Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tailscale develops software that securely interconnects people and their devices. The Backend Engineer, Identity will develop backend services and open source client code, with a focus on identity and access management, authentication, and authorization. The role includes collaborating with product and design teams, owning the product lifecycle, and supporting secure, scalable, observable services.
Responsibilities
- Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core software components
- Develop product features in areas that include our control plane, platform, and identity services
- Develop features that support a broad range of sign-on functionality, such as SSO, OAuth2, SAML, and WebAuthn
- Develop and maintain SCIM style capabilities to synchronize users, groups and other attributes from IdPs
- Exhibit ownership over the running services that comprise Tailscale’s product by building for observability, participating in incident response, and fielding customer support escalations
- Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
- Bring a security-first mindset to both design and implementation
- This role requires participation in our on-call rotation every x weeks, to triage and mitigate incidents
Skills
- Familiarity with authentication/authorization protocols, standards and frameworks such as OAuth2, OIDC, SSO, and SAML
- Experience with distributed systems and building observable, secure, scalable, and resilient services
- Experience with one or more SQL databases
- Ability to give and process constructive feedback, as well as work independently
- Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with SCIM is a plus
- Experience with Go is a plus
- Familiarity with networks (IP addressing, routing, etc.) is a plus
Benefits
- An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
- An equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles).
- Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family.
- Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely.
- Virtual and in-person social events.
- Corporate co-working program to visit WeWork or other similar spaces near you.
- 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.
- Annual company retreat and team off-sites.
- Support for intentional in-person connection through team travel and distributed collaboration.
- $1500 USD annually for professional development.
- Mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
- Flexible, paid time off program.
- A company-owned laptop of your choice (Mac or PC).
- Monthly home internet reimbursement.
- $500 USD to customize your workstation.
- Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
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