Flick Verified
Marketing Technology, SaaS, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence
Senior Full-stack Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesRemoteFull TimeSenior$100,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Flick is seeking a founding Senior Full-stack Engineer to build the core infrastructure for AI-native filmmaking. This role involves designing and implementing scalable backend systems, architecting APIs for creative workflows, and owning features end-to-end. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in system design, backend architecture, distributed systems, and production-grade APIs, with proficiency across the stack (TypeScript/Node, Python, modern web frameworks). A deep understanding of performance, concurrency, and reliability, along with high standards for code quality and testing, is essential. This is a remote, full-time position with a startup mindset, offering the opportunity to shape the future of AI visual storytelling.
## 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 [launch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVI0yscN94)
* Award-winning [AI film](https://flick.art/studio/short-films-a-letter-in-early-fall) created using Flick
* People talk about us on [social](https://x.com/garrytan/status/1991879938585268287)
## 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.
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 [launch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVI0yscN94)
* Award-winning [AI film](https://flick.art/studio/short-films-a-letter-in-early-fall) created using Flick
* People talk about us on [social](https://x.com/garrytan/status/1991879938585268287)
## 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.
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