Backend Engineer, AI-Driven DevTools (Hybrid Somerville)

Tulip Interfaces; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Parental Leave

Job summary

Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is seeking an experienced backend software engineer in a hybrid Somerville, MA environment. You will design robust libraries and APIs for internal tooling, partnering with DevOps and Product teams to improve developer productivity using AI-assisted tools.

You will work on scalable backend systems, leverage Node.js/Go/TypeScript, and contribute to a platform with cloud-native deployments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping complex backend systems.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Knowledge of cloud-native or cloud-hybrid solutions.
• Product-minded approach to internal tooling and feedback loops.
• Comfort with AI-powered engineering tools in daily workflow.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain clean, high-quality, well-tested code aligned with specs.
• Design abstractions bridging software engineering and DevOps.
• Talk to engineers using the platform to identify time sinks and prioritize work.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to build widely adopted tooling.
• Develop and maintain technical docs for self-service use.
• Use AI tooling and automation to boost productivity and reliability.

Skills

Backend development

API design

AI-assisted tooling

DevOps practices

Engineering productivity

Tools

Node.js

Go

TypeScript

React

RabbitMQ

MongoDB

Postgres

AWS

Job description

Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is seeking an experienced backend software engineer in a hybrid Somerville, MA environment. You will design robust libraries and APIs for internal tooling, partnering with DevOps and Product teams to improve developer productivity using AI-assisted tools.

You will work on scalable backend systems, leverage Node.js/Go/TypeScript, and contribute to a platform with cloud-native deployments.