Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Improvement is open at Distyl in San Francisco (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $150K - $250K. Posted on Oct 16, 2025, and still on Distyl’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 15, 2026.
About the role
The System Self-Improvement team builds architectures that continuously evaluate and enhance their own performance. Researchers design feedback-driven systems capable of detecting weaknesses, generating corrective hypotheses, and implementing their own improvements through reflection, retraining, or workflow adaptation. The goal: build AI systems that compound in capability through use. - Researchers in…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Distyl’s careers page.
Hiring at Distyl
Distyl has 25 open roles right now. Most are in Engineering, Data & Research and People & Recruiting. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $200K. See all its roles

