Founding front-end engineer

Flicks

San Francisco, CA, United States

11 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

3 years minimum

Compensation

$100,000.0 - $200,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerbuilder.com

Tech stack

Computer Animation Artificial Intelligence Software Quality Encodings Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Design of User Interfaces Human-Computer Interaction Open Source Technology TypeScript Video Editing Web Applications

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Performance Testing ReactJS Backend Free and Open-Source Software Build Tools Front End Software Development

Job description

Founding front-end engineer. Lead the development of the core experience of Flick - the canvas, timeline, and creative tooling. Work directly with founders and shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and development of 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 end-to-end user experience

Requirements

3+ years of experience
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
Passion for creating fast, intuitive, and beautiful creative interfaces
Startup mindset: thrive in fast-moving environments, take ownership, solve ambiguous problems at scale

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

Experience with video editors, creative canvas, animation/keyframe systems, design tools, node-graph editors, or similar
Love films and art
Open-source contributions and personal coding projects outside regular work, Animation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Canvas, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Create Graphs, Creative Writing, Editing, Internet Application, Machine Tool, Multimedia, Open Source, Performance Testing, Problem Solving Skills, Product Design, Prototyping, Startup, Storytelling, Technical Leadership, User Interface Design, User Interface Tools, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Video Editing

Benefits & conditions

$100,000 - $200,000 / year + 0.10% - 1.00% equity

About the company

Flick is defining the future interface for AI-native filmmaking. Think Figma and Cursor, but for creating AI films. Founded by Ray Wang (engineer who built Instagram Stories) and Zoey Zhang (award-winning filmmaker). Well-funded by top VCs including Y Combinator, Google Ventures, True Ventures, and Lightspeed.