Networking Software Engineer - Remote, Global-Scale

Tailscale; United States; On-site; USD 163,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote-first

Professional development $1500

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Job summary

Tailscale, a fully distributed company, is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will design, implement, and scale the networking dataplane and hosted services, collaborating with other engineers and product teams across the world.

Focus areas include Funnel and DERP relay infrastructure, diagnostic tooling, and performance improvements while maintaining a security-centric approach.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in networking software development and troubleshooting.
• Expertise in core networking principles such as VPNs, NAT traversal, routing, and IP addressing.
• Experience with distributed systems, maintaining global-scale services, and applying SRE & DevOps methodologies.
• Most of the systems are developed in the Go programming language. Experience with Go is highly desired.
• Strong interpersonal skills for exchanging constructive feedback and the autonomy to work solo.
• Adaptability to thrive within a fast-paced startup environment.
• Superior communication abilities, both in writing and speaking.

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

VPNs

NAT traversal

Go language

Distributed systems

SRE/DevOps

Communication

Job description

Tailscale, a fully distributed company, is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our engineering team. You will design, implement, and scale the networking dataplane and hosted services, collaborating with other engineers and product teams across the world.

Focus areas include Funnel and DERP relay infrastructure, diagnostic tooling, and performance improvements while maintaining a security-centric approach.