Tailscale
Software Engineer, Strategic Projects
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $163k–$226k
- Mid level
- Remote (United States)
- Added 2 months ago
About this role
Tailscale is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Strategic Projects team, focused on transitioning prototypes into production-ready products. This role involves collaborating closely with product engineers, integrating with customers, and ensuring high standards of code quality, security, and operational rigor, particularly within an AI-native development environment leveraging coding agents and LLMs. If you thrive in ambiguity and enjoy shaping reliable, maintainable systems, this position is a great fit.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with product engineers on shaping prototypes from the initial stages.
- Ensure prototypes evolve into stable, production-grade systems through hardening and operational tooling.
- Own the production readiness of prototypes integrating into Tailscale’s product surface area.
- Work with reference customers to integrate Tailscale solutions for both internal and product usage.
- Identify and resolve long-tail issues, edge cases, and regressions to maintain product dependability.
- Establish and maintain testing and security practices for agent-generated code.
Benefits
- Fully Remote Work
- AI-native development environment
- Light travel (less than 10%)
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Tailscale
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience taking a software project from prototype to production. What were the biggest challenges?
- How do you incorporate security and testing into your development workflow, especially when using coding agents and LLMs?