Rhea Ghosh
Member Of Technical Staff at Tailscale
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRhea Ghosh is a pragmatic engineering leader and backend-focused software professional with 11 years of experience building reliable infrastructure and services across startups and enterprise teams. Currently a Member of Technical Staff at Tailscale, she has contributed to Taildrop file-transfer features in a high-security VPN codebase, demonstrating strong API design and resumable file-handling expertise. Previously she led site reliability and engineering organizations at ActiveCampaign and Benchmark Analytics, driving incident reduction, service ownership, and migrations to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD. Her background spans DevOps, database engineering, and product-aligned platform work, with hands-on experience automating deployments and modernizing auth systems. Rhea pairs technical depth (MS in Computer Science from University of Chicago) with people and process leadership, turning monoliths into service-oriented architectures and improving developer enablement. A former math teacher turned technologist, she brings clarity to complex systems and a talent for communicating technical strategy to non-technical stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA Physics & Philosophy, BA Physics & Philosophy at Mount Holyoke CollegeMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of Chicago
English
Github Skills (9)
file-handling10
go10
backend10
vpn10
api-design10
wireguard8
2factor4
ss4
oauth4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
tailscale/tailscale
Apr 2023 - Feb 2025
The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 39 reviews, 20 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:The user, Rhea Ghosh, primarily focused on backend development within the Tailscale repository, specifically contributing to the Taildrop feature. Their work involved refactoring taildrop functionality, moving put logic into the taildrop package, and implementing API endpoints for file transfers. They also addressed file handling, including implementing methods for deleting files, managing partial files, and enabling resume functionality. The commits demonstrate a strong understanding of backend logic and API design within the context of the Tailscale VPN service.
secureprivacysecurityvpnwireguard
rhealitycheck/hello
Jun 2023 - Nov 2023
Contributions:3 reviews, 5 PRs, 39 pushes in 4 months
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