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Engineering Manager, Control Plane

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Remote · CanadaSalary not disclosedfull-timeTailscale Careers

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.

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
  • Drive planning across multiple time horizons, from immediate tactical needs to long-term strategic direction.
  • 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.

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    Posted
    29 Jul 2026
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