Manager, Developer Relations

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About the role

  • Developer Relations Engineering Manager leading technical teams and developer experiences for Tailscale’s secure networking platform. Building integrations, demos, open-source projects, and programs that drive adoption.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Tailscale’s Developer Relations Engineering team and roadmap
  • Manage and develop a high-performing team of Developer Relations Engineers through expectations, technical ownership, coaching, and feedback
  • Build integrations, example applications, open-source projects, demos, workshops, reference architectures, tutorials, and developer tooling
  • Personally contribute to high-leverage technical projects, including prototypes, code reviews, integration debugging, and working demos
  • Serve as a visible technical voice through videos, presentations, demos, integrations, workshops, and community engagement
  • Ensure Developer Relations Engineering work is technically accurate, engaging, relevant, and aligned with product positioning
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Growth, Content, Sales, and Customer Success on launches, education, developer feedback, and product strategy
  • Identify developer workflows and ecosystem opportunities and help validate and prioritize them
  • Act as the senior DevRel partner for major launches and strategic initiatives
  • Define, track, and report on audience growth, engagement, product activation, integration adoption, and self-serve funnel contribution
  • Use qualitative developer insights and performance data to prioritize programs and demonstrate investment value

Requirements

  • 6+ years of relevant experience in Developer Relations, developer advocacy, engineering, or a related field
  • 2+ years of experience managing, coaching, or leading technical contributors and scaling a DevRel or similar function
  • Strong software engineering foundation, including production-quality coding, code review, APIs, developer tooling, and technical debugging
  • Experience building developer-facing technical projects such as integrations, SDK examples, reference applications, open-source tools, demos, workshops, or developer infrastructure from idea through launch and iteration
  • Ability to translate product and company priorities into a focused technical roadmap
  • Strong program management skills, including planning, prioritization, delegation, and proactive risk communication
  • Strong developer-product instincts
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining complex technical concepts clearly and engagingly
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Growth, Sales, or Customer Success teams
  • Ability to balance hands-on execution with team leadership and long-term program development
  • Experience working in public codebases and developer ecosystems, including GitHub workflows, pull requests, issue discussions, technical feedback, and external developer collaboration
  • Experience defining and reporting on DevRel engineering metrics, program performance, or contribution to product and business outcomes
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
  • Must have tried and used Tailscale
  • Nice to have: experience with developer-focused infrastructure, networking, security, or open-source products
  • Nice to have: familiarity with Tailscale, WireGuard, networking concepts, identity-based access, or Zero Trust architecture
  • Nice to have: experience supporting product-led growth or self-serve adoption
  • Nice to have: conference speaking, technical videos, or developer workshops
  • Nice to have: agency, contractor, program budget, or external contributor management experience

Benefits

  • Equity incentive plan
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental benefits with no waiting period
  • Flexible remote-first work environment
  • Virtual and in-person social events
  • Corporate co-working program
  • Employer-funded retirement contributions matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to 0.75% of eligible compensation annually
  • Annual company retreat and team off-sites
  • $1,500 USD annually for professional development
  • Mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities
  • Flexible paid time off program
  • Company-owned laptop choice of Mac or PC
  • Monthly home internet reimbursement
  • $500 USD home office/workstation customization allowance
  • Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents
  • Variable commission for quota-based roles (not specified as applicable to this role)

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$161,000 - $201,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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