Founding Frontend Engineer - Core Creative Editor UI

Flick (YC F25); Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Flick, a YC-backed technology company in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a founding front‑end engineer to craft the core editing experience of Flick’s canvas, timeline, and tools. You will own the editor UI architecture and drive performance and UX across cutting‑edge features.

You’ll collaborate with design, product, and AI backend teams to shape the end‑to‑end user experience and help set engineering practices for rapid iteration in a fast‑moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 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 in editors, canvases, or multimedia tools.
• Ability to design scalable UI architectures and manage large client‑side state.
• Startup mindset: thrive in fast‑moving environments and own problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of the editor UI (canvas, timeline, node graph, playback).
• Prototype and iterate on new creative workflows to validate ideas and UX.
• Establish best practices for code quality, performance, testing, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with design, product, and AI backend teams to shape the end‑to‑end UX.
• Drive technical and product decisions as part of the founding engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

Frontend architecture

React

TypeScript

Performance UX

CI/CD

Tools

React

TypeScript

Build systems

CI/CD

Job description

Flick, a YC-backed technology company in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a founding front‑end engineer to craft the core editing experience of Flick’s canvas, timeline, and tools. You will own the editor UI architecture and drive performance and UX across cutting‑edge features.

You’ll collaborate with design, product, and AI backend teams to shape the end‑to‑end user experience and help set engineering practices for rapid iteration in a fast‑moving startup environment.