Manager, Developer Relations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Oversee Tailscale’s Developer Relations Engineering team and its strategic roadmap.

• Manage and nurture a high-performing team of Developer Relations Engineers through clear expectations, ownership, coaching, and constructive feedback.

• Lead the creation of integrations, example applications, open-source projects, demos, workshops, reference architectures, tutorials, and developer tools.

• Personally engage in high-impact technical projects by developing prototypes, reviewing code, debugging integrations, and producing working demos.

• Serve as a prominent technical ambassador for Tailscale through videos, presentations, demos, integrations, workshops, and community involvement.

• Ensure the Developer Relations Engineering outputs are technically sound, engaging, relevant, and consistent with product positioning.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Growth, Content, Sales, and Customer Success teams on launches, educational efforts, developer feedback, and product strategy.

• Identify opportunities within developer workflows and ecosystems, assisting in validation and prioritization.

• Act as a senior Developer Relations partner for significant launches and strategic initiatives.

• Define, monitor, and report on audience growth, engagement, product activation, integration adoption, and contributions to the self-serve funnel.

• Leverage developer insights and performance data to prioritize programs and showcase the value of investments.

⛳️ Requirements

• 6+ years of pertinent experience in Developer Relations, developer advocacy, engineering, or a related discipline.

• 2+ years of experience managing, mentoring, or leading technical contributors and scaling a DevRel or similar function.

• Solid software engineering foundation, encompassing production-quality code, APIs, developer tools, debugging, and working with unfamiliar technologies.

• Proven experience in building developer-centric technical projects such as integrations, SDK examples, reference applications, open-source tools, demos, workshops, or developer infrastructure from concept to launch and iteration.

• Capability to translate product and company priorities into a well-defined technical roadmap.

• Strong skills in program management, including planning, prioritization, delegation, and proactive communication of risks.

• Keen instincts for developer-product alignment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for articulating complex technical concepts.

• Experience in cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Growth, Sales, or Customer Success teams.

• Ability to balance hands-on execution with team leadership and long-term program development.

• Familiarity with public codebases and developer ecosystems, including GitHub workflows, pull requests, issue discussions, technical feedback, and collaboration with external developers.

• Experience in defining and reporting on DevRel engineering metrics, program performance, or product/business outcomes.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and creating clarity through direct communication and documented plans.

• Low ego, high motivation, and a “yes, and” attitude towards collaboration.

• Familiarity with Tailscale as a user.

🏝️ Benefits

• Inclusive and flexible work environment with adaptable arrangements.

• Participation in an equity incentive plan.

• Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health, vision, and dental coverage for employees and their families.

• Fully remote work setup.

• Opportunities for virtual and in-person social events.

• Corporate co-working program available.

• Employer-funded retirement contributions that match employee contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to 0.75% of eligible compensation annually.

• Annual company retreat and team off-sites.

• Opportunities for team travel and collaborative efforts across distributed teams.

• $1500 USD annually allocated for professional development.

• Access to mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.

• Flexible paid time off program.

• Provision of a company-owned laptop (Mac or PC).

• Monthly reimbursement for home internet expenses.

• $500 USD allowance for home office/workstation customization.

• Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.