Tailscale

Full-stack Engineer

• Contribute to Tailscale’s core client connectivity features
• Evolve connectivity between clients, subnet routers, exit nodes, and customer network integrations
• Provide architectural insights and resolve escalated customer network issues
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to develop scalable, maintainable network solutions
• Design, build, test, and document client-side networking software
• Integrate industry network protocols with Tailscale’s designs and frameworks
• Apply security-centric architecture and coding practices
• Optimize software performance, reliability, and scale across platforms and hardware
• Support customer success teams with critical network escalations
• Engage with the open-source community and contribute to relevant projects

Software Engineer, Networking – Dataplane

• 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

Recruitment

• Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to understand candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and sourcing needs
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies across Engineering, Product, Design, GTM, G&A, and other functions
• Identify and engage passive talent through sourcing channels, research methods, communities, networks, and creative approaches
• Manage multiple searches and adjust strategies based on pipeline performance, candidate feedback, and priorities
• Understand Tailscale’s product, technology, business, and culture to identify suitable candidates
• Translate technical and specialized role requirements into effective searches
• Research companies, technologies, communities, and talent pools
• Build knowledge of talent markets in infrastructure, networking, security, developer tools, cloud technologies, and other areas
• Evaluate pipeline health and search challenges using sourcing data and market insights
• Conduct talent research and market mapping
• Surface insights on candidate availability, market trends, and search constraints
• Build reusable talent maps and research
• Incorporate inclusive sourcing practices and broaden candidate representation
• Create personalized outreach and build relationships with passive candidates
• Assess candidate interest, motivation, experience, and potential alignment
• Ensure seamless candidate handoffs and a consistent candidate experience
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Partners, Sourcers, Operations, and hiring teams
• Participate in sourcing jams and share techniques, talent pools, market observations, and learnings
• Support high-priority or specialized searches
• Improve sourcing tools, workflows, data quality, automation, and AI-enabled practices

Talent Acquisition Sourcer – Contract

• Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to understand candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and sourcing needs
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies across Engineering, Product, Design, GTM, G&A, and other functions
• Identify and engage passive talent through sourcing channels, research methods, communities, networks, and creative approaches
• Manage multiple searches and adjust strategies based on pipeline performance, candidate feedback, and evolving priorities
• Understand Tailscale’s product, technology, business, and culture to identify suitable candidates
• Translate technical and specialized role requirements into effective searches
• Research companies, technologies, communities, and talent pools beyond traditional sources
• Build talent-market knowledge in infrastructure, networking, security, developer tools, cloud technologies, and other functions
• Evaluate pipeline health, identify search challenges, and improve sourcing outcomes using data and market insights
• Conduct talent research and market mapping
• Surface insights on candidate availability, market trends, and search constraints
• Build reusable talent maps and research
• Incorporate inclusive sourcing practices and broaden candidate representation
• Create personalized outreach and build relationships with passive candidates
• Assess candidate interest, motivation, experience, and alignment
• Ensure seamless candidate handoffs and consistent candidate experience
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Partners, Sourcers, Operations, and hiring teams
• Participate in sourcing jams and share techniques, talent pools, market observations, and learnings
• Support high-priority or specialized searches
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations to improve tools, workflows, data quality, automation, and AI-enabled practices

• Coordinate phone screens, assessments, panel interviews, and other interview stages across candidates, interviewers, and time zones
• Manage complex scheduling and changing priorities
• Ensure candidates and interview teams receive needed information and support
• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, process gaps, and potential delays
• Deliver a thoughtful, consistent, high-touch candidate experience
• Serve as a key candidate contact with clear, timely communication and support
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to keep candidates informed and engaged
• Build relationships with Talent Acquisition Partners, Sourcers, hiring managers, interview teams, and cross-functional partners
• Support interview logistics, process questions, pre-briefs, debriefs, and coordination needs
• Maintain accurate recruiting data, candidate records, interview plans, workflows, and documentation
• Identify inefficiencies and recommend recruiting process improvements
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations on reporting, documentation, tools, and automation
• Support adoption of recruiting technology and AI-enabled tools
• Support Talent Acquisition programs and projects
• Maintain recruiting resources, templates, documentation, and team knowledge
• Contribute to employer brand, referrals, recruiting events, and other talent initiatives

Talent Acquisition Coordinator – Contract

• Coordinate phone screens, assessments, panel interviews, and other interview stages across candidates, interviewers, and time zones
• Manage complex scheduling and changing priorities
• Ensure candidates and interview teams have needed information and support
• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, process gaps, and potential delays
• Deliver a thoughtful, consistent, high-touch candidate experience
• Serve as a key candidate contact with clear, timely communication and support
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to keep candidates informed and engaged
• Build relationships with Talent Acquisition Partners, Sourcers, hiring managers, interview teams, and cross-functional partners
• Support interview logistics, process questions, pre-briefs, debriefs, and coordination needs
• Maintain recruiting data, candidate records, interview plans, workflows, and documentation
• Identify inefficiencies and recommend recruiting process improvements
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations on reporting, documentation, tools, and automation
• Support adoption of recruiting technology and AI-enabled tools
• Support Talent Acquisition programs and projects
• Maintain recruiting resources, templates, documentation, and team knowledge
• Contribute to employer brand, referrals, recruiting events, and other talent initiatives

