Software Engineering Lead (Authoring & Apps)

Tulip Interfaces; Somerville (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful Work

Work/Life Balance

Commuter benefits

Work-from-home stipend

Fitness subsidies

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

HRA

Parental Leave

401K & Life Insurance

Employee-Led Communities

Job summary

Tulip Interfaces in Somerville, MA is seeking a senior software engineering leader to own delivery for a team, set technical direction, and drive AI-driven development. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with product, design, infra, and customer success to deliver high-impact features across multi-cloud environments.

You will hire and grow engineers, establish rigorous testing and observability practices, and lead with an AI-first mindset to improve velocity and quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in people management leading a software team, with experience hiring, mentoring, and creating career opportunities for your team
• Hands-on experience with cross-functional team leadership with technical and customer-facing feature delivery
• Active use of AI tooling in your own practice, with a point of view on how it changes the way teams build
• Familiarity with our tech stack - including TypeScript, React, Redux, Node.js, Golang, MongoDB, Postgres, and Docker
• Experience architecting systems that integrate agentic and generative AI capabilities
• 7+ years of SaaS software engineering experience, ideally in contemporary tech stacks, with direct involvement in complex and stable backend infrastructure
• Strong understanding of testing and deploying systems in multicloud / multitenant environments

Responsibilities

• Own delivery for your team’s surface area — scoping, sequencing, unblocking, and making the trade-off calls between speed and durability
• Work alongside tech leads to set technical direction and guide architectural decisions
• Maintain a strong operational health: on-call, incident response, and paying down tech debt
• Cultivate an AI-first development culture and continuously raise the bar on velocity and quality
• Hire, mentor, and grow a team capable of operating with high autonomy and quality
• Establish engineering standards: testing, observability, AI-driven development practices for the team
• Collaborate with Engineering Leadership, Product Management, Operations & QA, Customer Success

Skills

People management

Cross-functional leadership

AI tooling

AI systems architecture

Tech stack awareness

Testing & deployment

On-call experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Tech stack: TypeScript/React/Redux/Node.js/Golang/MongoDB/Postgres/Docker

Job description

• Own delivery for your team’s surface area — scoping, sequencing, unblocking, and making the trade-off calls between speed and durability. As a product threaded team, collaborate closely with product and design
• Work alongside tech leads to set technical direction and guide architectural decisions
• Maintain a strong operational health: on-call, incident response, and paying down tech debt before it becomes a tax on velocity
• Cultivate an AI-first development culture and continuously raise the bar on velocity and quality
• Hire, mentor, and grow a team capable of operating with high autonomy and quality
• Establish engineering standards: testing, observability, AI-driven development practices for the team
• Key Collaborators
• Engineering Leadership
• Product Management
• Operations & QA
• Customer Success

Benefits

• Impactful Work: Have a direct impact on product and culture
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible work and unlimited vacation policy, virtual company events and happy hours
• Additional Perks: Commuter benefits, a work-from-home stipend, fitness subsidies
• Competitive Benefits: Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Family-Friendly Policies: Parental Leave, 401K & Life Insurance
• Employee-Led Communities: Parents@Tulip, Hey Lady, Allies@Tulip and more

You possess strong technical acumen, people management skills, and a deep understanding of product business valueWith years of experience building and delivering web-enabled SaaS products, you’re passionate about mentoring engineersA collaborative, motivated self-starter, you’re ready to lead and bring your authentic self to workYou also love cross-functional collaboration with product, design, infrastructure, and customer teams on key projects3+ years in people management leading a software team, with experience hiring, mentoring, and creating career opportunities for your teamHands-on experience with cross-functional team leadership with technical and customer-facing feature deliveryActive use of AI tooling in your own practice, with a point of view on how it changes the way teams buildFamiliarity with our tech stack - including Typescript, React, Redux, Node.js, Golang, MongoDB, Postgres, and DockerBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent working experienceExperience architecting systems that integrate agentic and generative AI capabilities7+ years of SaaS software engineering experience, ideally in contemporary tech stacks, with direct involvement in complex and stable backend infrastructureStrong understanding of testing and deploying systems in multicloud / multitenant environments