# Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

About the role At Pika, we're looking for a technically strong, client-facing AI researcher who can turn customer feedback into models and workflows that solve real business needs. You'll work directly with clients to understand what they want to achieve, identify where current model outputs fall short, and fine-tune or post-train models for their use cases. When the solution calls for more than model adaptation, you'll build the supporting workflow. This is a full-time, hands-on, revenue-driven applied research role. Clear communication, professional client service, reliable delivery, and independent execution matter as much as technical ability. You'll help clients get value quickly, build their confidence in working with Pika, and help turn successful technical work into closed engagements and ongoing business. What you'll do Understand the client's needs. Listen carefully, ask focused questions, and translate requests and feedback into a clear problem, practical scope, and agreed success criteria. Adapt models for real use cases. Fine-tune and post-train models to address client needs. Prepare relevant examples and evaluation criteria, diagnose gaps, and verify that each itera

- **Id**: 4002948
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/pika-forward-deployed-engineer-applied-ai>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T02:23:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T04:42:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4476
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, LLM & Generative AI, AI Agents, Generative Video

## Company

- **Id**: 48170
- **Name**: Pika
- **Domain**: pika.art
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/pika>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Fine-tuning** — Optional: no
- **Pika** — Optional: no
- **Post-training** — Optional: no
- **LoRA** — Optional: yes
- **PEFT** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T04:42:07Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:28:19Z

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