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Tailscale

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

☁️ SaaS

🔐 Security

📡 Telecommunications

💰 $100M Series B on 2022-05

SaaS • Security • Telecommunications

Tailscale is a company that provides a modern VPN solution founded on WireGuard technology, simplifying networking by creating secure, software-defined networks that connect users, services, and devices with ease. By eliminating the complexities of legacy VPNs, Tailscale offers secure remote access, site-to-site networking, and multi-cloud networking, all while ensuring user-friendly, quick deployment without complex configurations. Recognized for enabling zero-trust environments and seamless workflows, Tailscale supports robust security features such as automated user onboarding, encryption, and access control lists (ACLs). This tool is particularly popular for both enterprise and personal use, praised for its integration capabilities and ease of use, making secure networking accessible anywhere, regardless of infrastructure.

📋 Description

• 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. • 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 • Most of the systems are developed in the Go programming language. Experience with Go is highly desired. • 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

🏖️ Benefits

• An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self. • A competitive total compensation package. • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. • Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely. • Connect with other Tailscalars IRL. • Support for your personal and professional development. • Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration. • A build-your-own home office setup. • Generous parental leave program from your first day.