Remote Go Engineer - Distributed Networking & Security

Tailscale; United States; On-site; USD 163,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental coverage

Flexible work environment

Paid parental leave

Professional development budget

Annual company retreat

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a full-time Software Engineer to help develop and enhance their product. This role involves working with the engineering team to contribute to open-source client code and backend services, with specific focus on networking features and optimizations.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience with application-layer networking, and will play a key role in shaping product features. As a remote-first company, Tailscale values collaboration and adaptability among its team members.

Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing application-layer networking concepts.
• Deep knowledge of operating system-level networking internals.
• Professional experience with Go (Golang).
• Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and document core networking software components.
• Ownership of running services, ensuring observability and incident response.
• Analyze and improve the efficiency and scalability of networking systems.

Skills

Application-layer networking concepts

Distributed components (proxies, connectors, overlay routing)

Operating system-level networking internals

Go (Golang)

Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)

SQL queries

Excellent communication skills

Collaborative mindset

Adaptability in a fast-paced environment

Job description

Tailscale is seeking a full-time Software Engineer to help develop and enhance their product. This role involves working with the engineering team to contribute to open-source client code and backend services, with specific focus on networking features and optimizations.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience with application-layer networking, and will play a key role in shaping product features. As a remote-first company, Tailscale values collaboration and adaptability among its team members.