Front End Engineer
Core
Own the technical direction and architecture of Tailscale's next-generation web console, building frontend infrastructure and platform capabilities supporting multiple products.
Role type
Senior IC Front End Engineer (Platform & Architecture)
Builds
Frontend infrastructure, platform capabilities, shared conventions, abstractions, and design patterns for multiple product teams.
Domain
B2B SaaS, Security-sensitive product surfaces
Required skills
React at scale, HTTP semantics, browser security boundaries, authentication flows, cookies, storage, CORS, CSRF, internal platforms, frameworks, shared libraries, unified console vision, frontend architecture, standardization, abstraction, maintainability, scalable frontend testing strategies
Preferred skills
AI-assisted development tooling, design systems, component libraries, design tooling, feature flagging, analytics, experimentation, progressive delivery, identity, admin, B2B SaaS, security-sensitive product surfaces
Technologies
React, HTTP, CORS, CSRF, cookies, storage
Responsibilities
Design and maintain cross-origin authentication, session infrastructure, auth flows, CORS policies, CSRF protections, cookies, and deployment-environment support; Build a frontend serving platform and shared conventions, abstractions, and design patterns for multiple product teams; Create tooling and architecture patterns that enable non-frontend engineers to build accessible, production-quality UI; Define and improve frontend testing strategy, including integration testing, end-to-end coverage, and local developer ergonomics; Improve local development workflows, build pipelines, preview deployments, release ergonomics, and operational reliability; Participate in the on-call rotation to triage and mitigate incidents
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
