Infrastructure Engineer

Tailscale

. Support and enable internal business units through shared engineering services and functionalities .

Posted 10/10/2026full-timeRemote • Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$218,420 - CA$273,360 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building tools and processes for internal teams, with a strong focus on Continuous Deployment, observability, and cloud infrastructure management. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance system efficiency and stability.

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CI/CDInfrastructure As CodeObservabilityAWSKubernetes

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Hard Skills

Continuous DeploymentDistributed SystemsCloud Environment ManagementGo ProgrammingMetrics and Logging

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsAbility to Process FeedbackIndependenceFlexibility

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesAWSManaged ServicesVirtual Machines

Industry Keywords

Stakeholder RelationshipsIncident ResponseTelemetry IntegrationNetwork Familiarity

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support and enable internal business units through shared engineering services and functionalities
Build tools and processes for internal teams
Build stakeholder relationships and own projects end to end
Work with internal customer-facing teams to empower their missions and simplify their day-to-day work
Work with product engineering to extract data for business decisions
Improve observability through metrics, alerting, logging, and telemetry integration
Identify and build Continuous Deployment improvements
Use infrastructure as code to make changes in cloud environments
Collaborate with engineering teams on cross-functional infrastructure improvements
Automate upgrades for managed services and virtual machines
Design, build, test, and document core software components
Build observability into running services, participate in incident response, and handle customer support escalations
Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of system resources

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience with CI/CD, secrets management, infrastructure as code, and observability
Experience with distributed systems
Experience operating managed services in a cloud environment, preferably AWS
Experience operating Kubernetes in production is a strong plus
Familiarity with networks, including IP addressing and routing
Experience with Go is a plus
Ability to give and process constructive feedback and work independently
Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary, equity incentive plan, and variable commission for quota-based roles
Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health, vision, and dental coverage for employees and families
Flexible remote-first work environment
Virtual and in-person social events
Corporate co-working program
Employer-funded retirement contributions matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to 0.75% of eligible compensation annually
Annual company retreat and team off-sites
$1500 USD annually for professional development
Mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities
Flexible paid time off program
Company-owned laptop (Mac or PC)
Monthly home internet reimbursement
$500 USD home office/workstation customization allowance
Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents