--- title: 'Sales Development Representative (Outbound) at Tailscale' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sales-development-representative-outbound-tailscale-vancouver-2vwndthn2p2q' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Sales Development Representative (Outbound) at Tailscale - **Company:** Tailscale - **Location:** Vancouver, Canada - **Compensation:** $107k–$121k - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-07-23 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale/jobs/4717966005 ## Job description ## 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 As an Outbound Sales Development Representative, you'll play a critical role in generating new business opportunities for Tailscale. You'll own a portfolio of target accounts and create qualified pipeline through outbound prospecting across phone, email, LinkedIn, and other sales channels. This is not an inbound lead qualification role. Success comes from proactively opening doors, engaging new prospects, and creating opportunities for our Account Executives. You'll work closely with experienced sales leaders, receive ongoing coaching, and develop the skills needed to build a successful career in SaaS sales. ## Key Responsibilities - Generate qualified sales opportunities through high-volume outbound prospecting using phone calls, email, LinkedIn, and other channels. - Research target accounts and identify engineering, IT, security, and executive decision makers. - Develop thoughtful, personalized outreach that resonates with customer challenges and business priorities. - Own a portfolio of accounts and execute account-based prospecting strategies. - Partner closely with Account Executives to build pipeline and execute territory plans. - Schedule high-quality discovery meetings for the sales team. - Become an expert on Tailscale's platform, customers, and competitive landscape. - Consistently meet or exceed activity, pipeline, and meeting goals. - Leverage modern sales technologies including Salesforce, Gong, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, and AI-powered prospecting tools. - Share ideas and best practices that improve team performance. ## What We Are Looking For - 1+ years of sales, business development, recruiting, or other customer-facing experience preferred - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Comfortable spending a significant portion of your day making outbound phone calls - Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage a large portfolio of prospects - Competitive, resilient, and motivated by achieving goals - Curious, coachable, and eager to continuously improve - Strong work ethic with a desire to build a career in technology sales - Ability to work from our Vancouver office three days per week #LI-Hybrid ## Nice to Have - Experience in SaaS sales or outbound prospecting - Experience with Salesforce, Outreach, Gong, Apollo, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator - Experience selling to technical audiences or an interest in cybersecurity, networking, or cloud infrastructure - Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience What Success Looks Like In your first year, you'll: - Consistently generate qualified pipeline for the sales organization. - Become confident engaging engineering, IT, and security leaders. - Master modern outbound sales techniques across phone, email, and social selling. - Develop deep knowledge of Tailscale's products and customer use cases. - Build the foundation for future growth into an Account Executive or other revenue leadership role. Why Tailscale? - Join one of the fastest-growing infrastructure software companies. - Work alongside experienced sales leaders who are invested in your development. - Learn best-in-class outbound sales methodologies and modern prospecting tools. - Build a career in enterprise SaaS sales with clear opportunities for advancement. - Collaborate in a supportive, high-performing team that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement. 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. For this position, our pay ranges reflect target OTE (on target earnings), inclusive of base salary and variable compensation tied to the attainment of quarterly sales targets. CAN Pay Range (OTE) $107,200—$120,600 CAD Frequently cited statistics show that people who identify with historically marginalized groups are likely to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to help us break that statistic! ## 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. Please be aware that legitimate emails from Tailscale's talent team will only originate from @tailscale.com, @greenhouse.io, and @interviews.modernloop.io email addresses. For more information about protecting yourself from impersonators and scams, please visit https://tailscale.com/scam-awareness. ## About Tailscale ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Tailscale provides a zero-trust identity-based connectivity platform that replaces legacy VPNs, SASE, and PAM to securely connect remote teams, multi-cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, edge/IoT devices, and AI workloads. