Software Engineer-Infrastructure & Tooling Remote (United States)

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Engineer, where you'll design and build core software components for an innovative product. This role offers the opportunity to work in a fully remote environment, collaborating with diverse teams to enhance developer tooling and improve internal processes. You'll take ownership of the services that power the product, ensuring efficiency and stability while responding to customer needs. If you're motivated, adaptable, and eager to contribute to a dynamic startup culture, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Inclusive and flexible environment

Competitive total compensation package

Comprehensive group benefits

All-remote work opportunity

Support for personal and professional development

Paid time off

Build-your-own home office setup

Generous parental leave program

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD and developer tooling is essential.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and SQL databases is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and document core software components.
• Analyze and improve the efficiency and scalability of systems.

Skills

CI/CD

Secrets Management

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Developer Tooling

Distributed Systems

SQL Databases

Networking

Go Programming Language

Communication Skills

Job description

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

We’re seeking a skilled and diligent full-time Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will work as part of the engineering team to:

• Support and enable internal business units through shared engineering services and functionalities, building the tools and processes for those teams to succeed.
• Build relationships with multiple stakeholders across the organization to understand and meet their needs with projects you'll own end to end.
• Work directly with internal customer facing teams to empower their mission and take pride in making their day-to-day lives easier. Work with product engineering to extract the data needed to drive business decisions.
• Example deliverables in this role might include:
• Introduce new developer tooling to increase engineering productivity.
• Improve existing tools, such as CI/CD.
• Use information from production data to surface potential issues.
• Create tooling for dev and staging environments.

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
• 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

What We Are Looking For

• Experience with CI/CD, secrets management, infrastructure as code, and/or observability
• Experience with developer tooling or developer experience
• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience with one or more SQL databases
• 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

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

What We Offer

• An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
• A competitive total compensation package.
• Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period.
• All-remote with the opportunity to work from anywhere.
• Support for your personal and professional development.
• Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration.
• A build-your-own home office setup.
• Generous parental leave program from your first day.

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