Staff Forward Deployed Engineer
At a glance
Senior Software Engineering role at Lovable. New York · full-time · $199,000–$325,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Work with customers to uncover their workflows and turn unclear needs into technical plans and production systems
- Build, test, release and run solutions across the frontend and backend, then use real-world feedback to improve the platform
- Take projects from discovery and architecture through delivery, iteration and production support
- Resolve difficult issues spanning applications, infrastructure and AI systems
- Help establish FDE engineering practices and contribute to product direction and technical choices
What you bring
- At least eight years building and shipping software that runs in production
- Broad application engineering ability, with experience writing maintainable, well-tested code and supporting your work after release
- Strong architectural judgment and familiarity with distributed systems
- Ability to prototype quickly, turn promising experiments into production solutions and work directly with users
Who this fits
This is a senior, hands-on engineering role for someone who wants to work closely with customers while helping shape a new engineering function and product. The role is based onsite in New York, and customer travel could reach half your time depending on needs.
From the employer
TL;DR – We’re looking for an experienced, Staff 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 customers to translate ambitious ideas into real products.
This is a hands-on software engineering role: you will design, write, and ship production code. It’s a unique opportunity to scale 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 been recognized on the Forbes AI 50 and CNBC Disruptor 50, reflecting our momentum as one of Europe’s fastest-growing AI companies and one of the most ambitious places to build in this next era of software.
About the role
You’ll build alongside customers at the frontier of what Lovable can do, solving technically difficult problems across our frontend, backend and AI systems. The goal isn’t simply to make individual deployments successful: it’s to identify what should become part of the Lovable platform and then build it.
As one of our first Forward Deployed Engineers, you’ll also help define the function - from its engineering standards and ways of working to how it collaborates with customers and our core product teams.
If you want to stay deeply hands-on while shaping a product, a team and a new engineering discipline, this is that role. As you’ll be working directly with customers, travel up to 50% could be required depending on needs.
What we’re looking for
8+ years of hands-on experience building and shipping production software
Extensive software engineering skills across the application stack with a track record of writing maintainable, well-tested code and owning what you build in production
Strong architectural thinking and familiarity with distributed systems
Ability to prototype rapidly and turn successful experiments into production-quality solutions
Exceptional product intuition and ability to work directly with users
Comfort operating with high ambiguity, agency, and end-to-end ownership
Bonus if you’ve:
Worked on agentic AI systems or built with LLMs before
Led zero-to-one product development
Worked in a founding or early startup environment
What you’ll do
Work directly with customers to understand their workflows, needs, and problems
Turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical designs and working production systems
Design, code, test, deploy, and operate solutions across Lovable’s frontend and backend
Translate insights from real usage into foundational platform improvements
Own projects end-to-end—from discovery and architecture through shipping and iteration
Debug complex issues across application, infrastructure, and AI-system boundaries
Shape how Forward Deployed Engineering operates at Lovable, including its engineering standards, rituals, and playbooks
Contribute to core product strategy, technical decisions, and cultural foundations
Our Tech Stack
Backend: Golang & Rust
Frontend: React, Typescript
Cloud: Cloudflare, GCP, AWS, multiple LLM providers
Tooling: Github Actions, OTEL, Grafana, Terraform, and more
How we hire
Fill out a short form and hop on a brief intro call with our recruiting team.
Complete a quick live coding exercise.
Show us how you approach problems during several technical interviews.
Show us something you’ve built that makes you proud.
About your application
Please submit your application in English - it’s our company language
We treat all candidates equally - if you’re interested please apply through our careers portal
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