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

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. As a 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

Who You Are

• 4+ years of fulltime software engineering experience

• Experience building production systems at scale (enterprise/B2B applications or customer-facing, high-volume pages)

• Track record of technical ownership (led features/projects end-to-end, drove technical decisions)

• Expert in React/TypeScript. Some 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 frontend applications for better scalability is critical

• Travel: Ability to travel 10-20%

Nice to have

• Product Experience: B2B/enterprise products, client-facing work, startup experience

• FE Infrastructure: CI/CD, Webpack/Vite, cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure), observability tools

What We Offer

• The base salary range for this role is $130K – $250K, depending on experience, location, and level. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for meaningful equity, along with a comprehensive benefits package

• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents

• 401(k) with additional perks (e.g., commuter benefits, in‑office lunch)

• 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

Distyl has offices in San Francisco and New York. This role follows a hybrid collaboration model with 3+ days per week (Tuesday–Thursday) in‑office.

We’re grateful for the strong interest in this role. The best way to get your profile in front of our team is to apply directly through our careers page, where all applications are reviewed. Due to the high volume of interest, we’re not able to review or respond to all direct emails or LinkedIn messages. We will be in touch with every applicant once we’ve completed our review, regardless of the decision.