Head of Engineer, Product

Job summary

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Head of Engineer, Product Engineering, to provide visionary leadership for the strategy, architecture, and execution of Pika’s core product engineering initiatives. In this executive-level role, you will define and drive the execution of our technical roadmap for all user-facing…

• Set and communicate the technical vision and strategy for product engineering across all Pika platforms and user-facing features
• Lead, mentor, and scale multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and innovation
• Architect and oversee the delivery of scalable, high-performing systems, ensuring best practices in system reliability, security, and efficiency
• Partner deeply with product, design, and ML teams to define technical solutions aligned with business and user needs
• Guide technical decision-making at both strategic and architectural levels, including technology selection and process improvement

What they're looking for

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, with significant time spent managing and scaling product engineering teams
• Strong record of technical leadership in developing and launching complex, high-impact, user-facing products (web/mobile)
• Proven experience in building and scaling distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Mastery of system and software architecture for high-traffic, media-rich, or AI-powered applications
• Emotional intelligence and mentorship skills, with a track record of developing engineering leaders and high-performing teams

Tech stack

• AWS
• GCP
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Go
• Node.js
• PostgreSQL
• Docker