• Own complex searches from intake through offer across EPD, GTM, G&A, or a combination of functions
• Partner with hiring managers to define candidate profiles, develop recruiting strategies, and establish interview processes
• Manage multiple searches while maintaining quality, speed, and candidate experience
• Lead candidate assessment, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing
• Build recruiting and sourcing strategies based on business priorities, role requirements, talent availability, and market conditions
• Partner with Sourcers on targeted searches and talent mapping; source directly as needed and maintain pipeline accountability
• Use recruiting data, candidate feedback, and market intelligence to evaluate search performance and adjust strategies
• Identify alternative talent pools, companies, locations, or profiles when needed
• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders as a consultative recruiting partner
• Provide insights on talent markets, candidate expectations, hiring timelines, and tradeoffs
• Challenge assumptions and create accountability around interview quality, feedback, decision-making, and candidate experience
• Identify hiring risks and partner with TA leadership on support or escalation
• Recruit technical and non-technical talent across Engineering, Product, Design, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Revenue Operations, Partnerships, Finance, Legal, People, and other functions
• Collaborate with Sourcers, Coordinators, TA Operations, fellow TA Partners, and TA leadership
• Share market insights, sourcing approaches, and recruiting best practices
• Contribute to recruiting initiatives and process improvements

Talent Acquisition Partner – Contract

• Own complex searches from intake through offer across EPD, GTM, G&A, or a combination of functions
• Partner with hiring managers to define candidate profiles, develop recruiting strategies, and establish effective interview processes
• Manage multiple searches while maintaining quality, speed, and candidate experience
• Lead candidate assessment, offer strategy, negotiation, and closing with hiring teams
• Build recruiting and sourcing strategies based on business priorities, role requirements, talent availability, and market conditions
• Partner with Sourcers on targeted searches and talent mapping; source directly as needed and maintain pipeline accountability
• Use recruiting data, candidate feedback, and market intelligence to evaluate search performance and adjust strategies
• Identify alternative talent pools, companies, locations, or profiles when searches require a different approach
• Build trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders as a consultative recruiting partner
• Provide insights on talent markets, candidate expectations, hiring timelines, and tradeoffs
• Challenge assumptions and create accountability around interview quality, timely feedback, decision-making, and candidate experience
• Identify hiring risks and partner with TA leadership when broader support or escalation is needed
• Recruit technical and non-technical talent across EPD, GTM, G&A, or cross-functional portfolios
• Collaborate with Sourcers, Coordinators, TA Operations, fellow TA Partners, and TA leadership
• Share market insights, sourcing approaches, and recruiting best practices
• Contribute to recruiting initiatives and process improvements that strengthen hiring effectiveness and scalability

• Own full-cycle recruiting for complex and high-priority GTM searches, with a strong emphasis on Sales, from intake through offer
• Develop recruiting strategies aligned with business priorities, role requirements, talent availability, and market conditions
• Build strong pipelines across competitive markets and geographies, partnering with Sourcers on targeted talent strategies
• Manage multiple searches while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience
• Serve as a GTM talent subject matter expert in organizations, talent markets, and commercial hiring
• Provide actionable market intelligence, talent mapping, competitive insights, and candidate feedback to inform hiring decisions
• Advise leaders on talent availability, hiring challenges, and tradeoffs
• Build trusted relationships with GTM leaders and serve as a consultative advisor on hiring strategy, talent, and recruiting execution
• Define candidate profiles, establish effective interview processes, and translate hiring priorities into actionable recruiting plans
• Contribute recruiting expertise to workforce and headcount planning with Talent Acquisition, Revenue Operations, Finance, and GTM leadership
• Create accountability around hiring expectations, decision-making, interview quality, and candidate experience
• Use recruiting data and market insights to identify pipeline trends, hiring risks, and improvement opportunities
• Provide insights on pipeline health, conversion, talent availability, competitive activity, and search progress
• Recommend adjustments to profiles, locations, timelines, and recruiting strategies based on data and market conditions
• Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership and Operations to ensure recruiting data is accurate, actionable, and effectively used
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition leadership, Operations, Sourcers, and fellow Partners on GTM recruiting priorities
• Share GTM market expertise, recruiting insights, and best practices across the Talent Acquisition team
• Contribute to recruiting initiatives, tools, and process improvements that strengthen hiring effectiveness and scalability

