Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

We're looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineering Lead to help build the future of AI-powered software creation. You'll build and lead an exceptional FDE team in your location, while working alongside our other FDE leaders to shape how the function operates globally. You'll remain deeply hands-on, working directly with our most ambitious customers, writing production code, and building alongside your team.

Responsibilities

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; Own and guide projects from idea to architecture to shipping to iteration; Set the technical bar through architecture decisions, code reviews, and hands-on engineering; Translate insights from customer deployments into foundational platform improvements; Partner with other FDE leads to shape standards, playbooks, and how the function scales globally; Contribute to core product strategy, technical decisions, and cultural foundations; Build and lead the FDE team in your location; Influence product direction, technical roadmap, and how FDE works at Lovable

Requirements

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; Experience owning complex technical engagements end-to-end; Exceptional product intuition and ability to work directly with users; Ability to move comfortably between writing code, making architectural decisions, leading engineers, and working with senior customer stakeholders; High agency and comfort operating in high-ambiguity, high-velocity environments

Nice to have

Built a team or technical function from zero; Worked on agentic AI systems or built with LLMs in production; Led zero-to-one product development; Worked in a founding or early-stage startup environment; Worked across high-growth startups, big tech, consulting, or enterprise AI