Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

Lucida AI builds an AI language-learning app used by millions of learners in 130+ countries, backed by $9M in funding. It is looking for an early-career Forward Deployed Engineer who learns quickly, uses AI to build at speed and grows by owning real problems across the whole company. Experience counts less than raw skill and drive.

Key responsibilities

• Work across Product, Growth, Content and Operations, wherever the biggest problem is
• Build and ship features across mobile, backend and web
• Build AI agents and automations that change how teams work
• Improve the quality, speed and cost of the AI tutor in production
• Turn one-off solutions into tools the whole team can use
• Collaborate closely with founders and team leads to set priorities

Required profile

• 0-2 years of experience; new grads welcome
• Strong programming fundamentals and a track record of building things
• Hands-on experience building with LLMs, such as projects, hackathons or internships
• Uses AI coding tools daily to ship faster
• Curious, fast learner comfortable with unfamiliar problems and a fast-paced startup environment

Nice to have

• Experience with real-time voice or audio
• Building subscription-based consumer apps
• Data pipelines and analytics
• Side projects you built and shipped yourself

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Direct mentorship from the founding team
• Private health insurance
• Latest Apple equipment
• Learning and development budget
• Flexible working environment
• Team events and offsites