Engineering Manager

About the role

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About Tailscale

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.

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:

- 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 Design. We operate in Pods of 2-4 engineers plus a Product Manager and Designer, and each Engineering Manager handles 2-3 such Pods. Pods work across the codebase to implement features, address shortcomings, and answer customer requests.

- Provide technical direction in projects as needed, as well as growing the technical leadership capabilities of the engineers reporting to you.

- Help in growing the organization: interviewing and recruiting, guiding the development of the engineering culture, developing processes as we grow.

Because we’re an early-stage and fully remote company, we’re looking for a motivated individual who can help move the product forward. The ability to think on your feet, collaborate with highly technical teams, and comfort working asynchronously are essential.

Key Responsibilities

- Experience as a people manager: we are not yet at a size and level of maturity as an engineering org to provide the training and support for someone new in the management role.

- Achieve significant business outcomes through cross-functional collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and designers

- Help your team to improve their performance, the quality of their work; make major design decisions

- Hire, nurture, and oversee a team of engineers while fostering an atmosphere of psychological well-being, embracing diversity and promoting inclusion.

- Lead a team responsible for managing a critical production service, including operational concerns (monitoring, alerting, on call, etc)

- Manage healthy conflict by moderating design discussions and cultivating a positive culture of feedback with candor and kindness

- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across the organization to complete complex projects spanning multiple technical domains