Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI
Pika · Palo Alto HQ
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At a glance
Highlights
- Turn client feedback into adapted models that solve real business needs.
- Build complete workflows around models for client deployment needs.
- Share working results early and iterate in short cycles with clients.
Ideal candidate
A client-facing applied researcher who thrives on ownership and fast feedback, translating ambiguous needs into valuable solutions and building trusted, revenue-driving client relationships.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience fine-tuning or post-training generative AI models and evaluating adaptations
- Strong coding and practical ML skills to run experiments, work with data, and build workflows
- Excellent listening and communication skills to clarify ambiguous requests for diverse audiences
- Professional judgment, reliability, and service mindset with ownership of commitments
- Independence and ownership combined with strong team communication and collaboration
- Ability to work in fast feedback cycles and link technical decisions to client value
Lab profile
About Pika
Builds next-generation AI creative tools for seamless, intuitive video creation.
What they build
- Generative AI video creation platform
- Videogen video generation models
- Real-time multimodal generation tools
Known for
- Large-scale video generation
- RL post-training and reward modeling
- Inference acceleration and GPU optimization
Key facts
- Based in Palo Alto
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