Data Engineer, Tailscale
$135-203k
+ Equity
A zero config VPN for building secure networks
Posted today
A zero config VPN for building secure networks
101-200 employees
Posted today
$135-203k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To remove overhead and complexity from the “long tail” of software and operational problems that people face every day.
Role
Who you are
- Experience as a Data Engineer working with analysts and engineering teams, including experience with data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, and analytics infrastructure
- Strong SQL skills including schema design, query optimization, and data model evolution
- Experience with modern data stack tools (Snowflake, dbt) and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Ownership mindset - we have a solid foundation but need someone who can evolve our data infrastructure maturity
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with ability to work independently in a startup environment
- Understanding of how to transform raw data into actionable business insights
Desirable
- B2B SaaS experience
- Experience with data platforms at high-growth companies
- Experience with unstructured data integrations and log processing
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a talented and motivated full-time Data Engineer to join our team. We’re looking for an individual who can own the Data and Analytics infrastructure to power the rest of the company. The ability to think on one’s feet, enjoy collaborating with highly technical teams, and be comfortable working asynchronously is essential
- Operate and optimize our current stack of data tools: Prefect (on-prem), Snowflake, dbt, Rudderstack, Hightouch, Fivetran, and Looker
- Collaborate with engineering teams to add metrics to underlying systems and code for better visibility into user behavior
- Build and design new data pipelines into our Snowflake instance, leveraging AWS and on-premises orchestration tools to evolve our data infrastructure maturity
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing and business teams to ensure tools (Salesforce, Hubspot, etc) are enriched with accurate and timely data to drive effective actions
- Ensure that our data systems are reliably updating with accurate and timely data and that data syncing between systems is consistent and dependable
- Guide the evolution of the product and service by normalizing operational data. Develop data strategies to analyze user engagement, product utilization, and user acquisition/activation insights
Our take
The internet is a global phenomenon, but often online activity is unprotected which leaves users vulnerable to hackers on public networks. Additionally certain sites are inaccessible or censored depending on the users location. Use of a VPN enables a secure connection through an encrypted virtual tunnel which also disguises IP addresses. Traditional VPN's tunnel all network traffic through a central gateway server which can affect reliability, and VPN's almost always slow connection speed.
Tailscale is a VPN service built on top of a secure network fabric, which is unlike a traditional VPN provider as it ensures encrypted point-to-point connections by using the open source WireGuard protocol. Tailscale is configured, on average, in a matter of minutes, while other solutions take weeks to fully implement and then require several hours a week of maintenance.
The product has been well received with reviewers agreeing that it is easy to set up and a great tool for developers. The company plan to develop its product further by tackling the complexity of software and confront operational problems that people face daily. The company continues its expansion by empowering small teams to build systems that scale, without scaling overhead.
Steph
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Insights
81% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Apr 2025
$160m
SERIES C
May 2022
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $275m
Company benefits
- Flexible (and reasonable) working hours—work/life balance is exceptionally important to us
- Competitive compensation, stock options and 401(k) (for United States-based employees)
- Comprehensive medical/dental/vision benefits, and more
- 4 weeks of paid vacation (standard across the company) + 12 company holidays per year
- An allowance for equipment to help you personalize your workspace
Company HQ
King West Village, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Avery Pennarun
(Co-Founder & CEO)A range of experience in software engineering including Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google Fiber. They co-founded EQL Data in 2009.
David Crawshaw
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previous experience includes working as a Staff Software Engineer at Google before co-founding Tailscale.
David Carney
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Format in 2012, working as a Full Stack Developer, COO and CFO. Also co-founded Form & Method and The Navarra Group.
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