Head of Engineer, Product

Pika
Palo Alto
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Emotional intelligence","Communication","Organizational abilities"]

Lead product engineering strategy and execution for Pika’s user-facing AI creative products. Own the technical roadmap, architect scalable high-performance systems, and raise engineering standards for reliability, security, and efficiency. Mentor and scale multiple engineering teams while partnering closely with product, design, and ML leadership to deliver robust, innovative features for millions of users.

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Pika
Pika
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Head of Engineer, Product

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Job Summary

Lead product engineering strategy and execution for Pika’s user-facing AI creative products. Own the technical roadmap, architect scalable high-performance systems, and raise engineering standards for reliability, security, and efficiency. Mentor and scale multiple engineering teams while partnering closely with product, design, and ML leadership to deliver robust, innovative features for millions of users.
Location: Palo Alto
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set and communicate the technical vision and strategy for product engineering across Pika platforms.
  • •Lead, mentor, and scale multiple engineering teams with a culture of technical excellence and ownership.
  • •Architect and oversee delivery of scalable systems with strong reliability, security, and efficiency practices.
  • •Partner with product, design, and ML leadership to define aligned technical solutions and guide decisions.
  • •Own the technical roadmap, including resource planning and milestone delivery for major launches and iterations.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceEquityStipends

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of progressive engineering experience with significant time managing and scaling product engineering teams.
  • •Track record of technical leadership delivering complex, user-facing products (web/mobile).
  • •Experience building and scaling distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes).
  • •Mastery of system and software architecture for high-traffic, media-rich, or AI-powered applications.
  • •Demonstrated emotional intelligence, mentorship, and ability to develop engineering leaders and high-performing teams.
Experience:10+ yearsAISaaSWebMobileDistributed systemsCloud infrastructureKubernetes
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipEmotional intelligenceCommunicationOrganizational abilities
Tech Stack:PythonGoNode.jsPostgresRedisDockerKubernetesAWSGCP

Company Brief

Pika
Pika (Pika Labs) builds AI-driven tools to generate and edit videos from text prompts and images, enabling creators to produce cinematic, 3D, anime and stylized videos with a web-based platform and APIs.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States
Founded: 2023
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