Lead Talent Acquisition Partner, GTM

• Own full-cycle recruiting for complex and high-priority GTM searches, especially Sales, from intake through offer
• Develop recruiting strategies aligned with business priorities, role requirements, talent availability, and market conditions
• Build pipelines across competitive markets and geographies with Sourcers
• Manage multiple searches while delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience
• Serve as a GTM talent subject-matter expert in organizations, talent markets, and commercial hiring
• Understand how SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Strategic, Channel, and international sales motions shape talent profiles and recruiting strategies
• Provide market intelligence, talent mapping, competitive insights, and candidate feedback to inform hiring decisions
• Advise leaders on talent availability, hiring challenges, and market-based tradeoffs
• Build trusted relationships with GTM leaders and advise on hiring strategy, talent, and recruiting execution
• Define candidate profiles, establish interview processes, and translate hiring priorities into recruiting plans
• Contribute recruiting expertise to workforce and headcount planning with Talent Acquisition, Revenue Operations, Finance, and GTM leadership
• Create accountability around hiring expectations, decision-making, interview quality, and candidate experience
• Use recruiting data and market insights to identify pipeline trends, hiring risks, and improvement opportunities
• Provide insights on pipeline health, conversion, talent availability, competitive activity, and search progress
• Recommend adjustments to profiles, locations, timelines, and recruiting strategies based on data and market conditions
• Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership and Operations to ensure recruiting data is accurate, actionable, and used effectively
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition leadership, Operations, Sourcers, and fellow Partners on GTM recruiting priorities
• Share GTM market expertise, recruiting insights, and best practices across Talent Acquisition
• Contribute to recruiting initiatives, tools, and process improvements that strengthen hiring effectiveness and scalability

Developer Relations

• Own Tailscale’s Developer Relations function end-to-end, including strategy and roadmap
• Align programs and priorities with Tailscale’s positioning, product strategy, and business goals
• Build and lead a high-performing DevRel organization
• Manage, coach, hire, and develop senior and junior technical talent
• Build and scale repeatable programs across technical content, product integrations, YouTube, talks, demos, workshops, events, community, and other developer-facing channels
• Manage the portfolio of DevRel investments, resourcing, and priorities
• Serve as a visible technical voice through videos, presentations, demos, integrations, workshops, and community engagement
• Develop technical voices and contributors inside and outside Tailscale
• Lead community-focused technical initiatives and support strategic partnerships and emerging use cases
• Maintain a shared DevRel roadmap and activity calendar with owners, timelines, audiences, and intended outcomes
• Ensure DevRel work is technically accurate, engaging, relevant, and aligned with product positioning
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Growth, Content, Sales, and Customer Success on launches, education, feedback, and product opportunities
• Act as the senior DevRel partner for major launches and strategic bets
• Define, track, and report on DevRel performance, audience growth, engagement, product activation, integration adoption, and self-serve funnel contribution
• Use developer insight and performance data to prioritize programs and demonstrate investment value
• Manage DevRel budgets, vendors, tools, capacity planning, and resourcing

Senior Manager, Developer Relations

Brand Designer

• Own brand design projects from creative brief through final delivery with limited guidance
• Design high-quality creative assets across web, campaigns, events, social media, presentations, product marketing, and internal communications
• Apply and thoughtfully extend Tailscale's visual identity across new formats and channels
• Create reusable templates, design systems, and creative processes that improve consistency and efficiency
• Partner with Growth, Web, Product Marketing, Content, and Developer Relations to deliver cohesive customer experiences
• Present design concepts and rationale to stakeholders and incorporate feedback
• Balance multiple projects while consistently delivering polished, production-ready work
• Contribute ideas that improve the quality, scalability, and effectiveness of creative work
• Report to the Team Lead

• Own brand design projects from creative brief through final delivery with limited guidance
• Design high-quality creative assets across web, campaigns, events, social media, presentations, product marketing, and internal communications
• Apply and thoughtfully extend Tailscale's visual identity across new formats and channels
• Create reusable templates, design systems, and creative processes that improve consistency and efficiency
• Partner closely with Growth, Web, Product Marketing, Content, and Developer Relations to deliver cohesive customer experiences
• Present design concepts and rationale to stakeholders and thoughtfully incorporate feedback
• Balance multiple projects while consistently delivering polished, production-ready work
• Contribute ideas that improve the quality, scalability, and effectiveness of creative work

Solutions Engineer

• Partner with Account Executives to identify, qualify, and close new Commercial customer opportunities
• Lead technical discovery, solution architecture, demos, and proofs of concept
• Guide complex multi-stakeholder deals by aligning technical and business objectives
• Provide structured feedback to shape the product roadmap and go-to-market strategy
• Build scalable enablement resources, demo environments, and solution blueprints for the Solutions Engineering team
• Co-own a book of business with Account Executives and act as a trusted customer advisor

Solutions Engineer – Commercial, New Business

• Partner with Account Executives to identify, qualify, and close new Commercial customer opportunities
• Lead technical discovery, solution architecture, demos, and proofs of concept to accelerate decision-making
• Guide complex multi-stakeholder deals by aligning technical and business objectives
• Provide structured feedback to shape the product roadmap and go-to-market strategy
• Build scalable enablement resources, demo environments, and solution blueprints for the Solutions Engineering team
• Co-own a book of business with Account Executives and act as a trusted customer advisor
• Blend networking and security expertise with sales acumen to win competitive deals and influence product direction