Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer at Embedding VC (San Francisco, CA)
Embedding VC· San Francisco, CA·
Role details
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Level
Staff
Job description
About Flick
Flick is defining the future interface for AI-native filmmaking. Think Figma and Cursor, but for creating AI films. Founded by Ray Wang (engineer who built Instagram Stories) and Zoey Zhang (award-winning filmmaker). Well-funded by top VCs including Y Combinator, Google Ventures, True Ventures, and Lightspeed.
The Role
Founding front-end engineer. Lead the development of the core experience of Flick — the canvas, timeline, and creative tooling. Work directly with founders and shape the future interface for AI visual storytelling.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and development of 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 end-to-end user experience
- Drive key technical and product decisions as part of the founding engineering team Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience
- 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
- Passion for creating fast, intuitive, and beautiful creative interfaces
- Startup mindset: thrive in fast-moving environments, take ownership, solve ambiguous problems at scale Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Experience with video editors, creative canvas, animation/keyframe systems, design tools, node-graph editors, or similar
- Love films and art
- Open-source contributions and personal coding projects outside regular work
Compensation
- $100,000 – $200,000 / year + 0.10% – 1.00% equity
- Visa sponsorship available
Why work at Embedding VC
- Culture: A small, focused team of 17 employees (as of mid-2026) with a flat structure, offering significant ownership and impact. The firm is described as a partnership.
- Remote/Hybrid Policy: The firm has offices in Menlo Park (HQ) and Los Angeles, CA. Job postings indicate a mix of "In-Office" and "In-Office or Remote" roles, suggesting flexibility depending on the position.
- Notable Perks/Engineering Culture: Working at a VC firm offers exposure to the cutting edge of AI technology and the startup ecosystem. The team is composed of specialists and management, with a strong consulting and technical background. The firm is actively hiring for technical roles (Machine Learning Engineer, Software Engineer, Data Engineer) and product roles, indicating a hands-on, builder-oriented culture within the firm itself.