Work

I thrive in roles where product thinking, frontend engineering, and design systems overlap — turning ambiguity into clear, maintainable solutions.

Slite (Super)

Design Engineer, 2026 — today

At Slite (Super) I work on tools that help large teams manage and access knowledge at scale. As organizations grow, maintaining a reliable knowledge base becomes increasingly difficult. Spolier: Agents will thrive here.

Legit

Co-Founder & Product Engineer, 2025 - 2026

At Legit we built an SDK that brings Git-style versioning to AI agent workflows, enabling traceable changes, rollback, and safe automation over real user data.

  • Owned frontend architecture and product direction. Developed the React Wrapper and additional integration libraries (open source) and collaborated closely with early users to simplify adoption and refine the API surface.
  • Read my reflection here.

Decipad

Product Engineer, 2024 - 2025

At Decipad I worked on a document editor that brings together data and storytelling, to change the worlds relationship with numbers.

  • I built AI-driven agent flows that turn natural language into SQL queries and data visualizations, helping non-technical users work with data confidently.
  • This involved extending the frontend architecture and design system to support complex, data-first interactions.

Opral

Design Engineer, 2023 - 2024

  • I joined Opral as a Design Engineer and contributed to scaling the Fink app from a rough concept to the first 1,000 users.
  • In 2024 I focused on communicating inlang as the goto solution for localization tooling, driving 10,000+ monthly traffic. I also worked on improving its UX, performance and SEO.
  • Later that year, I started on ecosystem components for inlang apps.

Interaktionswerk

Interaction Designer, 2021 — 2023

At Interaktionswerk, a digital design agency, I worked with various global clients, delivering pixel-perfect, high-quality designs. My role involved understanding user needs and proposing solutions that seamlessly integrated into existing design and component systems within the companies.

Fraunhofer

Prototyping Engineer, 2019 — 2021

In 2019, I joined Fraunhofer Institute to develop a laboratory operating system aimed at the biology sector. My work focused on digitalizing and automating laboratory processes.

Mercedes

Prototyping Engineer, 2016 — 2019

During my time at Mercedes, I worked across locations in California, Sunnyvale, and Sindelfingen, Germany, supporting the UX and Advanced Engineering teams. I contributed to the development of User Experience (UX) concepts and in-car prototypes, driving innovation in the automotive industry.

Nils Jacobsen

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