Senior Full-stack Engineer

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

The Role

As a founding full stack engineer at Flick, you’ll build the core infrastructure powering AI-native filmmaking — from media generation interface to scalable backend systems. 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 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice-to-have

• Love films and art.
• Have been a filmmaker, animator, video editor, game developer before
• Have experience in AI video generation.
• Have contributed in open-source projects, and coding for fun outside of regular work.