Hands-On Global Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

Lovable; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Lovable is seeking an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineering Lead in San Francisco to build and lead a high-velocity FDE team. You will remain hands-on, code alongside your engineers, and work directly with ambitious customers to deploy AI-powered software solutions.

You will shape how the function operates globally, maintain high technical standards, and partner with product and customer teams to translate deployments into platform improvements. Lovable rewards ownership and fast iteration.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering, architecture, and customer-facing work.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams.
• Hands-on leadership with continued coding and delivery accountability.
• Strong full-stack fundamentals across modern frontend and backend.
• Proven ability to operate in high-ambiguity environments and ship results.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineers team in your location.
• Work directly with customers to understand workflows and technical challenges.
• Prototype, design, and implement solutions with your team.
• Own projects from ideation through architecture to shipping and iteration.
• Set architectural standards and review code to raise the bar across the org.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Hands-on coding

Frontend development

Backend development

Distributed systems

Customer-facing engineering

Architectural thinking

Product intuition

High-ambiguity environments

Tools

Golang

TypeScript

Rust

Terraform

Cloud platforms

Job description

Lovable is seeking an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineering Lead in San Francisco to build and lead a high-velocity FDE team. You will remain hands-on, code alongside your engineers, and work directly with ambitious customers to deploy AI-powered software solutions.

You will shape how the function operates globally, maintain high technical standards, and partner with product and customer teams to translate deployments into platform improvements. Lovable rewards ownership and fast iteration.