# Software Engineer - Frameworks

**Company:** [Tulip](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tulip)
**Location:** Somerville, MA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $130k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, Go, TypeScript, React, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud computing, ai-assisted development, Backend Systems, DevOps
**Posted:** 2026-08-10

> Builds and ships complex backend platform systems and developer tooling, partnering with engineers and product teams to improve productivity and reliability. Requires 3+ years of software engineering experience, backend programming expertise, database knowledge, and cloud-native experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Write and maintain clean, high-quality, efficient, and well-tested code aligned with project specifications.
- Design and implement abstractions that bridge software engineering and DevOps.
- Gather feedback from engineers using the platform, identify productivity obstacles, and help prioritize improvements.
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams to build tooling that teams adopt.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation that helps engineers self-serve.
- Use AI-assisted tooling and automation workflows to improve developer productivity, accelerate troubleshooting, and strengthen platform reliability.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping complex backend systems.
- Strong skills in at least one modern backend programming language.
- Working knowledge of relational and non-relational databases.
- Solid understanding of cloud-native or cloud-hybrid solutions.
- Product mindset toward internal tooling, including seeking feedback and iterating on solutions.
- Comfort using AI-powered engineering tools such as Claude, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.

## Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Node.js, Go, TypeScript, React, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
- Experience developing tools that improve developer experience.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and working with containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Side projects or personal builds owned end to end, from idea to real users.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: **$130,000–$180,000 per year**.
- Company equity.
- Health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, AD&D, FSA, commuter benefits, parental leave, and 401(k).
- Flexible work schedule and unlimited vacation policy.
- Virtual company events and happy hours.
- Fitness subsidies.
- Dog-friendly office.

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