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Backend Engineer, Control Plane at Tailscale

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$163,000 – $226,000/yr

Setup
Remote
Type
Full-time
Level
not_specified
Posted

Description

Tailscale is hiring a full-time Software Engineer for its Control Plane Team to develop and own software components, including open-source client code, backend services, control-plane features, relay infrastructure, and identity integrations. The role involves designing, testing, documenting, observing, responding to incidents, improving system efficiency and stability, and applying a security-first mindset. Candidates should have distributed-systems and Go experience, SQL database experience, networking knowledge, strong communication skills, and the ability to work independently and asynchronously in a startup environment. The position is fully remote and offers a US base salary of $163,000–$226,000 plus equity and benefits.

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