Backend Software Engineer

This role is located in Budapest, Hungary - We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3+ days/per week.

Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable, connected apps, leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulip’s cloud-native, no-code platform, powered by embedded AI, is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable, human-centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category.

A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Israel. 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.”

About You:

• You are an engineer at heart who finds joy in building the software that other software runs on
• You believe that a platform should be a set of robust, resilient, and intuitive libraries, not just a collection of scripts
• You are excited about software design patterns and know when they are helping or getting in the way
• You are excited about leveraging AI-assisted development tools and workflows to improve engineering velocity, developer experience, and platform reliability

What skills do I need? 

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, building complex backend solutions in a SaaS environment
• Expert skills in at least one modern backend programming language
• Proficiency in relational and nonrelational databases
• Strong understanding of cloud native or cloud hybrid solutions
• Experience using AI-powered engineering tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to accelerate development workflows

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with our tech stack - Node.js, Go, Typescript, React, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Postgres, AWS
• Prior experience developing tools to improve the developer experience 
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Previous experience mentoring junior engineers

Key Responsibilities:

• Write and maintain clean, high-quality, efficient and well tested code that aligns with project specifications
• Architect and implement key abstractions that bridge the gap between Software Engineering and DevOps
• Proactively identify pain points in the platform and propose elegant solutions
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering counterparts to build robust and reliable tooling
• Develop and maintain thorough technical documentation for our platform
• Leverage AI-assisted tooling and automation workflows to improve developer productivity, accelerate troubleshooting, and enhance platform reliability and maintainability

Key Collaborators:

• Engineering
• DevOps
• Product Management

Working At Tulip

We know even great candidates experience imposter syndrome. Even if you don’t match every requirement, applying gives you the opportunity to be considered. 

We’re building a strong, diverse team that values hard work, families, and personal well-being. Benefits of working with us include:

• Direct impact on product and culture
• Private Healthcare insurance 
• Company equity
• Virtual company events and happy hours
• Flexible work schedule and unlimited vacation policy
• Team Lunches in KFT Hub and office snacks
• Learning & Development benefits 
• HU Eyeglass Benefit
• An inclusive, dog-friendly office with diverse and inspiring colleagues

We are an equal opportunity employer. At Tulip, we celebrate all. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Help us build an inclusive community that will transform frontline operations.