Backend Engineer, Control Plane

• Join Tailscale’s Control Plane team as a Backend Engineer, working fully remotely from the UK. • Help make secure connection effortless for everyone from hobbyists to multinational corporations. • Contribute to open source client code and the backend services behind it. • Own the full product lifecycle, from writing code to product ideas and strategic decisions. • Work closely with designers and product managers to shape features. • Earn £128,770–£178,540 plus equity.

• Bring experience with distributed systems. • Write Go. • Bring experience with one or more SQL databases. • Know networking fundamentals such as IP addressing and routing. • Give and receive constructive feedback well. • Work independently and asynchronously. • Adapt to the dynamic nature of a startup. • Communicate clearly in writing and speech. • Be based in the UK.

• Bring experience with identity integrations such as SSO, OIDC or SAML. • Show open source contributions. • Bring experience with relay or VPN infrastructure. • Show experience with observability tooling and incident response.

• Design, build, test and document core software components as part of a team. • Build features across the control plane, relay infrastructure and identity integrations. • Build for observability and own the running services behind the product. • Take part in incident response and handle customer support escalations. • Improve the efficiency, scalability and stability of system resources. • Bring a security-first mindset to design and implementation.

• Earn £128,770–£178,540 plus equity. • Work fully remotely, with a co-working programme for WeWork or similar spaces. • Get comprehensive health, vision and dental benefits from day one. • Receive parental leave top-ups of 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents. • Enjoy flexible paid time off and flexible working hours. • Get $1,500 a year for professional development. • Receive $500 for your home office, a monthly internet reimbursement and a laptop of your choice. • Get retirement contributions matched up to 0.75% of eligible pay. • Join an annual company retreat and team off-sites.

Tailscale makes secure connection effortless, with software that lets people and their devices interconnect safely wherever they are. Teams of every size, from hobbyists to multinational corporations, use it to protect their networks and share access to internal tools. Founded in 2019, Tailscale is fully distributed and backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit and Uncork Capital.