Lovable Forward Deployed Engineering Lead at Lovable to build and lead an exceptional FDE team while remaining hands-on in coding and customer collaboration. Shape the global FDE function and influence product and technical roadmaps.
Responsibilities
Build and lead the FDE team in your location
Join a small group of FDE leaders defining how the function operates and scales globally
Stay deeply hands-on — personally building and shipping alongside your team
Partner with customers building never-seen-before AI systems
Set a high technical bar across architecture, engineering, and execution
Turn patterns from real deployments into core product and platform improvements
Influence our product direction, technical roadmap, and how FDE works at Lovable
If you want to build an exceptional engineering team without stepping away from building yourself — this is that role.
In one sentence: build the team that deploys intelligence into the real world — and deploy it alongside them.
Recruit, develop, and lead an exceptional team of Forward Deployed Engineers
Work directly with customers to understand their workflows, needs, and hardest technical problems
Personally design, prototype, and implement solutions alongside your team
Qualification
12+ years across software engineeringBonus if you’veLed zero-to-one product developmentExperience across high-growth startups
Required
12+ years across software engineering, technical architecture, and customer-facing engineering
Experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams
A track record of remaining deeply hands-on as your leadership scope has grown
Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals across modern frontend and backend development
Strong architectural thinking and familiarity with distributed systems
