Data Engineer: AI Platform Pipelines & Impact

pika; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Health benefits

Monthly stipends

Company retreats

Growth-oriented culture

Job summary

Pika in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Data Engineer to design, build, and scale data infrastructure powering its AI platform. You’ll craft data pipelines, ensure quality and security, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable datasets.

Join a fast‑growing startup with substantial equity, comprehensive health benefits, and a collaborative, data‑driven culture shaping the future of AI-powered media tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a data engineer or in a similar role designing, building, and maintaining data infrastructure.
• Strong software engineering background with proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster).
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS/GCP, Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake).
• Knowledge of database systems, data modeling, and data warehousing best practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and data quality practices for data workflows.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Great communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL workflows
• Build, automate, and optimize data infrastructure for analytics, reporting, and ML applications
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and security across sources and sinks
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and product teams to define data requirements and deliver reliable datasets
• Implement monitoring solutions and proactively resolve data pipeline issues
• Optimize storage and data processing performance for growth and efficiency
• Contribute to data modeling efforts and schema design for analytics and product needs
• Help establish best practices and empower a data-driven culture across the organization

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Airflow

Prefect

Dagster

AWS

GCP

Data modeling

Data warehousing

Monitoring

Communication

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Pika in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Data Engineer to design, build, and scale data infrastructure powering its AI platform. You’ll craft data pipelines, ensure quality and security, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable datasets.

Join a fast‑growing startup with substantial equity, comprehensive health benefits, and a collaborative, data‑driven culture shaping the future of AI-powered media tools.