Software Engineer, Networking

Job Summary

Seeking a skilled full-time Software Engineer, Networking to work remotely, who will develop the Tailscale product by contributing to open-source client code and backend services, with a focus on networking features and optimizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and document core networking software components as part of a team
• Exhibit ownership over running services, including observability, incident response, and customer support escalations
• Analyze and enhance the efficiency, scalability, and stability of networking systems and resources

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience with application-layer networking concepts and distributed components
• Deep knowledge of operating system-level networking internals, including socket programming and routing tables
• Professional experience with Go (Golang)
• Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems with a solid understanding of concurrency
• Proficiency with relational databases and writing efficient SQL queries