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# Founding front-end engineer

- **Company:** Flicks
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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, Performance Testing, ReactJS, Backend, Free and Open-Source Software, Build Tools, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-staff-frontend-engineer-san-francisco-ca--12a38610-518a-4755-a79f-27a12194c39b

## About the Role

* 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

## 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


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