Frontend Engineer

About the role

Tailscale is seeking a dedicated Frontend Engineer to shape the future of our web console. You will be instrumental in developing the core infrastructure and user experience for our next-generation platform. This role involves a blend of product and platform engineering, focusing on secure identity systems and a unified console experience.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Define and guide the frontend architecture for Tailscale's upcoming web console, including application structure and maintainability.
• Construct frontend infrastructure and platform capabilities that allow multiple Tailscale products to operate within a single console.
• Focus on identity-related frontend systems, such as authentication, session management, and secure cross-origin integrations.
• Develop and maintain cross-origin authentication and session infrastructure between the console and other services.
• Create frontend architecture patterns and tools to help engineers build accessible, production-ready user interfaces efficiently.
• Collaborate with Product Design to translate complex infrastructure and identity concepts into user-friendly interfaces.
• Partner with Growth, Design, Product, and other engineering teams on experimentation and feature rollout.
• Establish and enhance frontend testing strategies for the console.
• Improve local development workflows, build pipelines, and release processes.
• Raise the standard for frontend engineering quality through technical leadership and mentorship.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for incident triage and mitigation.

Requirements

• Significant experience building and managing React applications in a production environment.
• A thorough understanding of web platform fundamentals, including HTTP, browser security, authentication, cookies, CORS, and CSRF.
• Experience creating internal platforms, frameworks, or shared libraries that provide strong guidance for other teams.
• Proven ability to drive a unified console or platform vision across different frontend codebases.
• Strong judgment in frontend architecture, knowing when to standardize, abstract, and maintain system clarity.
• Experience designing scalable frontend testing strategies that increase confidence while simplifying complexity for product engineers.
• Comfort collaborating across different disciplines, including design, growth, infrastructure, and developer tooling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs and influence technical direction.
• A high degree of ownership and autonomy, with the capacity to identify and address problems proactively.

Nice to have

• Experience designing frontend codebases and tooling optimized for AI-assisted development.
• Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and connecting design tooling to production workflows.
• Experience with feature flagging, analytics, experimentation systems, and progressive delivery.
• Background working on identity, admin, B2B SaaS, or security-sensitive product areas.

Skills & tools

• React

Practical notes

• Salary range: $181,000 - $226,000 USD
• Compensation includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Fully remote company with support for home office setup, internet reimbursement, and co-working access.
• Employer-funded retirement contributions (0.75% match).
• Annual professional development budget of $1500 USD.
• Paid time off and parental leave programs.
• AI-assisted tools are used in the hiring process, with all hiring decisions made by people.
• Official communications will come from @tailscale.com, @greenhouse.io, or @interviews.modernloop.io email addresses.