Staff / Principal Design Engineer

From the company's job description

TL;DR - We're seeking exceptional experienced Design Engineers who combine strong frontend engineering fundamentals with a sharp eye for craft and interaction design. You’ll work closely with both design and engineering to build world-class interfaces that empower the next generation of creators and builders.

WHY LOVABLE?

Lovable lets anyone build software with plain English. Solopreneurs to Fortune 100 teams use Lovable to transform raw ideas into real products - fast. We’re at the forefront of a foundational shift in software creation, which means you have an unprecedented opportunity to change the way the world works. Over 2 million people in 200+ countries already use Lovable to launch businesses, solve complex problems, and bring their dreams to life. And we’re just getting started.

We’re a small, talent-dense team building a generation-defining company from Stockholm. We value high ownership, high velocity and low-ego collaboration. We seek people who care deeply, challenge us, and are driven to build something of lasting impact.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 10+ years of experience, shipping products users genuinely love

• Portfolio demonstrating sophisticated interactions and thoughtful user affordances required (if you don’t have a portfolio - please check out our other roles!)

• Ability to make smart trade-offs between speed and polish, knowing when to ship and when to refine

• Strong fundamental understanding of modern frontend systems - React architecture, state management, performance, accessibility, and scalable UI patterns. If your strengths lean more visual than technical, check out our Product Designer roles instead.

• Experience translating scrappy explorations into production-ready experiences

• Strong product sense with an eye for detail, accessibility, and usability

WHAT YOU’LL DO

In one sentence: Own and scale the user-facing experience of Lovable products, turning powerful capabilities into intuitive, magical interfaces.

• Design and build world class product experiences

• Drive front-end execution - pioneering new interaction patterns, micro-animations, and delightful details that elevate the entire experience

• Implement features in React/TypeScript with obsessive attention to detail

• Collaborate with backend, ML, design, and product teams to bring complex features to life in a seamless way

• Explore and iterate on visual designs with designers, translating explorations into scalable, web-native implementations

• Build and maintain reusable components that enhance consistency while enabling creativity across the product

• Re-invent how modern teams work

OUR TECH STACK

We're building with tools that both humans and AI love:

• Frontend: React, Tailwind

• Backend: Golang and Rust

• Cloud: Cloudflare, GCP, AWS, Many LLM providers

• DevOps & Tooling: Github Actions, Grafana, OTEL, infra-as-code (Terraform)

And always on the lookout for what's next!

HOW WE HIRE

1. Fill in a short form then jump on an intro call with our design team.

2. Show us some of your work you’re really proud of.

3. Show us how you approach problems during several technical interviews, including a technical screening where we evaluate frontend engineering fundamentals at the same level we expect from Product Engineers.

4. In some cases, we may opt to do paid, trial work.

About your application

• Please submit your application in English - it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join

• We treat all candidates equally - if you’re interested please apply through our careers portal