Windows Engineer

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $191,620–$191,620🗓 2026-06-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop and maintain the Tailscale Windows client application, focusing on native UI components and platform integration while contributing to cross-platform backend services.

Role type

Senior IC Windows Software Engineer

Builds

Native Windows desktop client and cross-platform backend services for secure network interconnection

Domain

Cybersecurity / Networking / Desktop Software

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

C#, WinUI, Windows App SDK, XAML, Go, networking concepts (DNS, VPNs, IP, routing), unit testing, integration testing

Preferred skills

WinUI 3, Windows Filtering Platform, Windows security model, session isolation, access tokens

Technologies

C#, XAML, Go, WinUI, Windows App SDK, Microsoft Testing Platform v2, xUnit

Responsibilities

Develop native Windows desktop client using Windows App SDK and WinUI; Implement support for latest Windows features while maintaining backward compatibility; Develop and optimize product features with a focus on UI components; Develop and maintain unit and integration tests; Contribute to common cross-platform code

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About Tailscale

Tailscale is building the new Internet by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe, like it used to be. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.