2 days ago
Remote, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and improve the developer experience across Tailscale’s expanding product portfolio.
- Build demos, sample applications, tools, documentation, talks, blog posts, videos, workshops, and open source contributions.
- Investigate APIs, GitHub issues, networking edge cases, infrastructure, security, identity, cloud, AI, and developer tooling topics.
- Present technical material through conferences, meetups, livestreams, workshops, podcasts, videos, and internal engineering forums.
- Work publicly through GitHub issues, pull requests, community forums, social channels, and open source projects.
- Translate developer friction and feedback into better documentation, APIs, examples, workflows, and product experiences.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, marketing, support, community, and other technical stakeholders while independently driving high-impact projects.
- Manage multiple workstreams and meet publishing, event, and launch deadlines, including travel for events and conferences.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and demonstrated experience building, debugging, and shipping real projects through professional work, open source, self-directed learning, or personal projects.
- Ability to create clear developer-facing code samples, demos, tutorials, documentation, blog posts, videos, talks, and workshops.
- A track record of building and explaining technical systems such as production software, developer tools, infrastructure projects, homelabs, local AI setups, networking experiments, or open source contributions.
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly and practically.
- Experience presenting to technical audiences and working in public through developer communities and open source workflows.
- Strong developer empathy, emotional intelligence, product sense, and ability to identify and address developer friction.
- Ability to discuss technical tradeoffs in detail, manage multiple workstreams, operate independently, and work cross-functionally.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Preferred experience includes Go, networking, VPNs, WireGuard, identity, access controls, infrastructure automation, security products, developer education, technical content, open source, homelabs, self-hosting, local AI models, secure AI access, privileged access management, zero trust, or infrastructure security.
Benefits
- UK base salary range of £100,330—£111,390 GBP.
- Inclusive, flexible, remote-first work environment with virtual and in-person social events and access to a corporate coworking program.
- Comprehensive group health, vision, dental, and other benefits with no waiting period.
- Equity incentive plan and variable commission for quota-based roles.
- Employer-funded retirement contributions with dollar-for-dollar matching up to the stated company maximum.
- Annual company retreat, team off-sites, and support for intentional in-person collaboration across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.
- $1500 USD annually for professional development plus mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
- Flexible paid time off program.
- Company-owned laptop choice between Mac or PC, monthly home internet reimbursement, and a workstation customization allowance.
- Paid parental leave with parental leave top-ups.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Tailscale
Tailscale builds a software-defined mesh VPN that lets individuals and organizations securely connect devices and services using WireGuard and single sign-on. It sells a subscription SaaS with free and paid plans, offering features like access control lists, device authentication, and admin tooling for teams and enterprises. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, the company is privately held and used from hobby projects to corporate networks.