SWE Lead- Projects

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and delivery of Tulip’s new agent-native app-building product
• Hire, mentor, and grow a senior team capable of operating with high autonomy and quality from day one
• Establish engineering standards: testing, observability, AI-driven development practices for the team
• Partner with Infrastructure and other Engineering teams to evolve Tulip’s API surface and runtime so agents have what they need without compromising the existing platform
• Collaborate deeply with product and design as a product threaded team, with shared ownership of outcomes
• Cultivate an AI-first development culture and continuously raise the bar on velocity and quality

What skills or experience do I need?

• Experience building and scaling large SaaS products and complex distributed systems
• Expertise in contemporary tech stacks including React, Node.js, MongoDB, and Postgres, with experience deploying in multi-cloud and multi-tenant environments
• People management experience leading engineering teams, with a track record of hiring, mentoring, and creating career opportunities
• Hands-on experience architecting systems that integrate agentic and generative AI capabilities, including tool use, context management, sandboxed execution, and long-running workflows
• Cross-functional leadership with product, design, and customer-facing teams to deliver features end-to-end
• Strong product-engineering instincts: you can prototype quickly, prune scope, and decide what to ship versus what to throw away

Benefits

• Company equity
• Competitive benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Life Insurance, AD&D, FSA, Commuter Benefits, Parental Leave, and 401(K)
• Flexible work schedule and unlimited vacation policy
• Fitness subsidies
• Dog-friendly office