Software Engineer, Engineering Tooling

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, Engineering Tooling to join our growing team. You will work as part of the engineering team to:

• Support and enable internal business units through shared engineering services and functionalities, building the tools and processes for those teams to succeed.
• Build relationships with multiple stakeholders across the organization to understand and meet their needs with projects you'll own end to end.
• Work directly with internal customer-facing teams to empower their mission and take pride in making their day-to-day lives easier.
• Work with product engineering to extract the data needed to drive business decisions.

Example deliverables in this role might include:

• Introducing new developer tooling to increase engineering productivity
• Improving existing tools, such as CI/CD
• Using information from production data to surface potential issues
• Creating tooling for dev and staging environments

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 be comfortable working asynchronously are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team of engineers to design, build, test, and document core software components.
• Exhibit ownership over the running services that comprise Tailscale’s product by building for observability, participating in incident response, and fielding customer support escalations.
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience with CI/CD, secrets management, infrastructure as code, and/or observability
• Experience with developer tooling or developer experience
• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience with one or more SQL databases
• Familiarity with networks (IP addressing, routing, etc.)
• Most of the non-front-end portions of the system are developed in the Go programming language. Experience with Go is a plus.
• Ability to give and process constructive feedback, as well as work independently
• Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer

• An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
• A competitive total compensation package including base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Remote first company with options for co-working spaces and annual retreats.
• Support for your personal and professional development with an annual budget.
• Flexible paid time off and generous parental leave program.
• Build-your-own home office setup and monthly internet reimbursement.

Key skills/competency

• CI/CD
• Secrets Management
• Infrastructure as Code
• Observability
• Developer Tooling
• Distributed Systems
• SQL Databases
• Go Programming Language
• Networking Concepts
• Incident Response