Customer Reliability Engineer

Tailscale · IT

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Full TimeUSD 115000–144000 / yearlyPosted Sep 6, 2026

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IT
Employment type
Full Time
Experience level
Senior
Job salary
USD 115000–144000 / yearly

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Original employer: TailscaleSource ATS: JobicyLast checked: Sep 8, 2026Job status: Active

Tailscale is hiring a Senior Customer Reliability Engineer to own complex technical escalations and bridge the gap between customer issues and engineering fixes, based remotely in the USA.

This role centers on investigating high-severity, post-sales technical issues for a distributed infrastructure company. The engineer will perform root cause analysis, conduct packet-level debugging, and communicate directly with enterprise customers while ensuring engineering teams receive complete, evidence-backed handoff packages. The position requires a high level of autonomy in managing ambiguous production issues and contributing to systemic product improvements through pattern recognition.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Remote from USA
USD 115k–144k annual base salary
Seniority level
Focus on complex technical escalations
Full ownership of high-severity incidents

What You’ll Bring

4+ Years in a technical support or escalation role at a SaaS or infrastructure company
Hands-on networking experience with TCP/IP, routing, DNS, firewalls, NAT, VPNs, and load balancers
Deep familiarity with overlay networking concepts like WireGuard and UDP hole punching
Experience with Go or Python scripting
Ability to manage high-severity customer escalations under pressure
Proven track record of creating reproducible bug reports and technical documentation.

What You’ll Get

Benefits not specified in the listing

About the Company

Tailscale provides secure networking software based on WireGuard, designed to simplify device interconnection for teams of all sizes. Founded in 2019 and fully distributed, the company is backed by prominent venture capital firms including Accel and Insight.

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