Pika
Software Engineer, Product
Palo Alto HQ · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
TypeScriptReactNode.jsExpressDistributed SystemsCode ReviewAWSGCPCloud PlatformsLLMsCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Product to help shape and scale the user-facing systems at Pika.
- Your high-impact architectural and product decisions will directly shape the end-user experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead User-Facing Product Engineering: Architect and develop intuitive, performant, and scalable user-facing features and applications for Pika's web and multi-platform products.
- Shape Product Experiences: Collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver features that delight users and solve real problems, ensuring a seamless and accessible creative workflow.
- Drive End-to-End Projects: Take ownership of product features from ideation and specification through development, launch, and ongoing improvement.
- Architect Real-Time Collaboration: Build and scale systems that support real-time multi-user interactions, messaging, and live collaboration.
- Integrate Advanced AI Workflows: Design and optimize product features that harness generative AI (LLMs, models, and agentic workflows) to power creative tools.
- Champion Technical Excellence: Write and review technical proposals, evaluate technical and product trade-offs, and mentor other engineers to drive best practices and align on great product outcomes.
- Ownership & Initiative: Proven ability to lead projects independently, identify product bottlenecks, and ship high-impact solutions with little direction.
- A supportive, collaborative office culture-we're all building and launching together
Requirements
- Product Mindset: Track record of delivering impactful user-facing features, balancing technical rigor with great product intuition.
- Technical Mastery: Deep proficiency in modern frontend and/or backend technologies (React, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, or similar) and scalable architecture patterns.
- Systems & Platform Knowledge: Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and building reliable, high-traffic services.
- Deep proficiency in modern frontend and/or backend technologies (React, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, or similar) and scalable architecture patterns.
Nice to have
- Experience with real-time collaboration, creative tools, or media-rich applications
- Familiarity with generative AI and agentic product patterns
- Experience at fast-growing startups or in ambiguous, high-velocity environments
- Competitive coding, hackathon, or open-source experience
- We envision a world where everyone can express their creativity through video, empowered by the latest advances in AI.
- We're based in Palo Alto, CA, working from the office 3-5 days a week.
Compensation
- Competitive salary in the AI industry
Benefits
- Equity in a rapidly growing startup shaping the future of AI and creativity
- Comprehensive health benefits, monthly stipends, and company retreats
Company info
- What We're Looking For
- At Pika, our mission is to make video creation seamless, intuitive, and accessible to everyone.
- Our culture values sharp intellect, product thinking, efficient collaboration, and collective impact.
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