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: Toronto, Canada (fully remote, with team members also in the United States and United Kingdom) - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Avery Pennarun (CEO), David Carney (Chief Strategy Officer), and Brad Fitzpatrick (creator of LiveJournal, Memcached, and OpenID) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Secure connectivity, zero-trust networking, VPN replacement, infrastructure security - **Target customers**: B2B – from small businesses and open-source projects to mid-market and enterprise organizations (30,000+ businesses use Tailscale). Also serves developers, IT teams, and DevOps engineers. - **Mission or purpose statement**: “We want to help everyone create their own secure networks built around people and their connections. By making connectivity easier and more secure, we empower teams to build systems that scale, without scaling overhead.” ## Products & Services - **Tailscale (Core Platform)** – A zero-trust mesh overlay network that provides identity-based access to any resource (servers, containers, SaaS tools, cloud instances) without public exposure. Replaces legacy VPNs, bastion hosts, and complex firewall rules. Includes features like SSH, Kubernetes access, database connectivity, and Aperture for securing AI workloads. - **Tailscale Funnel** – Expose local services to the internet securely through Tailscale’s infrastructure. - **Tailscale Serve** – Allow specific devices on a tailnet to serve content publicly or privately. - **Tailscale SSH** – Manage SSH access with identity-based, auditable controls. - **Tailscale Aperture** – Secure access for AI/ML workloads and data pipelines. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric (Funding)**: Total funding of approximately $105M across multiple rounds. Series A ($35M) led by CRV in 2021; Series B ($70M) led by Accel and Insight Partners in 2022. - **Key Metric (Customers)**: 30,000+ businesses use Tailscale. Headcount estimated at ~290 employees as of 2026. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel, CRV, Insight Partners, Heavybit, Uncork Capital. Investors include Amit Kumar (Partner at Accel), Reid Christian (Partner at CRV), Joseph Ruscio (Partner at Heavybit), Rebecca Liu-Doyle (Director at Insight Partners), and Andy McLoughlin (Partner at Uncork). - **Growth Signals**: 25x headcount growth without dedicated IT resources for onboarding; 90% reduction in internal support requests; thousands of hours saved with fewer connectivity issues. Strong adoption in the AI era for securing workloads. ## Competitive Advantages - **Built on WireGuard**: Tailscale is built on the modern, audited, and high-performance WireGuard protocol (wireguard-go), with upstream contributions to the open-source project. - **Zero Trust by Design**: Identity-based access, end-to-end encryption, point-to-point connections (no central VPN server to bottleneck or inspect traffic). User privacy is a fundamental design principle. - **Simplicity & Speed**: “It has to just work” – installation takes minutes, configuration is minimal, and the platform is cross-platform and infrastructure-agnostic. - **Open Source Core**: The core client and server code are open source, and Tailscale offers a free plan for open-source projects, building trust and community. - **Small, Excellent Teams**: The company philosophy is “small is beautiful” – they believe small, excellent teams produce coherent, high-quality outcomes that large teams cannot replicate. ## Strategic Focus - **AI & Multi-Cloud Connectivity**: Tailscale is positioning itself as the secure connectivity platform for the AI era, with specific features (Aperture) for AI workloads. - **Expanding Enterprise Features**: Adding capabilities like Privileged Access Management (SSH, K8s, databases), granular access controls, and audit logging. - **Scaling the Business**: With 30,000+ businesses already onboard, the focus is on converting free/open-source users to paid plans and expanding into larger enterprise accounts. - **Global Hiring**: Actively hiring across engineering (Go, Infrastructure, Security, Mobile), customer success, sales, marketing, and operations in the US, Canada, and UK, with some roles in Singapore. ## Why Work Here - **Fully Remote & Flexible**: Tailscale is a fully remote company with team members across the US, Canada, and UK. Flexible working hours are core to the culture – employees are trusted to manage their time around their lives (family, appointments, etc.). - **Competitive Total Rewards**: Competitive salaries, generous equity incentive plans, group health benefits with no waiting periods, flexible sick days, and an employee assistance program. - **Work-Life Balance**: 26 weeks of paid parental leave, flexible paid vacation, 12 paid company holidays, and a full holiday closure from Dec 24 to Jan 1. - **Workspace Support**: Company-provided laptop (Mac/PC), monthly internet reimbursement, and a “build your own workstation” bonus. - **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on open-source contribution, Go programming, and systems-level engineering. Many team members are active in the Go, NixOS, and SQLite communities. - **Inclusive & Diverse**: The company is committed to diversity and inclusion, with a team not bound by geography, lifestyle, or life stage. They provide accommodations throughout the interview process. - **Interview Process**: For technical roles: Recruiter Interview → Hiring Manager Interview → 2-3 Team Interviews → Technical Working Session → Offer. For non-technical roles: Recruiter → Hiring Manager → 2-3 Team Interviews → Offer. ## Sources 1. [tailscale.com](https://tailscale.com/) – Official website 2. [tailscale.com/company](https://tailscale.com/company) – About page, team, investors, guiding principles 3. [tailscale.com/careers](https://tailscale.com/careers) – Careers page, perks, benefits, culture 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale/jobs/4525230005) – Current job openings 5. 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