# Research Scientist, Post-Training — Video Generation at Pika

- Company: Pika
- What the company does: AI creative tools. Built for Creatives. Backed by Lightspeed and AI Grant.
- Company website: https://pika.art/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: US remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $185K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pika/d3993c91-4dd5-4868-8108-4e9b78133e7b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pika-research-scientist-post-training-video-generation/

## About the role

At Pika, we are pioneering the next generation of creative infrastructure built around real-time, multimodal generation and intelligent agentic platforms. We are seeking Research Scientists with expertise in RL post-training and generative modeling for large-scale video generation. The focus is on refining Pika's video generation models using RL alignment and building robust video reward models. This is a staff and lead-level opportunity.

## What they're looking for

- 2+ years hands-on research experience in post-training or generative modeling
- RL or preference-optimization experience on generative models with evidence of model improvement
- Strong grounding in diffusion or flow-matching models, PyTorch, and multi-node distributed training

Tags: Research