Senior/Staff Product Engineer (Creative Tools)

Flick; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Flick is seeking a founding product engineer in Sunnyvale, California, to build innovative product features at the intersection of engineering, design, and filmmaking. The ideal candidate will have strong full stack engineering skills, exceptional product sense, and a startup mindset. You will collaborate closely with the founders to translate ideas into intuitive user experiences, continuously refine product details, and define the future of AI-native creative tools. A passion for films and art is a plus.

Qualifications

• Strong full stack engineering skills, particularly with React and TypeScript.
• Exceptional product sense, focusing on user experience.
• Experience in building creative tools and understanding of AI in video production.

Responsibilities

• Design and build product features from end-to-end.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on creative workflows.
• Work closely with founders on product direction and UX.

Skills

Full stack engineering skills (React, TypeScript, backend frameworks)

Exceptional product sense

Attention to UX details

Experience building creative tools

Strong intuition for effective product design

Job description

The Role

As a founding product engineer at Flick, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, design, and filmmaking. You won’t just build features — you’ll shape how people create films with AI. You will work directly with the founders, and have the opportunity to shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build product features end-to-end across frontend and backend.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on new creative workflows with tight feedback loops.
• Work closely with founders on product direction, UX decisions, and feature prioritization.
• Translate ambiguous ideas into intuitive, high-quality user experiences.
• Continuously refine interaction details, polish, and usability.
• Help define the future of AI-native creative tools.

Requirements

• Strong full stack engineering skills (React, TypeScript, backend frameworks).
• Exceptional product sense and attention to UX details.
• Experience building creative tools. Can become an expert in creative technology in AI video production.
• Strong intuition for what makes a product feel simple, powerful, and delightful.
• Startup mindset: high ownership, high agency, high velocity.

Nice-to-have

• Love films and art.
• You are a creator yourself: filmmaker, video editor, animator, designer, or similar.
• Have experience in AI video generation.
• Have been a founder before.
• Have contributed in open-source projects, and coding for fun outside of regular work.