Remote Networking Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Equity incentive plan

Health, vision, dental benefits

Retirement plan with employer matching

Professional development funds

Paid time off

Job summary

Tailscale is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer to join the Dataplane Engineering Team. You will design, build, test, and document core client-side networking software with a security-focused mindset.

You will optimize performance across platforms and assist customer success with critical network escalations while engaging with the open-source community. The role offers a remote-first environment with strong compensation, equity, and benefits, reflecting the company’s distributed,

Qualifications

• Significant experience with networking software and diagnosing networking issues.
• Strong grasp of routing, VPNs, IP management, and NAT traversal.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Go or other low-level languages and concurrent programming.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively in a startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and document core networking client software.
• Advance features by integrating industry protocols with Tailcache's designs.
• Apply security-focused thinking to architecture and code.
• Analyze and optimize performance, reliability, and scale across platforms.
• Provide expert support during network escalations for customer success.
• Engage with open-source communities and contribute to related projects.

Skills

Networking software

Go

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

Linux networking

Job description

Tailscale is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer to join the Dataplane Engineering Team. You will design, build, test, and document core client-side networking software with a security-focused mindset.

You will optimize performance across platforms and assist customer success with critical network escalations while engaging with the open-source community. The role offers a remote-first environment with strong compensation, equity, and benefits, reflecting the company’s distributed,