Remote Infrastructure Engineer — Observability, CI/CD & Cloud Automation

Candidate; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 181,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive environment

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Remote first

Retirement match

Company retreats

Professional development

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Parental leave

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a skilled and diligent full-time Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will work on internal services, build the tools and processes that empower other teams, and help design scalable, observable infrastructure that supports our product decisions.

You’ll own features end to end—from design through deployment—collaborating with multiple stakeholders and thriving in a remote-first, asynchronous environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD, secrets management, infrastructure as code, and observability.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Experience with operating managed services in a cloud environment (preferably AWS).
• Experience with operating Kubernetes in production is a strong plus.
• 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

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core software components.
• 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.

Skills

CI/CD

Secrets management

Infrastructure as code

Observability

Distributed systems

AWS

Kubernetes

Go

Networking basics

Communication

Job description

Tailscale is seeking a skilled and diligent full-time Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will work on internal services, build the tools and processes that empower other teams, and help design scalable, observable infrastructure that supports our product decisions.

You’ll own features end to end—from design through deployment—collaborating with multiple stakeholders and thriving in a remote-first, asynchronous environment.