Software Engineer, Networking – Dataplane
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Software Engineer building secure client-side networking and dataplane software for Tailscale's connectivity platform. Improving connectivity, performance, reliability, and customer network integrations.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to Tailscale's core client connectivity features
- Evolve connectivity offerings between clients, subnet routers, exit nodes, and customer network infrastructure integrations
- Provide architectural insights and resolve escalated customer network issues
- Collaborate with product management and internal engineering to develop scalable, maintainable integrated network solutions
- Design, build, test, and document client-side networking software
- Advance product features using established industry network protocols and Tailscale-specific designs and frameworks
- Apply security-centric architecture and coding practices to networking modules
- Evaluate and optimize software performance, reliability, and scale across technical platforms and hardware
- Provide expert consultation and support customer success teams with critical network escalations
- Engage with the open-source community and contribute to relevant projects
Requirements:
- Significant experience with networking software and diagnosing networking issues
- Comprehensive understanding of network engineering, including routing, VPNs, IP address management, and NAT traversal
- Proficiency in Go or other low-level languages such as C/C++ or Rust
- Strong understanding of concurrent programming and performance optimization techniques
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems is highly desirable
- Knowledge of low-level OS network stacks is highly desirable
- Ability to give and process constructive feedback and work independently
- Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Benefits:
- An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self
- A competitive total compensation package including base salary and an equity incentive plan
- Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health and vision and dental coverage for you and your family
- Remote-first work environment with flexible work arrangements
- Virtual and in-person social events
- Corporate co-working program through WeWork or similar spaces
- 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
- $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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