Senior Software Engineering Lead, AI Authoring & Apps

Tulip Interfaces; Somerville (MA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Flexible schedule

Unlimited vacation

Learning & Development

Company equity

Job summary

Tulip Interfaces is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own delivery for a key team in Somerville, MA. You will guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and maintain operational health while driving an AI-first development culture.

The role requires 7+ years in SaaS engineering, 3+ years in people management, and hands-on experience with modern stacks, multicloud deployment, and AI capabilities. Hybrid work with a strong team and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of SaaS software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in people management leading a software team.
• Experience architecting systems with agentic and generative AI capabilities.
• Hands-on experience with cross-functional team leadership delivering customer-facing features.
• Strong testing and deployment practices in multicloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery for your team's surface area — scoping, sequencing, unblocking, and making trade-off calls between speed and durability.
• Work with tech leads to set direction and guide architecture decisions.
• Maintain strong operational health: on-call, incident response, and debt reduction.
• Cultivate an AI-first development culture and raise velocity and quality.
• Hire, mentor, and grow a high-autonomy team.
• Establish engineering standards for testing, observability, and AI-driven development.

Skills

SaaS engineering

People management

Cross-functional leadership

AI systems experience

Cloud/multitenant testing

AI tooling usage

Technical leadership

Team mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Typescript

React

Redux

Node.js

Golang

MongoDB

Postgres

Docker

Job description

Tulip Interfaces is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own delivery for a key team in Somerville, MA. You will guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and maintain operational health while driving an AI-first development culture.

The role requires 7+ years in SaaS engineering, 3+ years in people management, and hands-on experience with modern stacks, multicloud deployment, and AI capabilities. Hybrid work with a strong team and equity opportunities.