Founding Frontend Engineer

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

Job summary

A tech startup is seeking a Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer to lead the development of their core editing experience. You will be responsible for building the editor UI, optimizing user interactions, and ensuring the best coding practices. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in React and TypeScript, with a passion for creating intuitive interfaces. This full-time role offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 - $200,000 based on skills and experience. You thrive in fast-paced environments, taking ownership and solving complex problems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical initiatives on high-performance web applications.
• Strong expertise with modern front-end tooling.
• Deep experience optimizing complex UX interactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of the editor UI.
• Prototype and iterate on creative workflows.
• Establish best practices for code quality and performance.
• Collaborate with design and product teams.

Skills

React

TypeScript

CI/CD

Web application development

UX optimization

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer role at Flick (YC F25).

Base pay range

$100,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr

This range is provided by Flick (YC F25). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

The Role

As our founding front-end engineer, you’ll build and ship the core editing experience of Flick — our canvas, timeline, and creative tooling.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the architecture and development of our 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 the end‑to‑end user experience.
• Drive key technical and product decisions as part of the founding engineering team.

Requirements

• 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, especially in editors, canvases, visual builders, or multimedia tools.
• Ability to design scalable UI architectures and manage large, dynamic client‑side state.
• A passion for creating fast, intuitive, and beautiful creative interfaces.
• Startup mindset: you thrive in fast‑moving environments, take ownership, and solve ambiguous problems at scale.

Nice‑to‑have

• Experience with video editors, creative canvas, animation/keyframe systems, design tools, node‑graph editors, or similar.
• Love films and art.
• Have contributed in open‑source projects, and coding for fun outside of regular work.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet