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# Talent Acquisition Coordinator (Contract) at Tailscale

- **Company:** Tailscale
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $40–$45/hr
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale/jobs/4730786005

## 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

We’re looking for an organized, thoughtful, and highly collaborative Talent Acquisition Coordinator to help deliver an exceptional recruiting experience at Tailscale. This is initially a 6 month contract position with the potential to extend and/or convert to a full-time role based on business needs and performance.

Reporting initially to the Director of Talent Acquisition, you’ll partner with Talent Acquisition Partners, Sourcers, hiring managers, interview teams, and candidates to keep recruiting processes running smoothly and efficiently. Over time, this role is expected to align under our Talent Acquisition Operations & Programs function as that team evolves.

This is more than a scheduling role. You’ll help create a consistent, high-quality candidate and hiring team experience while identifying opportunities to improve processes and help Talent Acquisition scale effectively.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-moving environment, brings exceptional attention to detail, communicates proactively, and enjoys finding better ways to make complex processes feel seamless.

## Key Responsibilities

Coordinate the Recruiting Process

- Coordinate phone screens, assessments, panel interviews, and other interview stages across candidates, interviewers, and time zones.
- Manage complex scheduling and changing priorities with a high degree of accuracy, responsiveness, and attention to detail.
- Ensure candidates and interview teams have the information and support they need throughout the interview process.
- Proactively identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, process gaps, and potential delays to keep searches moving forward.

Deliver an Exceptional Candidate Experience

- Create a thoughtful, consistent, and high-touch candidate experience throughout the interview process.
- Serve as a key point of contact, providing candidates with clear, timely communication and support.
- Anticipate candidate needs and ensure interactions are organized, welcoming, and reflective of Tailscale’s culture.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners to keep candidates informed and engaged throughout the process.

Partner with Talent Acquisition & Hiring Teams

- Build strong working relationships with Talent Acquisition Partners, Sourcers, hiring managers, interview teams, and cross-functional partners.
- Support hiring teams with interview logistics, process questions, pre-briefs, debriefs, and other coordination needs.
- Communicate proactively when issues arise, partnering with the appropriate stakeholders to keep hiring processes moving forward.

Support Recruiting Operations

- Maintain accurate recruiting data, candidate records, interview plans, workflows, and documentation across our recruiting systems.
- Identify recurring inefficiencies and recommend improvements that simplify processes for candidates, recruiters, and hiring teams.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations on process improvements, reporting, documentation, tools, and automation.
- Support the adoption of recruiting technology and AI-enabled tools that improve efficiency and team effectiveness.

Contribute to TA Programs & Projects

- Support Talent Acquisition programs and projects that improve candidate experience, recruiting effectiveness, and team scalability.
- Maintain recruiting resources, templates, documentation, and team knowledge.
- Contribute to employer brand, referrals, recruiting events, and other talent initiatives as business needs evolve.

## What We Are Looking For

- Experience in recruiting coordination, Talent Acquisition, People Operations, or a similarly fast-paced and highly organized environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex scheduling across multiple stakeholders, priorities, and time zones with exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and maintain a high level of accuracy.
- Proactive problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and the ability to anticipate issues, find solutions, and escalate when appropriate.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a thoughtful and professional approach to candidates, hiring teams, and senior leaders.
- A strong sense of ownership and urgency, with the adaptability to operate effectively as priorities, processes, and business needs evolve.
- Experience with recruiting systems and collaboration tools such as Greenhouse, ModernLoop, Google Workspace, and Slack, with curiosity about automation and AI-enabled recruiting tools.

## Nice to Have

- Experience supporting recruiting in a high-growth or globally distributed technology company.
- Experience coordinating complex technical, GTM, or executive interview processes.
- Experience identifying and implementing improvements to recruiting workflows or coordination processes.
- Comfort using data, automation, or AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual work.
- A track record of creating an exceptional experience for both candidates and hiring teams.

Note: this is a contract position and is not eligible for the full-time, exempt benefits listed below. US Pay Range $40—$45 USD

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. [jobsbyculture.com](https://jobsbyculture.com/blog/working-at-tailscale-2026) – Employee culture review (2026, ~290 employees)

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