About this role.
Tailscale is hiring a Technical Growth Content Specialist to create technically accurate educational content that helps enterprise and developer audiences discover, evaluate, and adopt its networking product. The role combines technical writing, SEO and AI-search optimization, developer education, and product storytelling, with accountability for measurable growth and adoption outcomes. Responsibilities include producing tutorials, implementation guides, comparison pages, demos, and timely content informed by customer questions and community discussions. The specialist will collaborate closely with engineering, product, developer relations, documentation, product marketing, and the AI & Organic Search Manager. This is a remote, Canada-based full-time role for a writer who can learn technical products deeply and deliver high-quality content at speed.
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I would explain the audience problem, research inputs, content formats, distribution plan, and the metrics used to evaluate success. For example, I might describe building a topic cluster around a high-intent implementation problem, then measuring qualified organic traffic, conversion to product sign-up, assisted pipeline, and content engagement over time.
I would begin by using the product directly and documenting the setup process, expected outcomes, and points of confusion. I would then validate technical claims with documentation and subject matter experts, test examples where possible, and write from the perspective of a practitioner completing a real task.
I use lightweight but disciplined workflows: clear briefs, documented source material, reusable templates, technical review checkpoints, and post-publication monitoring. For urgent topics, I would publish a focused, well-supported first version quickly and schedule expansions or refinements as product experts and performance data provide further insight.
I focus first on genuinely useful, technically precise answers that clearly address user intent. I structure material with descriptive headings, concise explanations, strong examples, original insights, accurate terminology, and links to authoritative supporting resources, then evaluate performance across search visibility, referrals, engagement, and conversion.
I would assess relevance to Tailscale's ideal audience, the urgency and recurrence of the question, search or discoverability potential, product alignment, and whether we can provide a uniquely useful answer. High-signal questions with immediate audience interest and a credible technical response would receive priority, while lower-value trends would be logged for planned content research.
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 looking for a Technical Growth Content Specialist to create educational content that helps enterprise buyers and technical practitioners discover, evaluate, and adopt Tailscale.
This role sits at the intersection of technical writing, content marketing, developer education, and product storytelling. Working closely with the AI & Organic Search Manager, you’ll transform customer questions, product launches, search insights, and emerging industry trends into technically accurate content that performs across traditional search engines and AI-powered discovery platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews), and the social channels where technical audiences discover tools today.
Success isn’t measured by how much content you publish, it’s measured by the quality, usefulness, and business impact of the content you create. You’ll build with the product, collaborate with technical subject matter experts, and create tutorials, implementation guides, comparison pages, demos, and educational resources that earn trust with enterprise audiences and support Tailscale’s growth.
We’re looking for someone who has made a significant impact on metrics as a content writer. This is a growth-centered position that will be accountable for specific metrics each quarter.
Key Responsibilities
- Create hyper-relevant content that drives measurable growth by turning search insights, customer questions, and real-time community signals into high-impact content.
- Monitor conversations across Twitter, Hacker News, and Reddit, and turn emerging questions and trends into timely content, often same-week, sometimes same-day.
- Partner with the AI & Organic Search Manager to turn discoverability opportunities into high-impact content.
- Build hands-on experience with Tailscale to create credible, practical technical content.
- Produce content at a high velocity while maintaining a high bar for technical accuracy and editorial quality.
- Partner with Product Marketing, Product, Engineering, Developer Relations, Docs, and subject matter experts to ensure content is accurate and useful.
- Refresh, expand, and optimize existing content based on performance insights and customer feedback.
- Develop an AI-first content program that turns search, customer, product, and performance insights into high-quality content faster.
- Support strategic initiatives with technical content that drives metrics like self-serve revenue and product adoption.
What We Are Looking For
- 3–6+ years of experience in growth technical content marketing, technical writing, developer marketing, journalism, or a related field
- Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
- Familiarity with SEO and AI discoverability best practices
- Highly curious with a hunger to learn and jump head-first into tough challenges
- Experience creating educational content for technical or enterprise audiences
- Comfortable learning new technologies and building with products to create authentic technical content
- Experience using AI tools to research, draft, and improve content quality and production speed
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work closely with engineering, product, and marketing teams
- Excellent project management and organizational skills
Nice to Have
- Experience marketing developer tools, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, or B2B SaaS products
- Familiarity with GitHub, Markdown, HTML, or static site generators
- Experience building sample applications, demos, or interactive technical resources
- Basic familiarity with scripting or programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Go
- Experience creating videos, diagrams, or other technical educational content
- An active presence in developer communities through writing, speaking, open source, or personal projects
- An existing audience on Twitter/X, or a personal blog in the AI space
- Experience building content clusters that drive topical authority and compounding growth
As a company, we strive to maintain fair and equitable compensation practices within our team across all roles and all levels. Tailscale’s compensation package includes base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The salary range displayed on each job posting represents the target range for a new hire’s base salary. Individual offers may vary based on experience and skill set.
CAN Pay Range
$127,300—$159,460 CAD
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What We Offer
- An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self. We recognize the impact of diverse voices and backgrounds on the growth of our people, product, and company. And that flexibility in how and when you work empowers our team to integrate work and life.
- A competitive total compensation package. This includes a base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission (for quota-based roles).
- Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. Take advantage of coverage for health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family!
- Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely. Enjoy a change of scenery wherever you can get wifi, participate in virtual and in-person social events, and leverage our corporate co-working program to visit WeWork (or other similar spaces near you). Some roles require in-office collaboration depending on team needs, which will be clearly noted in the job description.
- Employer-funded retirement contributions. Tailscale will match your retirement contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of your eligible compensation.
- Connect with other Tailscalars IRL. Attend our annual company retreat, participate in team off-sites, and collaborate in person with teammates across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. We support intentional in-person connection through team travel and distributed collaboration.
- Support for your personal and professional development. Grow your career thoughtfully with $1500 USD annually for professional development, or take advantage of mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities.
- Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration. Our flexible, paid time off program supports you for any situation life throws your way, whether moving homes or travelling the world!
- A build-your-own home office setup. You choose your own company-owned laptop (Mac or PC), receive a monthly home internet reimbursement, and $500 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
- Paid parental leave program. We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave top-ups (20 weeks for birthing parents, 16 weeks for non-birthing parents).
Tailscale is committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring process. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process or related to any aspect of this role, please contact your recruiter.
Our hiring process uses AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess candidates. All hiring decisions are made by people.
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