Tailscale
Security Infrastructure Engineer
$163K–$204K
Remote (United States) +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Remote (United States)
Canada
United States - Experience
- Prior experience in a safety-related technical role; no number of years stated.
About the job
Build and improve product security controls and infrastructure defenses, audit systems for weaknesses, and advise engineering teams on security decisions and incident response.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security controls across cloud platforms, operating systems, Kubernetes, networks, and CI/CD.
- Identify and resolve infrastructure weaknesses, and implement security and privacy improvements across the codebase.
- Provide threat modeling and security analysis, and support infrastructure-level containment and remediation during incidents.
What they ask for
- Expertise in cloud platform security, especially multi-cloud networks and infrastructure and 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 security mechanisms and common networking protocols.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with container and orchestration security, authentication/authorization, and internet/web security fundamentals.
Pay
$163,000 — $204,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Terraform, Ansible, WAF’s, TLS, PKI
AI focus
The hiring process uses AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess candidates; the role itself does not state AI work.
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