Senior Frontend Engineer at Flick | Y Combinator

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Flick is defining the future interface for AI native filmmaking. Think Figma and Cursor, but for creating AI films.

Founded by Engineer who built Instagram Stories + Award winning filmmaker, we are a team of Tech + Artist.
Well-funded by top VCs.
Checkout our recent launch post
Award-winning AI Films created using Flick

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 you’ll do

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.

Requirements

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.

Nice-to-have

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.

About FlickFlick is defining the future interface for AI native filmmaking. Think Figma and Cursor, but for creating AI films.

Founded by Engineer who built Instagram Stories + Award winning filmmaker, we are a team of Tech + Artist.
Well-funded by top VCs.
Checkout our launch video
Award-winning AI film created using Flick
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Flick is positioned as a company defining the future interface for AI native filmmaking, drawing comparisons to tools like Figma and Cursor but applied to the creation of AI films. The company is founded by a team comprising a technical engineer who previously developed Instagram Stories and an award-winning filmmaker, signifying a blend of technical expertise and artistic vision. The organization is well-funded by top venture capitalists and operates with a dynamic team structure of technologists and artists.

The position of Senior Frontend Engineer centers on leading the development of Flick's core user experience, specifically encompassing the canvas, timeline, and creative tooling. This role requires the engineer to work directly with the founders to shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling. Key responsibilities involve architecting and developing the editor user interface from scratch, establishing rapid prototyping workflows to validate ideas and user experience, and setting rigorous standards for code quality, performance, testing, and maintainability. This role demands close collaboration with design, product, and AI backend teams to define the complete end-to-end user experience. The engineer will also be responsible for driving critical technical and product decisions as a founding member of the engineering team.

The essential requirements for this role emphasize extensive experience managing and leading technical initiatives on high-performance web applications. Candidates must possess deep expertise in modern front-end tooling, including React, TypeScript, build systems, and continuous integration and continuous delivery processes. Crucially, the successful candidate needs profound experience optimizing complex user experience interactions, particularly those found in editors, canvases, visual builders, or multimedia tools. Furthermore, the role requires an aptitude for designing scalable UI architectures and effectively managing large, dynamic client-side state. A core passion must exist for creating interfaces that are fast, intuitive, and aesthetically pleasing.

In addition to these mandatory criteria, the opportunity is enhanced by desirable skills, including prior experience with video editors, creative canvases, animation or keyframe systems, design tools, or node-graph editors. A personal affinity for films and art, along with a history of contributing to open-source projects, are considered advantageous. The position offers competitive compensation ranging from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand dollars, along with equity opportunities.