Developer Relations Engineer

🔥 12 hours ago

🌐 United States, Canada, +1 more countries – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

💵 $127k - $141k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤝 Developer Relations (DevRel)

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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

• Own and improve the developer experience across Tailscale’s expanding product portfolio • Help developers understand, adopt, extend, and build with Tailscale’s core VPN/connectivity product • Shape developer experience as Tailscale expands into secure AI access (Aperture), privileged access management (PAM), and future product areas • Build demos, documentation, talks, blog posts, sample applications, workshops, videos, tools, and open source contributions • Write code and investigate technical and networking edge cases • Present at conferences and engage with APIs, GitHub issues, and developer communities • Translate technical discoveries into clearer, simpler, and better developer experiences • Collaborate with engineering, product, marketing, support, community, and other technical stakeholders • Drive high-impact projects from idea through execution • Manage publishing, event, and launch deadlines and travel for events, conferences, and community activities

🎯 Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and demonstrated experience building, debugging, and shipping real projects through professional work, open source, self-directed learning, or ambitious personal projects • Ability to create developer-facing materials including code samples, demos, tutorials, documentation, blog posts, videos, talks, and workshops • Deep curiosity about networking, infrastructure, security, identity, cloud, open source, AI, or developer tooling • Track record of building and explaining technical systems, including production software, developer tools, infrastructure projects, homelabs, local AI setups, networking experiments, or open source contributions • Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills • Experience presenting to technical audiences through conferences, meetups, livestreams, workshops, podcasts, videos, or internal engineering forums • Comfortable working in public through GitHub issues, pull requests, community forums, social channels, open source projects, and developer feedback loops • Strong developer empathy, emotional intelligence, and product sense • Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, product, marketing, support, community, and other technical stakeholders while operating independently • Ability to manage multiple workstreams, meet publishing/event/launch deadlines, discuss technical tradeoffs, and travel for events, conferences, and community moments • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience • Nice-to-have experience with Go, networking, VPNs, WireGuard, identity, access controls, infrastructure automation, security products, developer education, technical content, open source, homelabs, local AI models, secure AI access, privileged access management, zero trust, or modern infrastructure security patterns

🏖️ Benefits

• Inclusive, flexible environment with flexibility in how and when you work • Competitive total compensation package including equity incentive plan • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and other group benefits with no waiting period for you and your family • Remote-first work environment • Virtual and in-person social events • Corporate co-working program • Employer-funded retirement contributions matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of eligible compensation • Annual company retreat and team off-sites • Team travel and distributed collaboration opportunities • $1500 USD annually for professional development • Mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities • Flexible paid time off program • Company-owned laptop (Mac or PC) • Monthly home internet reimbursement • $500 USD home office/workstation customization allowance • Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents

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