Tailscale
Security Infrastructure Engineer
Remote (Canada) +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Remote (Canada)
Canada
United States
About the job
Build and improve security controls and features across Tailscale’s infrastructure and codebase, and guide security analysis and incident response.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security controls across cloud platforms, operating systems, Kubernetes, networks, and CI/CD.
- Audit infrastructure, identify security and privacy improvements, and drive mitigations to resolution.
- Support engineering decisions with threat modeling and security analysis; assist with infrastructure-level incident containment and remediation.
What they ask for
- Expertise securing cloud platforms and multi-cloud networks and infrastructure, including designing cloud-agnostic systems.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language and Infrastructure as Code tooling.
- Prior experience in a safety-related technical role, such as infrastructure security, security operations, threat modeling, or incident response.
- Knowledge of operating system internals and security mechanisms, common networking protocols, and familiarity with container security, orchestration security, authentication/authorization, and internet security fundamentals.
Pay
$218,420 — $273,360 CAD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Terraform, Ansible, WAF’s, TLS, PKI
AI focus
The hiring process uses AI-assisted tools to screen and assess candidates; this role has no stated AI-related job duties.
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