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Flick (YC F25) · 1 month ago

Founding Frontend Engineer

positionSunnyvale, CA, US
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level
money$100K/yr - $200K/yr
date3+ years exp

Flick is a startup focused on AI visual storytelling, and they are seeking a founding front-end engineer to lead the development of their core user interface. The role involves collaborating with founders to shape the future of their creative tooling and establishing best practices for code quality and performance.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

ReactTypeScriptUI architecture designCI/CDHigh-performance web applicationsStartup mindsetCreative interfacesOpen-source contributions

Required

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

Preferred

Experience with video editors, creative canvas, animation/keyframe systems, design tools, node-graph editors, or similar
Love films and art
Have contributed in open-source projects, and coding for fun outside of regular work

Benefits

Will sponsor

Company

Flick (YC F25)

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Flick is a software tool that helps filmmakers produce films end-to-end using AI.
dateFounded in 2025
location
Sunnyvale, California, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://flick.art/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$0.5M
Key Investors
Y Combinator
2025-08-15Pre Seed· $0.5M

Leadership Team

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Ray Wang
Co-Founder & CEO
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Zoey Zhang
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
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