Founding Frontend Engineer - Mobile, Social - Remote (USA)

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Hiring Remotely in New York, NY, USA
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Consumer Web • Events • Social Media • Social Impact
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The Role
Join a small founding team to build and ship a cross-platform iOS/Android social marketplace app. Implement JS-based mobile features, photo filters and video editing, translate designs to production, integrate with backend and AI services, and own the full development lifecycle in a fast-moving startup aiming to launch in 4–6 months.
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Job Title: Founding Frontend Engineer (Mobile, Social, Marketplace)

Location: Remote

Company: Flocker https://flocker.ai

Position Overview: 
We’ve spent two years building Flocker’s strategy, design, and systems, and we’re now looking for one more builder to help complete our final pre-launch phase and ship a public iOS/Android app in the next 4 - 6 months.

We’re seeking a highly skilled and motivated Founding Frontend Engineer with expertise in consumer social apps. You’ll join a small, collaborative team with experience from Google, Meta, Bytedance, Coinbase, and Microsoft Research, bringing together excellence in design, science, and engineering.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain high-quality mobile iOS/Android applications using JavaScript-based cross-platform frameworks
  • Build in-app photo filters and video editing capabilities
  • Translate designs into production code with precision and attention to interaction details
  • Collaborate with backend and AI engineers for seamless integration with server-side logic
  • Engage in the full software development lifecycle: design, coding, testing, deployment
  • Work in a fast-moving, agile startup environment, iterating quickly and adjusting priorities based on learning and feedback


Requirements
You’re Right For This If:
  • 5+ years shipping beautiful mobile apps
  • Experience building consumer social apps.
  • Expert in JavaScript-based mobile development (React Native, Ionic/Capacitor, or similar)
  • Proven ability to build and launch products (startup, side project, or even a failed venture)
  • Track record of shipped apps we can download right now
  • Leadership ability, self-motivation, and comfort navigating ambiguity
  • Ready to work founder hours for significant equity, and you understand salary comes later (post-funding).
  • Bonus: if you have experience building media features (photo filters, video editing, or similar)




Benefits
Compensation:
  • Salary and Equity

Application Process: Application Process: If you are passionate about building massively scalable, beautiful, consumer-facing systems and want to be a part of a dynamic startup environment, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your resume.

Flocker is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Skills Required

  • 5+ years shipping mobile apps
  • Experience building consumer social apps
  • Expert in JavaScript-based mobile development (React Native, Ionic/Capacitor, or similar)
  • Proven ability to build and launch products (startup, side project, or venture)
  • Track record of shipped apps available for download
  • Leadership ability, self-motivation, and comfort navigating ambiguity
  • Willingness to work founder hours for significant equity (salary deferred until post-funding)
  • Experience building media features (photo filters, video editing)
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The Company
8 Employees
Year Founded: 2

What We Do

Flocker is a mobile app for instant real life experiences with friends, both free and paid. The app offers: A real-time event feed based on an AI engine. A marketplace for hosts and creators. AI enhanced tools for seamlessly building events. An AI engine for proposing new events. A trust and safety system that keeps the network human and safe. A feed to share those experiences and memories. All combined into one coherent experience, that unlocks the multitude of microevents that until now never make it online, with the trust and safety to make them credible, and the context to make them relevant to you and your friends.

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