Tailscale

Infrastructure Engineer

Tailscale · Remote (United States)

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Tailscale's roles stay open a median of 76 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
2% of Tailscale's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Tailscale
high
60 stale, 2 reposted of 60 open
Hiring momentum
113 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Tailscale's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Tailscale.

About this role

As an Infrastructure Engineer at Tailscale, you will support internal business units by building tools and processes that enhance their operations. Your role involves collaborating with various stakeholders, improving observability, and automating infrastructure changes in a cloud environment. You'll also be responsible for ensuring the efficiency and stability of system resources while participating in incident response and customer support.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Tailscale as an employer.

What you need

  • Experience with CI/CD
  • Experience with secrets management
  • Experience with infrastructure as code
  • Experience with observability
  • Experience with distributed systems
  • Experience with operating managed services in a cloud environment (preferably AWS)

Nice to have

  • Experience with Go programming language
  • Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup

What you get

  • Base salary
  • Equity incentive plan
  • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period (health, vision, dental)
  • Remote first company
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions
  • Professional development budget of $1500 USD annually

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Kubernetes and Go
  • Role requires strong collaboration with internal teams, which may vary in complexity
  • Fully remote position may require self-motivation and independence

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Listed by Tailscale on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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