3 hours ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, evaluate, and document networking features, connectivity solutions, and the open-source client-code network dataplane.
- Develop and improve Funnel and DERP relay infrastructure and associated network protocols.
- Investigate and resolve complex, escalated networking issues across diverse technical environments.
- Operate live services through observability, incident management, technical support escalations, and reliability improvements.
- Contribute to hosted services, clients, and product dataplane capabilities in collaboration with internal engineering and product teams.
- Apply security-focused practices throughout the design and implementation of networking components.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in networking software development and troubleshooting.
- Expertise in VPNs, NAT traversal, routing, and IP addressing.
- Experience with distributed systems, global-scale services, and SRE and DevOps practices.
- Go experience is highly desired because most systems are developed in Go.
- Strong communication, collaboration, autonomy, adaptability, and problem-solving skills.
Benefits
- Fully remote, flexible work environment with virtual and in-person social events and a corporate coworking program.
- Base salary, equity incentive plan, and comprehensive group health, vision, and dental benefits with no waiting period.
- Employer-funded retirement contributions matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar up to a maximum annual employer contribution of 0.75% of eligible compensation.
- Annual company retreat, team off-sites, and supported travel for intentional in-person collaboration.
- $1500 USD annually for professional development, plus mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
- Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave of 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Company-owned laptop choice, monthly home internet reimbursement, and $500 USD for workstation customization.
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.