# Flick (YC F25) Is Hiring Front End Engineer to Build Figma for AI Filmmaking > Source: > Published: 2026-05-24 17:00:46+00:00 ## About Us Flick is defining the future interface for AI native filmmaking. Think Figma and Cursor, but for creating AI films. - Founded by Engineer who built Instagram Stories + Award winning filmmaker, we are a team of Tech + Artist. - Well-funded by top VCs. - Checkout our recent [launch post](https://x.com/flickartHQ/status/2054951575492378672) - Award-winning [AI Films](https://flick.art/projects?tab=explore) created using Flick ## The Role As our founding front-end engineer, you’ll lead the development of the core experience of Flick — our canvas, timeline, and creative tooling. You will work directly with the founders, and have the opportunity to shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling. **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.