Front-End Developer

Summary

Join Mini Studio AI, an early-stage startup revolutionizing animation with AI-powered storytelling, as a Mid-Level Front-End Developer. Work remotely from Europe, building and optimizing our video editing platform. You will integrate real-time features, browser-level video optimization, and cutting-edge AI interfaces. Collaborate in a fast-moving team, backed by a16z, to create personalized animated content for kids. Your work will directly impact the product, offering equity and early-stage upside. This role involves developing and optimizing front-end interfaces using GraphQL, integrating AI functionalities, implementing real-time interactions with Next.js, and enhancing video performance.

Requirements

• Proficiency with modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, and GraphQL
• Experience implementing GraphQL subscriptions and local storage strategies for optimized performance
• Familiarity with integrating advanced AI SDKs, such as Vercel AI SDK, into front-end applications
• Strong capability in video performance optimization and media handling
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and modular code
• Excellent collaboration skills with a proactive, solution-oriented approach
• Passion for innovative products blending creativity with cutting-edge AI technologies

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize front-end interfaces leveraging GraphQL queries, mutations, and subscriptions for real-time data fetching and updates
• Design robust caching strategies and state synchronization using local storage and state management tools like XState or Zustand
• Integrate advanced AI functionalities into applications using Vercel AI SDK and other modern LLM tools
• Develop intuitive, chat-driven, and creative AI-powered user experiences
• Implement performant, real-time interactions using Next.js, ensuring rapid response times and smooth user experiences
• Employ real-time data handling techniques and local caching for improved performance
• Enhance browser-level media and video performance, efficiently managing media metadata, and ensuring seamless playback
• Contribute to or develop web-based video editing tools, utilizing frameworks like Remotion
• Operate effectively within a monorepo environment, managing shared packages and cross-team collaboration
• Maintain and occasionally optimize existing Firebase services, such as Firestore, Authentication, and Cloud Functions

Benefits

• Help invent the future of creative storytelling and interactive video
• Collaborate in a nimble, mission-driven team backed by a16z
• Build a meaningful product that delights and inspires kids
• Take ownership in a startup where your work will directly shape the product
• Equity, early-stage upside, and creative input from day one