Tailscale · 6 hours ago
Analytics Engineer, Data
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
$136K/yr - $170K/yrTailscale is building a new Internet by providing software that enhances secure interconnections for users and devices. They are seeking a hands-on Analytics Engineer to join their growing data team, focusing on delivering scalable data solutions across various business operations including finance and product analytics.
Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyInfrastructureNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Partner with teams across Finance, Engineering, Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success to uncover their workflows, challenges, and data needs
Design, build, and maintain scalable dbt models and data pipelines supporting financial reporting (ARR, billing, revenue recognition) as well as operational, product, and GTM analytics
Tackle ambiguous, high-complexity problems, untangling systems, manual processes, and unclear logic to produce clear, durable data solutions
Translate user challenges and incomplete requirements into structured data models, automated workflows, and end-to-end solutions
While building towards automation, understanding the user needs to process manual tasks
Own solutions from ingestion to transformation to data quality, documentation, and stakeholder enablement
Connect data and logic across domains, identifying how systems relate and surfacing opportunities to simplify, standardize, or automate
Advocate for high standards in data quality, clarity, documentation, and maintainability
Qualification
Required
You have delivered production data models and pipelines that power real business decisions
You operate autonomously and make thoughtful tradeoffs in a fast-paced environment
You're skilled in SQL and modern data modeling, and you write clean, maintainable, well-organized code
A track record of converting manual, ad hoc workflows into automated, durable pipelines or self-service solutions
You can take a vague problem, ask the right questions, and turn it into a clear technical plan and high-quality solution
You work well with both technical and non-technical partners, helping teams clarify their needs, understand tradeoffs, and driving alignment
You're a generalist who enjoys learning new domains and solving a wide range of challenges from Finance to Product to GTM
You are curious, resourceful, and comfortable challenging assumptions thoughtfully and advocating for approaches that improve scalability and data quality
You enjoy untangling complexity and turning chaos into clarity
You care about building simple, transparent, robust data foundations
You think in terms of systems and scalability, not one-off fixes, and are able to weigh in trade-offs and build systems to solve problems as needed
You're motivated by helping teams work more effectively through data
You're team-oriented, collaborative, and communicate with clarity
You're excited to grow your impact and take on increasing ownership as the team expands
Preferred
Experience in a high-growth product-led SaaS company
Familiarity with billing systems, revenue recognition, GAAP accounting, or financial operations
Experience partnering with Finance and accounting during month-end/quarter-end cycles
Exposure to Stripe, Salesforce, Looker, or other financial and GTM systems
Benefits
Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period. Take advantage of coverage for health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family!
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 $1000 USD to customize your workstation to make it your own.
Generous parental leave program from your first day. We care about your life outside of work and encourage new parents to take advantage of parental leave top-ups for up to 26 weeks.
Company
Tailscale
Tailscale is a software company that provides zero-configuration virtual private networks (VPNs) for secure connectivity.
Founded in 2019
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$276.37MKey Investors
AccelHeavybit
2025-04-08Series C· $161.37M
2022-05-04Series B· $100M
2020-11-10Series A· $12M
Leadership Team
Avery Pennarun
Co-founder and CEO
David Crawshaw
Co-Founder
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