making them a trusted partner for sectors like healthcare and finance where compliance is non-negotiable. - **Strong Backing**: Backed by a consortium of top-tier venture capital firms and strategic investors like OpenAI and Microsoft, providing deep resources and credibility. ## Strategic Focus - **Defining the AI-Native Enterprise**: Distyl is focused on building the systems, workflows, and operational models that will define how large enterprises operate in the age of AI. - **Agentic Systems at Scale**: Their current priority is deploying agentic systems that are practical, auditable, and safe, moving beyond simple automation to complex decision-making. - **Industry Expansion**: With deployments in 12 industries, they are aggressively expanding their footprint in financial services, healthcare, and telecom, while also targeting supply chain and insurance. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Work Style**: Described as fast-paced and outcome-oriented. The company values "relentless curiosity," direct feedback ("no ego-stroking"), and a bias for shipping real solutions. The work is described as defining the future of enterprise AI. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: For all engineering roles and most other roles, the company requires in-office collaboration **3 days a week** in either San Francisco or New York City. They also have a London office. - **Benefits & Perks**: - **Health & Wellness**: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents. 8 weeks of parental leave. Flexible PTO. - **Compensation**: Competitive salary and meaningful equity. Retirement plans. Life and disability insurance. - **Additional**: Relocation support for moves over 100 miles. Daily meals and snacks in-office. Commuter benefits. - **Engineering & Research Focus**: The interview process is practical, featuring collaborative live coding and system design discussions, and the use of AI is encouraged during interviews. They hire people who "make AI work better than anyone else." ## Sources 1. [distyl.ai](https://www.distyl.ai/) 2. [distyl.ai - About](https://www.distyl.ai/about) 3. [distyl.ai - Careers](https://www.distyl.ai/careers) 4. [LinkedIn - Distyl AI](https://www.linkedin.com/company/distylai) 5. 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