Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer
Embedding VC, San Francisco Bay Area
About the job
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