Backend Engineer, Tailscale
$163-226k
+ Equity incentive plan
A zero config VPN for building secure networks
Open for applications
A zero config VPN for building secure networks
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$163-226k
+ Equity incentive plan
101-200 employees
Company mission
To remove overhead and complexity from the “long tail” of software and operational problems that people face every day.
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Company mission
To remove overhead and complexity from the “long tail” of software and operational problems that people face every day.
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.
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Benefits
- An allowance for equipment to help you personalize your workspace
- 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
- Flexible (and reasonable) working hours—work/life balance is exceptionally important to us
Company values
- Real people solving concrete problems
- Small is beautiful
- It has to "just work"
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2022
$100m
SERIES B
Nov 2020
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $115m
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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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