Networking Software Engineer - Features (Remote)

Matcha; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive environment

Competitive compensation

Group benefits

Remote first

Retirement contributions

Team retreats

Professional development

Paid time off

Home office stipend

Parental leave

Job summary

Tailscale is hiring a Software Engineer, Networking (Features) for remote work in the United States. You will develop networking features, contribute to client and backend services, and own product lifecycle from coding to strategy.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers and product managers, and remote-friendly execution in a fast-paced environment. We value strong knowledge of networking, OS internals, Go, and distributed systems, with a focus on security and scalability.

Qualifications

• Experience with application-layer networking concepts and distributed components (proxies, connectors, overlay routing).
• Deep knowledge of OS networking internals: sockets, routing tables, packet filtering.
• Proficiency with Go (Golang) for engineering tasks.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and document core networking software components with a team.
• Own running services, with observability, incident response, and customer escalations.
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of networking systems.
• Apply security-first mindset to design and implementation of networking components.

Skills

Networking concepts

Distributed components

Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

SQL

Communication skills

Collaboration

Startup mindset

Job description

Tailscale is hiring a Software Engineer, Networking (Features) for remote work in the United States. You will develop networking features, contribute to client and backend services, and own product lifecycle from coding to strategy.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers and product managers, and remote-friendly execution in a fast-paced environment. We value strong knowledge of networking, OS internals, Go, and distributed systems, with a focus on security and scalability.