We Handle AI. You Direct Films. Backed by Y Combinator and GV.
About the role
As our founding front-end engineer, you’ll lead the development of the core experience of Flick — our canvas, timeline, and creative tooling. You will work directly with the founders, and have the opportunity to shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling.
What they're looking for
- Experience owning and leading technical initiatives on high-performance web applications
- Strong expertise with modern front-end tooling (React, TypeScript, build systems, CI/CD)
- Deep experience optimizing complex UX interactions , especially in editors, canvases, visual builders, or multimedia tools
- Ability to design scalable UI architectures and manage large, dynamic client-side state
- A passion for creating fast, intuitive, and beautiful creative interfaces
- Startup mindset: you thrive in fast-moving environments, take ownership, and solve ambiguous problems at scale
More about this role
Flick is defining the future interface for professional AI-native filmmaking.
- Founded by an engineer who helped build Instagram Stories and an award-winning filmmaker, Flick brings technology and artistry together.
- We are well funded by leading investors, including True Ventures, GV, Lightspeed, and other top-tier VCs.
- Checkout our launch video
- Award-winning AI films created using Flick
As our founding front-end engineer, you’ll lead the development of the core experience of Flick — our canvas, timeline, and creative tooling. You will work directly with the founders, and have the opportunity to shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling.
- Lead the architecture and development of our editor UI from the ground up (canvas, timeline, node graph, playback).
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on new creative workflows to validate ideas and user experience.
- Establish best practices for code quality, performance, testing, and maintainability.
- Collaborate closely with design, product, and AI backend teams to shape the end-to-end user experience.
- Drive key technical and product decisions as part of the founding engineering team.
- Experience owning and leading...
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