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Engineering Manager

Tailscale · Remote (United States) · Remote

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About Tailscale

The connectivity platform for devs, IT, and security teams. Zero Trust identity-based access that deploys in minutes and scales to every resource. Start free. Backed by Accel, Insight and CRV.

About the role

We’re seeking a talented and motivated full-time Software Engineering Manager to join our growing team. You will work as part of the engineering team to: Pods work across the codebase to implement features, address shortcomings, and answer customer requests. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Demonstrated leadership with substantial experience in managing and mentoring Engineering teams, including performance evaluations, career development, and fostering a collaborative work environment
  • Background building and operating production services with high availability and performance targets
  • Expertise managing on call rotations and incident response
  • A highly technical manager, able to independently evaluate complex technical tradeoffs in design conversations while leaning on experts in the team for design and implementation
  • Experience developing in Go, used for much of the system
  • Ability to give and process constructive feedback, as well as work independently
More about this role

Thank you for considering Tailscale. If this job description resonates with you, please apply. Frequently cited statistics show that people who identify with historically marginalized groups are likely to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to help us break that statistic!

Tailscale is making safe connection effortless by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. From hobbyists to multinational corporations, teams of every size use Tailscale each day to protect their networks, share access to internal tools, and more. We're building a future for the Internet that's easy, sensible, and safe, like it used to be. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, we're backed by Accel, CRV, Insight, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital.

We’re seeking a talented and motivated full-time Software Engineering Manager to join our growing team. You will work as part of the engineering team to:

  • Provide guidance, mentorship, and career development for a team of software engineers.
  • Contribute toward the success of our Product organization which includes Engineering, Product Management, and...

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