Applied AI Researcher, Benchmarking

Distyl AI develops 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 For

At Distyl we're pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don't just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.

Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.

Key Responsibilities

• The Benchmarking team defines how progress is measured. Researchers design evaluation frameworks that capture reasoning depth, interaction quality, reliability, and operational impact. They construct benchmarks that reflect real-world complexity. Their systems become the standard by which new architectures, techniques, and releases are judged.
• Researchers in Benchmarking explore new paradigms for evaluating intelligent systems : adversarial robustness testing, longitudinal performance tracking, and human-in-the-loop assessment. They investigate how metrics shape model behavior and establish rigorous methodologies for quantifying emergent capability. Their insights drive both Distyl's internal research priorities and industry-wide standards.

What We Require

What We Offer

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 Applied AI Researcher 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