Security Software Engineer — Build Secure, Private Apps

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote first environment

Equity incentive plan

401(k) / retirement contributions

Professional development $1500/year

Paid time off

Home office stipend $500

Parental leave

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a security- and privacy-focused software engineer to grow our product security team. You will help advance safe usage by identifying security opportunities and implementing them across the codebase, while collaborating with highly technical teams asynchronously.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, security analysis, and hands-on code work in Go across multiple platforms. A strong security background and collaborative mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Go and cross-platform development.
• Experience with threat modeling and security analysis.
• Strong knowledge of web app vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) and API security.
• Ability to train/guide engineers on secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Improve security properties across the codebase with features, fixes, and defense-in-depth.
• Audit features for security weaknesses and drive mitigations to resolution.
• Support decision-making with threat modeling and security analysis.
• Spend at least 50% of time writing software, not just governance security.

Skills

Go programming

Cross-platform

Threat modeling

OWASP Top 10

Cryptography

Secure coding guidance

Networking protocols

Incident response

Job description

Tailscale is seeking a security- and privacy-focused software engineer to grow our product security team. You will help advance safe usage by identifying security opportunities and implementing them across the codebase, while collaborating with highly technical teams asynchronously.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, security analysis, and hands-on code work in Go across multiple platforms. A strong security background and collaborative mindset are essential.