Developer Relations Engineer

About this role

Own and improve the developer experience across Tailscale’s product portfolio, helping developers understand, adopt, and build with its connectivity and security products. Create practical technical resources and community experiences, while sharing developer feedback with product and engineering teams.

About the company

Tailscale builds a zero-config mesh VPN on WireGuard so teams can securely connect devices, servers, and cloud resources without traditional VPN complexity.

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What you'll do

• Build demos, sample apps, tools, and open-source contributions
• Create developer-facing docs, tutorials, blog posts, videos, talks, and workshops
• Investigate technical issues and explain complex systems clearly
• Surface developer friction and help improve APIs, examples, workflows, and product experiences
• Work cross-functionally and drive projects from idea to execution
• Present at events and engage with developer communities

What we're looking for

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and a record of building and debugging real projects
• Ability to create clear, useful developer-facing materials
• Curiosity about networking, infrastructure, security, identity, cloud, open source, AI, or developer tooling
• Experience presenting technical topics to audiences
• Comfort working in public through GitHub, forums, and other community channels
• Strong communication, developer empathy, and product sense
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and event travel
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

• Experience with Go, networking, VPNs, WireGuard, identity, access controls, infrastructure automation, or security products
• Experience with developer education, sample apps, workshops, technical videos, or conference talks
• Public technical writing, talks, demos, open-source contributions, or community work
• Homelab, self-hosting, local AI, or networking projects
• Familiarity with secure AI access, privileged access management, or zero-trust security

Benefits

• Equity incentive plan
• Health, vision, and dental coverage
• Remote-first work and coworking program
• Employer retirement contributions matched up to 0.75% of eligible compensation
• $1,500 annual professional development allowance
• Flexible paid time off
• Home office setup allowance of $500 and monthly internet reimbursement
• Paid parental leave: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents