# Software Engineering Lead, Agentic AI at Tulip

- Company: Tulip
- What the company does: Tulip is the #1 clienteling solution for omnichannel retail. Drive world-class customer experiences, increase customer loyalty, and boost sales. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://www.tulip.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Somerville, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://tulip.co/careers/job-posting/?gh_jid=7710239003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tulip-software-engineering-lead-agentic-ai/

## About the role

This role is located in Somerville, MA - We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3+ days/per week. A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, Israel and Japan. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator, a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner, one of Energage’s Top Workplaces USA, and one of Built In Boston’s “Best Places to Work” and “Best Midsize Places to Work.”

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years experience in software engineering, with experience building and scaling large SaaS products and complex distributed systems
- 3+ years of people management experience leading a software development team, with hands-on technical leadership, architecting solutions, and staying close to the code
- Experience building and scaling AI systems in production, including, agent orchestration and context management, retrieval pipelines and vector stores, tool invocation and MCPs
- Experience designing and running evaluations for agentic systems — defining success criteria, building task suites, and measuring reliability across multi-step tool use
- Expertise in contemporary tech stacks including React, Node.js, MongoDB, and Postgres, with experience deploying in multi-cloud and multi-tenant environments
- Active use of AI tooling in your own practice, with a point of view on how it changes the way teams build

Tags: Engineering