# Software Engineer, Backend

Hiring organization: [Pika Labs](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/pika-labs)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/6e37493c-0159-48bc-8eca-a69559a74ee9

Listed on Pika Labs's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Salary: 250000 – 350000 USD per year

## Summary

Pika seeks a Staff-level backend engineer to architect and scale the distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure supporting their AI video creation platform. This role suits experienced backend leaders who thrive designing systems for real-time collaboration and high-traffic creative workflows, and who want to mentor engineers while shaping technical direction at a well-funded startup.

_Our summary, not Pika Labs's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Go, Kubernetes, Node.js, Python, Redis

## Required

- 5+ years of backend software engineering experience
- 2+ years in senior backend roles
- Deep expertise in distributed systems and RESTful/real-time APIs
- Cloud-native infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes)
- Strong system design skills for high-traffic applications
- Proven ability to lead complex projects independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication

## Nice to have

- Experience with real-time collaboration platforms or creative tools
- Familiarity with generative AI or agent-based systems
- Experience at high-growth startups or rapidly evolving settings
- Competitive coding, hackathon, or open-source contributions

Apply on Pika Labs's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pika/8dab8b44-71cd-4ed9-a598-34111d534ac1/application