Full-Time

Growth Engineer

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Tailscale

Tailscale

51-200 employees

Secure VPN for remote resource access

Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

CA$207.7k - CA$259.6kAnnually

Junior, Mid

Remote in Canada

Candidates must be based in Canada.

Category
Backend Engineering
Frontend Engineering
Software Engineering

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Degree
Experience
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, as well as work independently
  • Flexibility to adjust to the dynamic nature of a startup
  • Adaptable development and iterative mindset
Responsibilities
  • Cross-functional teamwork: Collaborate with designers, PMs, and other engineers
  • Product ideation: Contribute creative ideas for product features
  • Code client & backend: Develop Tailscale product features collaboratively
  • Code reviews: Conduct and participate in the code review process
  • Continuous improvement: Enhance product quality and maintainability
  • Product strategy: Influence roadmap with technical insights
  • Prototyping: Create technical prototypes for potential features
  • Use feedback: Incorporate user feedback and insights into the development process

Tailscale offers a secure networking solution through a WireGuard-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) that allows users to access remote resources like virtual machines and databases from anywhere. Its service is designed for businesses and individuals, providing a freemium model that attracts a wide user base while offering premium features for those who need them. Tailscale stands out for its simplicity and ease of use, requiring minimal setup and supporting over 100 integrations. The company's goal is to ensure safe and secure data transfer while making remote access straightforward for all users.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$111.9M

Headquarters

Canada

Founded

2019

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Tailscale's zero-trust solution is easy to deploy in existing infrastructures.
  • Partnership with Mullvad expands Tailscale's global VPN server network.
  • Viral adoption among developers indicates strong product-market fit.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from other zero-trust startups could impact market share.
  • A critical vulnerability in the Windows client poses a security risk.
  • Cooling venture funding may limit Tailscale's expansion capital.

What makes Tailscale unique

  • Tailscale uses WireGuard's Noise protocol for trusted encryption.
  • It integrates with existing identity providers like GSuite and Office365.
  • Tailscale offers over 100 integrations, fitting into diverse tech stacks.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Professional Development Budget

Home Office Stipend

Phone/Internet Stipend

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-4%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

0%
BetaKit
Jan 14th, 2025
Tailscale Hits 10,000 Paid Business Clients After Doubling Customer Base In 10 Months

Corporate VPN startup has seen rapid growth amid strong demand from AI companies

Arun Blog
Sep 3rd, 2024
SSH setup of the future

About two weeks, Tailscale announced a fantastic SSH experience as well: Tailscale SSH that allows one to establish SSH connections with devices on my tailnet without having to generate and distribute keys.

Tailscale
Sep 7th, 2023
Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web

Tailscale has partnered with Mullvad to make its global network of VPN servers available for our customers.

Tailscale
Jun 27th, 2023
Prerequisites

Tailscale recently introduced Tailscale SSH, which allows you to use Tailscale to authenticate to your devices over SSH instead of having to rely on passwords, key rotation, copying over authorized keys and more.

Benzinga
Jun 6th, 2023
Despite Quantitative Tightening, Vcs Are Investing In Devops And Ai Security

DevOps shifts security left. “Architecture and development shifts create new opportunities for security,” says James Green, General Partner at CRV and a Forbes’ 30 under 30 honoree in 2022. The startups best positioned to land funding are those with defensible moats that usually go in hand with solving tough problems others haven’t addressed. One example is integrating security with DevOps, which empowers developers to prioritize security issues and expedite remediation. “Existing Source Code Analysis solutions are not sufficient,” Green notes. CRV’s investments in Project Discovery and Tailscale put security in the hands of developers, reducing silos and remediation time.The result of this cloudification of work is a diverse landscape of cybersecurity offerings extending protection from on-premises basics to newer terrain - developer and firmware environments, and even AI algorithms