The Forward Deployed Engineer will be the founding member of Lovable's Forward Deployed Engineering function, working directly with ambitious customers to turn innovative AI-powered ideas into real products. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, customer success, and research, with the opportunity to shape both the function and the product’s future.
What You'll Do
- Be the first Forward Deployed Engineer 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
- 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
What We're Looking For
- 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
- Exceptional product intuition and ability to work directly with users
- Comfort operating in high-ambiguity, high-agency environments
Nice to Have
- Worked on agentic AI systems or built with LLMs before
- Led zero-to-one product development
- Worked in a founding or early startup environment
Technical Stack
- React
- TypeScript
- Golang
- Rust
- Cloudflare
- GCP
- AWS
- multiple LLM providers
- Github Actions
- OTEL
- Grafana
- Terraform
Team & Environment
- Small, talent-dense team
- Founding member of a new function
Benefits & Compensation
- Opportunity to design a new discipline from scratch
- Work with millions of users across 200+ countries
- Be part of a generation-defining company
- High ownership, high velocity, low-ego collaboration
- Work with solopreneurs to Fortune 100 teams
- Operate with deep care and fast iteration
- Build something that outlives you
Work Mode
- Local position in Stockholm
We treat all candidates equally
