- Embedding Vc
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Full-Time
- 68 days ago
- $100,000–$200,000
Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer.
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Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a front-end engineer building the core interface for AI filmmaking tools.
- The Person:The person will build the editor UI, prototype creative workflows, set code quality and performance standards, and work with design, product, and AI backend teams on key technical decisions.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience, strong expertise with modern front-end tooling including React and TypeScript, and experience optimizing complex UX interactions and scalable UI architectures.
About the role
About Flick
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.
The Role
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
• Drive key technical and product decisions as part of the founding engineering team
Required Qualifications
• 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
Compensation
• $100,000 – $200,000 / year + 0.10% – 1.00% equity
• Visa sponsorship available