Founding Full-Stack Engineer for AI Filmmaking

Flick; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Flick in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a founding full stack engineer to build core infrastructure for AI-native filmmaking. This role involves designing and constructing scalable backend systems, architecting APIs, and ensuring performance & reliability across systems. The ideal candidate has strong experience in system design, proficiency in TypeScript/Node and Python, and a startup mindset. Join the team to shape the future of AI visual storytelling.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in system design and backend architecture at scale.
• Proficiency across the stack (e.g. TypeScript/Node, Python, modern web frameworks).
• Experience building and maintaining production-grade APIs and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of performance, concurrency, and reliability.
• High standards for code quality, testing, and maintainability.
• Ability to take ambiguous problems and turn them into clean, scalable systems.
• Startup mindset: ownership, speed, and pragmatism.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend systems for media generation, storage, and delivery.
• Architect APIs and services that power real-time, stateful creative workflows.
• Own end-to-end features across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Ensure high performance and reliability across complex, async-heavy systems.
• Build and maintain integrations with AI model providers and compute platforms.
• Establish strong engineering practices: testing, observability, CI/CD, and code quality.
• Work closely with product and frontend teams to ship cohesive experiences.

Skills

System design

Backend architecture

TypeScript/Node

Python

API development

Performance optimization

Concurrency

Code quality

Testing

Job description

Flick in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a founding full stack engineer to build core infrastructure for AI-native filmmaking. This role involves designing and constructing scalable backend systems, architecting APIs, and ensuring performance & reliability across systems. The ideal candidate has strong experience in system design, proficiency in TypeScript/Node and Python, and a startup mindset. Join the team to shape the future of AI visual storytelling.