Front End Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the technical direction and architecture for Tailscale’s next-generation web console.

• Develop frontend infrastructure and platform capabilities to create a cohesive console experience.

• Build frontend systems related to identity, including authentication, session management, secure cross-origin integrations, and multi-service product interfaces.

• Establish application structure, routing, state boundaries, shared abstractions, and standards for maintainability.

• Design and uphold cross-origin authentication and session infrastructure, covering auth flows, CORS, CSRF, cookies, and deployment environments.

• Create and manage a frontend serving platform that supports multiple Tailscale products.

• Develop shared infrastructure, conventions, and design patterns.

• Empower non-frontend engineers to create accessible, production-quality user interfaces.

• Collaborate with Product Design to ensure intuitive user experiences.

• Work together on A/B testing, analytics instrumentation, and strategies for feature rollouts.

• Establish a frontend testing strategy that includes integration testing, end-to-end coverage, and enhanced developer ergonomics.

• Optimize local development workflows, build pipelines, preview deployments, release processes, and operational reliability.

• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and establishing platform guardrails.

• Participate in the on-call rotation to address and resolve incidents.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in building and operating production-grade React applications at scale.

• In-depth understanding of HTTP semantics, browser security boundaries, authentication flows, cookies, storage, CORS, and CSRF.

• Proven experience in developing internal platforms, frameworks, or shared libraries.

• Experience in driving a cohesive console or platform vision across diverse frontend codebases.

• Strong judgment in frontend architecture.

• Experience in designing scalable frontend testing strategies.

• Ability to collaborate across design, growth, infrastructure, and developer tooling disciplines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• High level of ownership and autonomy in work.

• Required participation in the on-call rotation every x weeks.

• Preferred: experience with AI-assisted frontend development, design systems, feature flagging, analytics, experimentation, progressive delivery, identity management, admin interfaces, B2B SaaS, or security-sensitive products.

🏝️ Benefits

• Inclusive and flexible work environment with adaptable work arrangements.

• Competitive total compensation package that includes an equity incentive plan.

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage with no waiting period for employees and their families.

• Fully remote work setting, along with virtual and in-person social events, and a corporate co-working program.

• Employer-funded retirement contributions with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 0.75% of eligible compensation.

• Annual company retreats and team off-site events.

• Annual professional development allowance of $1,500 USD.

• Opportunities for mentorship, coaching, and internal promotions.

• Flexible paid time off policy.

• Company-provided laptop (Mac or PC).

• Monthly reimbursement for home internet expenses.

• $500 USD allowance for home office workstation setup.

• Paid parental leave top-ups of 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.