Product Growth Engineer

Tailscale Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Remote (United States)

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Product Growth Engineer at Tailscale, you will play a key role in shaping the future of secure connectivity by developing features that drive user engagement and product adoption. This role matters because you will directly influence how individuals and organizations connect their devices and teams securely, contributing to Tailscale’s mission of rebuilding the Internet to be easy, sensible, and safe.
• Day to day, you will develop client and backend code, collaborate with UX/UI designers and product managers to ideate and prototype features, run experiments to measure user engagement, analyze growth metrics, and advocate for product-led growth practices across engineering, product, and design teams.
• Tailscale is a fully remote, early-stage company founded in 2019 and backed by top-tier investors including Accel, CRV, and Insight. The engineering team operates with high autonomy and asynchronous collaboration, valuing technical excellence, product thinking, and cross-functional alignment to deliver secure, user-friendly networking software used by hobbyists and enterprises worldwide.
• In this role, you will deepen your expertise in full-stack development, grow your ability to balance technical execution with product strategy, and gain hands-on experience in experimentation, metrics-driven development, and influencing roadmap decisions — positioning you for impact in product engineering or technical leadership.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong track record of working with a product mindset and influencing product strategy
• Experience with backend and client development
• User-focused design and problem-solving abilities
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to give and process constructive feedback, work independently, and adapt to a dynamic startup environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package including base salary, equity, and variable commission (for quota-based roles)
• Comprehensive group health, vision, and dental benefits with no waiting period
• $1,500 USD annual professional development stipend, plus mentorship and internal promotion opportunities
• Remote-first culture with flexible work hours, home office setup support ($1,000 USD stipend + monthly internet reimbursement), and company-provided laptop
• Generous parental leave program (up to 26 weeks top-up from day one) and flexible paid time off for work-life integration
• Annual company retreat, team off-sites, and access to WeWork or similar co-working spaces for in-person collaboration

Skills & Technologies

Remote

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About Tailscale Inc.

Tailscale Inc. provides a zero-config virtual private network built on the open-source WireGuard protocol. It creates secure, encrypted mesh networks that connect devices, servers and users without traditional VPN hardware or complex firewall rules. The software runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and container platforms, integrating with identity providers like Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. Organizations use Tailscale to enable remote access to internal applications, SSH, RDP, databases and development environments, while maintaining centralized access controls and audit logs. The company is privately held and headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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