Product Designer (Design Engineer)

About Pika

Pika is redefining creative expression with breakthrough AI tools for video and image generation. We’re on a mission to make lightning-fast, intuitive, high-quality content creation accessible to everyone—from solo creators to teams. Join us as we build at the frontier of AI media, with a fast-moving team, a culture of ownership, and a product that empowers millions.

Remote is flexible for experienced candidates, or work with us in Palo Alto HQ.

The Role

We're seeking a web-first Product Designer who will take full ownership of the pika.art web app—including Video & Image Studio, Style Creator, agent-led workflows, plugins, and community features. You’ll drive the product and design roadmap for your core areas and directly influence our growth, monetization, and launch assets. This is a hands-on, self-directed role for a senior builder who’s as comfortable in design systems and specs as in code and shipping UI.

What You’ll Do

• Lead product design and direction for core pika.art web surfaces—full-screen studio, style creator, agent-led tools, plugin integrations, and community features.
• Act as both design and product owner: set priorities, write specs, break down decisions into actionable tickets, and QA every release.
• Prototype directly in React/Next.js or with AI tools (Lovable, v0, Claude, Cursor); contribute UI code and maintain design-system consistency.
• Own and iterate onboarding, paywalls, checkout, team plans, pricing, and system emails with an eye towards growth and monetization.
• Design and ship marketing and launch work: landing pages, SEO assets, and new model launch visuals.
• Collaborate daily with our Strategy & Design Lead, founders, and engineers—rapid feedback loops expected; sprint turnaround often under 24 hours.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years product design experience, including ownership at an early-stage startup.
• Portfolio of shipped, web-based creative tools (editors, canvases, timelines, or similar).
• Fluid across Figma (or similar), modern web stacks, and code prototyping tools.
• Strong product instincts; able to self-direct, set priorities, and deliver outcomes beyond the ticket.
• Hands-on design-engineering: able to build prototypes and contribute front-end code (React/Next.js preferred).
• Experience running your own projects end-to-end—from brief, to spec, to handoff, to QA.
• Comfortable working without daily management or structured mentorship.

Nice to Have

• Experience on mobile products (native or web app).
• Shipped creative/media or SaaS growth surfaces (checkout, onboarding, pricing, system emails).
• Marketing design: landing pages, asset creation, SEO optimization.
• Experience collaborating with distributed teams.

You’ll Thrive Here If

• You move fast, ship daily, and own outcomes.
• You embrace real-time feedback and quick pivots.
• You sweat the details, obsess over polish, and ship what matters.
• You love turning ambiguity into clear specs and solutions.
• You want to work with strategists, engineers, and founders—in code, not just mocks.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits, monthly creative stipends, team retreats
• Work remotely or join us in Palo Alto (3–5 days/week)