# SWE Lead- Projects

**Company:** [Tulip](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tulip)
**Location:** Somerville, MA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Skills:** React, Node.js, MongoDB, Postgres, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Multi-Cloud, Multi-Tenant, Distributed Systems, SaaS
**Posted:** 2026-04-30

> Leads engineering team building agent-native app-building product using AI capabilities. Owns architecture, hires/mentors senior engineers, establishes standards, and collaborates cross-functionally. Requires SaaS scaling experience, AI systems expertise, and people management.

## Job Description

## 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

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