Remote Security Engineer (App Security & Privacy)

VulnU; United States; Remote; USD 163,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote first

Parental leave

Retirement contributions matching

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a talented software engineer, specializing in security and privacy, to help grow our product security team. We’re looking for people who can move Tailscale forward while making it safer to use.

The abilities to think on your feet, collaborate with highly technical teams, and be comfortable working asynchronously are essential. Key Responsibilities include improving security properties across our codebase, auditing features for weaknesses, and supporting threat modeling and

Qualifications

• Proficiency developing in Go (Tailscale uses Go).
• Experience in application security, threat modeling, and security analysis.
• Understanding of OWASP Top 10 and API security basics.

Responsibilities

• Improve security properties by implementing features across the codebase.
• Audit features for security weaknesses and drive mitigations to resolution.
• Spend at least 50% of time writing software rather than governance tasks.

Skills

Go programming

Threat modeling

Security analysis

Secure coding practices

Web security

Cryptography

Networking protocols

Independent work

Job description

Tailscale is seeking a talented software engineer, specializing in security and privacy, to help grow our product security team. We’re looking for people who can move Tailscale forward while making it safer to use.

The abilities to think on your feet, collaborate with highly technical teams, and be comfortable working asynchronously are essential. Key Responsibilities include improving security properties across our codebase, auditing features for weaknesses, and supporting threat modeling and