Software Engineer-Infrastructure & Tooling

Tailscale; United States; Remote; USD 163,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Infrastructure to manage their distributed systems and streamline internal operations. This remote role focuses on designing reliable infrastructure and developing tools in Go. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in infrastructure engineering, backed by experience with cloud platforms and a passion for maintaining high availability.

Benefits

Inclusive work environment

Competitive total compensation package

Comprehensive group benefits

Flexible work-from-anywhere policy

Professional development budget of $1500 annually

Paid time off

Customizable home office setup

Generous parental leave program

Qualifications

• Professional experience in infrastructure or DevOps roles in production environments.
• Experience building high-availability distributed systems.
• Fluency in infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred).

Responsibilities

• Build and operate internal infrastructure that supports engineers, services, and customers.
• Design and evolve multi-cloud infrastructure with a focus on security and reliability.
• Respond to production incidents and improve system reliability.

Skills

Go

Infrastructure

SRE

DevOps

Cloud platforms

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD systems

Job description

Software Engineer-Infrastructure & Tooling

Remote (United States)

About Tailscale

Tailscale is building the new Internet by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe, like it used to be. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.

Job Description

Tailscale is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to build and maintain the critical systems that power our globally distributed infrastructure. You’ll design and automate systems at scale, write internal tools in Go, and take ownership of the infrastructure that enables every engineering and business function across the company.

This role is ideal for engineers with a traditional ops background who have evolved into software-focused infrastructure roles—someone who thrives in building reliable, observable, self-healing systems in production, and enjoys solving deep technical challenges across cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and operate the internal infrastructure that supports our engineers, services, and customers.
• Writeinternal tools and services in Go to automate manual workflows, enhance developer productivity, and surface operational insights.
• Design and evolve ourmulti-cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS, but also GCP, Digital Ocean, etc.) with a focus on security, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Own ourCI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Respond toproduction incidents, contribute to blameless postmortems, and continuously improve system reliability.
• Instrument systems forobservability, proactively surfacing issues through metrics, logs, and traces.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and internal teams to ship high-impact projects and provide infrastructure expertise.

What We Are Looking For

• Haveprofessional experience in infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps roles, especially in production environments.
• Havestrong proficiency in Go, or are comfortable writing production-quality tooling in another systems language and eager to work with Go.
• Have built or supportedhigh-availability distributed systems at scale.
• Know your way aroundcloud platforms (AWS is ideal, but multi-cloud experience is even better).
• Are fluent ininfrastructure as code (Terraform preferred), and have experience with CI/CD systems.
• Know how to triage andmitigate production issues quickly and effectively.
• Understandnetworking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPNs).
• Care deeply about reliability, but also about usability and developer experience.
• Communicate clearly and thrive in anasync-first, remote-friendly culture.

As a company, we strive to maintain fair and equitable compensation practices within our team across all roles and all levels. Tailscale's compensation package includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire's base salary. Individual offers may vary based on experience and skill set.

US Pay Ranges

$163,000 - $204,000 USD

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What We Offer

• An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self. We recognize the impact of diverse voices and backgrounds on the growth of our people, product, and company. And that flexibility in how and when you work empowers our team to integrate work and life.
• A competitive total compensation package. This includes a base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles).
• Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. Take advantage of coverage for health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family!
• All-remote with the opportunity to work from anywhere—enjoy a change of scenery wherever you can get wifi, participate in virtual and in-person social events, and leverage our corporate co-working program to visit WeWork (or other similar spaces near you).
• Connect with other Tailscalars IRL. Attend our annual company retreat, participate in team/department off-sites, or use your individual travel budget to meet up with team members in Canada, the US, or the UK.
• Support for your personal and professional development. Grow your career thoughtfully with $1500 USD annually for professional development, or take advantage of mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
• Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration.Our flexible, paid time off program supports you for any situation life throws your way, whether moving homes or travelling the world!
• A build-your-own home office setup. You choose your own company-owned laptop (Mac or PC), receive a monthly home internet reimbursement, and $1000 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
• Generous parental leave program from your first day. We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave top-ups for up to 26 weeks.

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