Software Engineer, Networking (Edge)

Tailscale is building the new Internet by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices. The company is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to design and oversee their global networking infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance while collaborating with internal teams to enhance their services.

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 focusing on Funnel and DERP relay infrastructures and their associated network protocols
• Investigate and rectify complex, escalated network difficulties encountered across diverse technical environments
• Maintain accountability for Tailscale's live services by integrating observability, engaging in incident management, and managing technical support escalations
• Evaluate and boost the performance, reliability, and scaling capabilities of our networking resources and systems
• Apply a security-centric approach to every stage of development, from initial design to final implementation of networking components

Requirements:

• Proven track record in networking software development and troubleshooting
• Expertise in core networking principles such as VPNs, NAT traversal, routing, and IP addressing
• Experience with distributed systems, maintaining global-scale services, and applying SRE & DevOps methodologies
• Strong interpersonal skills for exchanging constructive feedback and the autonomy to work solo
• Adaptability to thrive within a fast-paced startup environment
• Superior communication abilities, both in writing and speaking
• Experience with Go programming language is highly desired