Tailscale

Tailscale

Frontend Engineer

Remote (Canada) · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$243k-$303kDetected 6 days ago
ReactLLMsStatisticsA/B TestingDesign SystemsLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more.
  • Job Description We're seeking a skilled and diligent full-time Frontend Engineer to join our growing team.
  • The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire's base salary.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the frontend architecture for Tailscale's next-generation console, including application structure, routing, state boundaries, shared abstractions, and long-term maintainability
  • Design and maintain cross-origin authentication and session infrastructure between the console and other services, including auth flows, CORS policies, CSRF protections, cookie/session strategies, and support for multiple deployment environments
  • Build and operate a frontend serving platform capable of hosting multiple Tailscale products under a unified development workflow
  • Establish shared infrastructure, conventions, and design patterns that consolidate distinct product experiences into a cohesive console platform
  • Create frontend architecture patterns, tooling, and abstractions that enable non-frontend engineers to build accessible, production-quality UI safely and efficiently
  • Partner closely with Product Design to turn complex infrastructure and identity concepts into intuitive user experiences
  • Collaborate with Growth, Design, Product, and other engineering teams on experimentation and iteration, including A/B testing, analytics instrumentation, and feature rollout strategies
  • Work with infrastructure and engineering tooling teams to improve local development workflows, build pipelines, preview deployments, release ergonomics, and operational reliability
  • Deep experience building and operating production React applications at scale
  • Experience building internal platforms, frameworks, or shared libraries that enable other teams to ship products with strong guardrails

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of web platform fundamentals, including HTTP semantics, browser security boundaries, authentication flows, cookies, storage, CORS, and CSRF
  • Experience designing scalable frontend testing strategies that improve confidence while hiding incidental complexity from product engineers
  • Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain tradeoffs and influence technical direction across teams
  • A high degree of ownership and autonomy, with the ability to identify important problems and drive them through ambiguity
  • Required participation in our on-call rotation every few weeks, to triage and mitigate incidents

Nice to have

  • Experience designing frontend codebases and tooling optimized for AI-assisted development, including conventions and abstractions that help LLM-based agents produce correct, consistent UI with fewer iterations
  • Experience with design systems, component libraries, and connecting design tooling to production UI workflows
  • Experience with feature flagging, analytics, experimentation systems, and progressive delivery patterns
  • Experience working on identity, admin, B2B SaaS, or security-sensitive product surfaces
  • 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.
  • 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).

Skills

  • About Tailscale

Compensation

  • The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire's base salary.
  • Attend our annual company retreat, participate in team off-sites, and collaborate in person with teammates across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.
  • Grow your career thoughtfully with $1500 USD annually for professional development, or take advantage of mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.

Benefits

  • An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
  • 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!
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions.
  • Tailscale will match your retirement contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of your eligible compensation.
  • 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 $500 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
  • Paid parental leave program.
  • We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave top-ups (20 weeks for birthing parents, 16 weeks for non-birthing parents).

Company info

  • Own the technical direction and architecture of Tailscale's next-generation web console
  • Build frontend infrastructure and platform capabilities that enable multiple Tailscale products to ship within a unified console experience
  • Bring a special focus to identity-adjacent frontend systems, including authentication, session management, secure cross-origin integrations, and product surfaces that span multiple services
  • Define and improve frontend testing strategy across the console, including integration testing, end-to-end coverage, local developer ergonomics, and abstractions that reduce testing complexity for product teams
  • Raise the quality bar for frontend engineering across Tailscale through technical leadership, reviews, mentoring, and clear platform guardrails

Equal opportunity

  • If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process or related to any aspect of this role, please contact your recruiter.
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