Software Engineer, Networking (Edge)

Tailscale is a fully distributed company delivering software that securely interconnects people and their devices. The Software Engineer will design, build, and operate global networking infrastructure and open-source client dataplane capabilities while improving the scalability, availability, performance, and security of hosted services. The role also involves troubleshooting complex networking issues, supporting incidents, and collaborating with engineering and product teams.

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