Developer Relations Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain demos, sample applications, reference architectures, tutorials, and technical tools that assist developers in understanding the capabilities of Tailscale.

• Generate technical content tailored for developers, including blog articles, documentation, videos, presentations, workshops, livestreams, and conference sessions.

• Act as a representative for Tailscale at events, conferences, meetups, community engagements, and discussions aimed at developers.

• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, marketing, support, and community teams to pinpoint developer challenges and transform feedback into enhanced product experiences.

• Assist developers in grasping Tailscale’s core connectivity product and newer areas such as secure AI access, privileged access management, identity, infrastructure security, and developer tools.

• Contribute to open source initiatives, examples, and integrations where applicable.

• Engage in public technical discussions via GitHub issues, pull requests, community forums, social media channels, and other developer feedback mechanisms.

• Help shape the ideal developer experience at Tailscale, from initial interaction to production use.

⛳️ Requirements

• Robust software engineering background, with proven experience in building, debugging, and delivering real-world projects.

• Capability to produce clear, valuable code samples, demos, tutorials, and technical content for developer audiences.

• Profound curiosity regarding system functionality, particularly in areas such as networking, infrastructure, security, identity, cloud, open source, or developer tools.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and innovatively.

• Experience in addressing technical audiences, whether through conferences, meetups, livestreams, workshops, podcasts, videos, or internal engineering discussions.

• Comfortable engaging in public via GitHub issues, pull requests, community forums, social media platforms, open source projects, and developer feedback loops.

• Strong developer empathy, emotional intelligence, and product insight.

• Ability to collaborate across different teams including engineering, product, marketing, support, community, and other technical stakeholders.

• Comfortable working independently, selecting high-impact projects, and seeing them through from conception to execution.

• Capability to manage multiple workflows and adhere to regular publishing, event, or launch timelines.

• At ease with presenting on stage and on camera to developer audiences.

• Willingness to travel for events, conferences, and community engagements.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Strong fundamentals in software engineering, acquired through formal education, professional experience, open source contributions, self-directed learning, or ambitious personal projects.

• A history of creating and elucidating technical systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• An inclusive, flexible environment where you can express your authentic self.

• A competitive total compensation package.

• Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period.

• Remote-first company—most teams operate fully remotely.

• Opportunities to connect with other Tailscalars in real life.

• Support for your personal and professional growth.

• Paid time off alongside a healthy work-life balance.

• A customizable home office setup.

• Generous parental leave program available from your first day.