Tailscale

Backend Engineer, Platform and Identity

Tailscale

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $163,000 - $226,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

Distributed SystemsGoOpen SourceSQL

About the role

  • Develop the Tailscale product, contributing to both open source client code and related backend services
  • Take ownership of the entire product lifecycle, from writing code to product ideation and strategic decision-making
  • Work closely with UX/UI designers and product managers to shape features
  • Because we’re an early-stage and fully remote company, we’re looking for a strongly motivated individual who can help move the product forward. The ability to think on your feet, collaborate with highly technical teams, and comfort working asynchronously are essential.
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core software components.
  • Develop product features in areas that include our control plane, our relay infrastructure, and our identity integrations.
  • Exhibit ownership over the running services that comprise Tailscale’s product by building for observability, participating in incident response, and fielding customer support escalations.
  • Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.
  • Bring a security-first mindset to both design and implementation.

Requirements

  • Experience with distributed systems
  • Experience with one or more SQL databases
  • Familiarity with authentication/authorization protocols and frameworks such as OAuth2, OIDC, SSO, and SAML
  • Familiarity with networks (IP addressing, routing, etc.)
  • Most of the non-front-end portions of the system are developed in the Go programming language. Experience with Go is a plus.
  • Ability to give and process constructive feedback, as well as work independently
  • Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills