Software Engineering Lead — AI Agent-Native Platform

Tulip Interfaces; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful Work

Work/Life Balance

Commuter benefits

Work-from-home stipend

Healthcare & dental

Job summary

Tulip Interfaces is seeking an Engineering Leader to own the architecture and delivery of its agent-native app-building platform. You will hire and coach 3–5 engineers and drive standards for testing, observability, and AI-driven development.

You will partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and customers to ensure high-quality releases and scalable systems in a multi-cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years experience in software engineering, with large SaaS and distributed systems.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading a software development team.
• Experience building and scaling AI systems in production, including agent orchestration and context management.
• Expertise in contemporary tech stacks and multi-cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Own technical architecture and delivery of Tulip’s new agent-native app-building product.
• Hire, mentor, and grow a team of 3-5 engineers with high autonomy and quality.
• Establish engineering standards: testing, observability, and AI-driven development practices.
• Partner with Infrastructure and other Engineering teams to evolve Tulip’s API surface and runtime.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Customer-facing teams to ensure shared outcomes.
• Cultivate an AI-first development culture and raise velocity and quality.

Skills

People management

Software engineering

AI systems experience

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

React

Node.js

MongoDB

Postgres

Job description

Tulip Interfaces is seeking an Engineering Leader to own the architecture and delivery of its agent-native app-building platform. You will hire and coach 3–5 engineers and drive standards for testing, observability, and AI-driven development.

You will partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and customers to ensure high-quality releases and scalable systems in a multi-cloud environment.