Networking Software Engineer (Go) — Remote

Doist; United States; Remote; USD 163,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Equity incentive plan

401(k) employer contributions or US 3P

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will design, build, and oversee the Funnel and DERP relay infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across global hosted services.

You will contribute to open-source client code and collaborate with internal teams to deliver broad value to our customers. This is a fully remote, early-stage startup with strong emphasis on async collaboration and autonomy.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in networking software development and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design, construct, evaluate, and provide documentation for networking features, connectivity solutions, and the open-source client-code network dataplane.
• Enhance and iterate on product capabilities, specifically focusing on Funnel and DERP relay infrastructures and their associated network protocols.
• Investigate and rectify complex, escalated network difficulties encountered across diverse technical environments.
• Maintain accountability for Tailscale's live services by integrating observability, engaging in incident management, and managing technical support escalations.
• Evaluate and boost the performance, reliability, and scaling capabilities of our networking resources and systems.
• Apply a security-centric approach to every stage of development, from initial design to final implementation of networking components.

Skills

Networking software development

Troubleshooting

VPNs

NAT traversal

Routing

IP addressing

Go language

Distributed systems

SRE & DevOps

Communication

Autonomy

Startup environment

Job description

Tailscale is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will design, build, and oversee the Funnel and DERP relay infrastructure while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across global hosted services.

You will contribute to open-source client code and collaborate with internal teams to deliver broad value to our customers. This is a fully remote, early-stage startup with strong emphasis on async collaboration and autonomy.