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Forward Deployed Engineer

AI summary of the role

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Lovable, an AI-native app builder.

What you’ll do

  • Be one of the first Forward Deployed Engineers at Lovable, creating a new function at the intersection of engineering, product, customer success, and research
  • Partner with customers building never-seen-before AI systems and translate insights into foundational platform improvements
  • Own projects end-to-end — from idea to architecture to shipping to iteration
  • Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works at Lovable (rituals, playbooks, org design)

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years of experience building and shipping full-stack products
  • Proficiency in modern frontend (React/TypeScript) and robust backend development
  • Strong architectural thinking and familiarity with distributed systems
  • Ability to rapidly prototype, experiment, and learn from real usage

Technologies

React · TypeScript · Golang · Rust · Cloudflare · GCP · AWS · GitHub Actions · OTEL · Grafana · Terraform

About Lovable

AI-native app builder that lets anyone build software by chatting with an LLM. Serves 8M+ users from solopreneurs to Fortune 500 enterprises.

Series B · 100–200 people

Source and classification

Implementation & delivery · Evidence for this classification:

product development Worked in a founding or early startup environment What you’ll do In one sentence: Deploy intelligence into the real world. Work directly with customers to understand their workflows, needs, and problems Design and implement solutions for our customers that integrate with Lovable Translate insights from real usage into foundational platform improvements Own projects end-to-end — from idea → architecture → shipping → iteration Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works at Lovable (rituals, playbooks, org design) Contribute to core product strategy, technical decisions, and cultural foundations Our Tech Stack We choose tools that empower both humans and AI: Frontend: React, Typescript Backend: Golang & Rust Cloud: Cloudflare, GCP, AWS, multiple LLM providers Tooling: Github Actions, OTEL, Grafana, Terraform, and more Always evolving with what works
More from the job description

TL;DR – We’re looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to help build the future of AI-powered software creation. You will be a founding member of our FDE function, working directly with our most ambitious customers to translate impossible ideas into real products. This is a unique opportunity to design a new discipline from scratch and solve problems with AI that no one has solved before. Why Lovable? Lovable is the software creation platform that gives people the power to act on the problems closest to them. For decades, turning an idea into software required so much capital, technical fluency, and time that many ideas never came to life. Lovable is the counterargument: a platform for all people with ideas, ambition, and problems worth solving. From solopreneurs to small business owners to teams at companies like Adidas and Zendesk, people have built over 60 million projects on Lovable since its launch in November 2024. And we’re just getting started. We’re building a generational company from Stockholm, with growing teams in London, Boston, New York, and San Francisco. Our team is small, talent-dense, and moving quickly, with a culture rooted in extreme ownership, high velocity, and low-ego collaboration. We look for people who care deeply, ship fast, and are eager to make a dent in the world. Lovable is one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies and has bee [... source excerpt omitted ...] owing AI companies and one of the most ambitious places to build in this next era of software. What makes this role special? This isn’t a traditional software engineering role. You will: Be one of the first Forward Deployed Engineers at Lovable Create a new function at the intersection of engineering, product, customer success, and research Partner with customers building never-seen-before AI systems Build product features based on real-world behaviors and emerging patterns Influence our core product direction and technical roadmap If you want to invent new categories, not just improve existing ones - this is that role. What we’re looking for 5+ years of experience bui [... source excerpt omitted ...] d zero-to-one product development Worked in a founding or early startup environment What you’ll do In one sentence: Deploy intelligence into the real world. Work directly with customers to understand their workflows, needs, and problems Design and implement solutions for our customers that integrate with Lovable Translate insights from real usage into foundational platform improvements Own projects end-to-end — from idea → architecture → shipping → iteration Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering works at Lovable (rituals, playbooks, org design) Contribute to core product strategy, technical decisions, and cultural foundations Our Tech Stack We choose tools that empowe

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