Software Engineer, Networking (Edge)

About this role

About Tailscale

Tailscale is building the new Internet by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe, like it used to be. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.

### Job Description

We’re seeking a skilled and diligent full-time Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will work as part of the engineering team to:

• Utilize extensive network engineering knowledge coupled with software development and SRE/DevOps proficiency to design, construct, and oversee Tailscale’s global Funnel and DERP relay infrastructure.
• Promote operational excellence and automation to guarantee the scalability, high availability, and performance of hosted services.
• Offer architectural guidance and troubleshoot escalated networking problems for customers to address intricate connectivity issues.
• Partner with internal engineering and product groups to advance hosted services and clients, ensuring updates provide broad value to our customer base.
• Support network connectivity capabilities and features by contributing to the open-source client code and developing the Tailscale product dataplane.

Because we’re an early-stage and fully remote company, we’re looking for a strongly motivated individual who can help move the product forward. The ability to think on your feet, collaborate with highly technical teams, and comfort working asynchronously are essential.

### Key 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 f...