Software Engineer, Engineering Tooling

1 hour, 54 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Tailscale

Tailscale

Tailscale is a zero config VPN service that simplifies network security and connectivity for teams of any scale, offering easy deployment, minimal latency, and compatibility with existing services.

Diversified Telecommunication Services
51-250
Founded 2019
$115M raised

Description

  • Support internal business units by building shared engineering services, tools, and processes that help teams succeed.
  • Build relationships with stakeholders across the organization to understand needs and own projects end to end.
  • Work with internal customer-facing teams to improve their day-to-day workflows and support their mission.
  • Partner with product engineering to extract data that informs business decisions.
  • Design, build, test, and document core software components as part of an engineering team.
  • Own the running services that comprise Tailscale’s product by improving observability, responding to incidents, and handling customer support escalations.
  • Analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, and stability of system resources.
  • Introduce new developer tooling to increase engineering productivity.
  • Improve existing tooling such as CI/CD systems.
  • Create tooling for development and staging environments and surface potential issues from production data.

Requirements

  • Experience with CI/CD, secrets management, infrastructure as code, and/or observability.
  • Experience with developer tooling or developer experience.
  • Experience with distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with networking concepts such as IP addressing and routing.
  • Experience with Go is a plus; most non-front-end parts of the system are developed in Go.
  • Familiarity with one or more SQL databases is a plus.
  • Ability to give and receive constructive feedback and work independently.
  • Flexibility to adapt to the dynamic nature of a startup.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package including base salary, equity, and variable commission for quota-based roles.
  • CAN pay range of $242,540 to $302,840 CAD.
  • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health, vision, and dental coverage for employees and families.
  • Remote-first work environment with flexible work arrangements and access to co-working support.
  • $1,500 USD annually for professional development, plus mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
  • Flexible paid time off to support work-life integration.
  • Home office setup support including a company-owned laptop, monthly home internet reimbursement, and $1,000 USD for workstation customization.
  • Generous parental leave top-ups for up to 26 weeks, available from the first day.

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