Frontend Engineer - Tailscale

About Tailscale

Tailscale is making safe connection effortless by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.

About the Role

We’re seeking a skilled Frontend Engineer to own the technical direction and architecture of our next-generation web console. You will sit at the intersection of user experience, browser security, and internal platform design, moving fluidly between product and platform engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture: Define the frontend architecture, including application structure, routing, state management, and shared abstractions.
• Security & Identity: Design cross-origin authentication and session infrastructure, including CORS, CSRF, and secure auth flows.
• Platform Engineering: Build a frontend serving platform to host multiple products under a unified workflow.
• Developer Experience: Create tooling and patterns that enable non-frontend engineers to build accessible, production-quality UI.
• Collaboration: Partner with Design, Growth, and Infrastructure teams on experimentation, A/B testing, and feature rollouts.
• Quality: Establish testing strategies (integration, E2E) and mentor the team to raise the quality bar.
• Operations: Participate in an on-call rotation to triage and mitigate incidents.

What We Are Looking For

• Deep experience building and operating production React applications at scale.
• Strong understanding of web platform fundamentals (HTTP, browser security, cookies, CORS, CSRF).
• Experience building internal platforms or shared libraries that enable team-wide productivity.
• Strong judgment on when to standardize vs. abstract.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines (design, infrastructure, growth).
• High degree of ownership and autonomy.

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation: Base salary, equity incentive plan, and comprehensive benefits.
• Remote-First Culture: Work from anywhere with a monthly internet stipend and a $500 home office setup budget.
• Benefits: Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage with no waiting period.
• Retirement: Employer-funded retirement matching (up to 0.75% of compensation).
• Growth: $1,500 USD annually for professional development.
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible PTO and generous paid parental leave (20 weeks birthing / 16 weeks non-birthing).
• Connection: Annual company retreats and team off-sites to connect in person.