--- title: 'Product Designer - Web at Pika' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/product-designer-web-pika-united-states-5jmsmgqqc59k' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-04' --- # Product Designer - Web at Pika - **Company:** Pika - **Location:** United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pika/cc4dffe4-2cad-4287-a28b-b875ee35b541 ## Job description ## 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) ## About Pika ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Pika is an AI-native creative platform that enables users to generate, edit, and transform videos—and now "birth" persistent AI agents—from text, images, and voice. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States (also has an office in Mountain View, CA) - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Demi Guo (CEO), Chenlin Meng (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Generative AI / AI Video & Agent Platform - **Target customers**: B2C (creators, social media users, marketers) and B2B (developers via Pika API and MCP) - **Mission or purpose**: To make video creation accessible to everyone, and now to give everyone a "creative partner" AI agent ## Products & Services - **Pika Video App**: The core product—an AI video generator that turns text prompts, images, and videos into new clips. Supports styles (3D animation, anime, cartoon, cinematic) and effects like "squish it, melt it, cake-ify it." - **Pika Agent**: A persistent, portable AI agent that users "birth" and own. Multi-modal (text, voice, image, video) and lives across platforms. Users can train it to have personality, memory, and voice—essentially a creative co-pilot. - **AI Trendmaker**: A feature that lets users hop on viral video trends with just a selfie and a sound. - **Pika API**: Hosted API for developers to integrate Pika's video generation capabilities into their own apps and workflows. - **Pika MCP**: Model Context Protocol for connecting agents to external tools and data. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (estimated at ~$470M post-money based on Series B terms) - **Total Funding**: $135M across 4 rounds - Pre-Seed (Jan 2023): $15M led by Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross - Seed (May 2023): Amount undisclosed - Series A (Nov 2023): $35M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners - Series B (Jun 2024): $80M led by Spark Capital - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 27.4% YoY to 59 employees - Monthly website visits: ~1.87M (global rank #25,677) - Talent sourced from top AI labs (TikTok, Jane Street, Runway, Kling AI, Snap Inc.) - 1 active job posting (Head of Engineering) as of mid-2026 - Launched Pika Agent and Pika API in 2025-2026, expanding beyond video generation into agentic AI ## Competitive Advantages - **"Birth and own" agent model**: Pika is pioneering the concept of a user-owned, persistent AI agent that evolves with the user—different from one-off chatbot interactions. - **Multi-modal creative platform**: Combines video generation, agent capabilities, and trend tools in one ecosystem. - **Strong early traction and talent density**: Raised $135M quickly from top-tier investors; alumni from TikTok, Runway, Jane Street, and other elite tech firms. - **Small, high-leverage team**: ~59 people operating globally with a "small, dynamic team" culture that values efficiency and ambition. ## Strategic Focus - **Agent-first future**: Pika is shifting from "just a video tool" to an agent platform where users create and own their AI creative partner. - **Platform expansion**: Opening up via API and MCP to integrate with external apps and workflows. - **Global reach**: Operating in 19 countries with a distributed (but Palo Alto-centric) team. - **Continued R&D in generative video**: Improving realism, style variety, and real-time generation. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Pika describes itself as "small, dynamic" and values "efficiency, collaboration, and creativity." They seek "intellect, work ethic, and ambition." - **Remote/Hybrid**: Not explicitly stated, but the team is distributed across 19 countries (with the US hub in Palo Alto/Mountain View). Likely hybrid or flexible. - **Notable perks**: The careers page emphasizes "career growth in a culture that fosters both individual and collective development." They also champion an inclusive culture. - **Engineering culture**: Tech stack includes Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, React, and more. The team has strong representation from top AI labs and trading firms. The open role is Head of Engineering, suggesting they need a senior leader to scale. - **Impact**: You'd be building the infrastructure for a new category of "owned AI agents" and state-of-the-art video generation—working on cutting-edge generative AI. ## Sources 1. [pika.art](https://pika.art/) – Official website 2. [pika.art/careers](https://pika.art/careers) – Careers page 3. [LinkedIn (Pika Labs)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pika-labs) – Company data, headcount, funding, talent 4. [Craft.co](https://craft.co/pika-art) – Company summary, locations, sectors 5. [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/pika-ai-self-agent/id6758411447) – Pika Agent app details ## Other roles at Pika - [Creator and Influencer Partnerships Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/creator-and-influencer-partnerships-manager-pika-palo-alto-fcyyn6t3ebrn) — Palo Alto, CA - [Data Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/data-engineer-pika-united-states-z74nah1052dn) — United States - [Growth Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/growth-engineer-pika-united-states-ve2g8v53yde2) — United States - [Head of Engineer, Product](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-engineer-product-pika-united-states-nze1qewm24g3) — United States - [Principal Software Engineer, Product](https://feeny.ai/job/principal-software-engineer-product-pika-united-states-5mj1z1a3yqdf) — United States - [Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Product](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-product-pika-united-states-0m6ceye0wm3c) — United States - [Head of Finance](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-finance-pika-palo-alto-amgp22pfthqa) — Palo Alto, CA - [Founding Go-To-Market (GTM)](https://feeny.ai/job/founding-go-to-market-gtm-pika-palo-alto-2vyc6rx4jzs7) — Palo Alto, CA - [Research Intern (BS/MS/PhD)](https://feeny.ai/job/research-intern-bs-ms-phd-pika-palo-alto-rgvx54yph1n5) — Palo Alto, CA - [Product Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/product-manager-pika-united-states-ghy7tmfjf3t6) — United States