Customer Success Engineer

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About the role

  • Customer Success Engineer at Tailscale ensuring success for customers through onboarding and technical guidance. Building relationships with strategic clients to foster long-term product adoption.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the onboarding process for new strategic customers, ensuring they quickly understand and adopt Tailscale. Provide training and resources that set customers up for long-term success.
  • Offer technical support for customers, diagnosing and resolving issues across Tailscale's platform. Assist with configuration, integration, and troubleshooting to ensure smooth implementation.
  • Conduct QBRs with customers to review usage, success metrics, and future goals. Use these touchpoints to identify opportunities for deeper engagement and horizontal expansion.
  • Build strong relationships with customers, acting as a trusted advisor. Help customers optimize their use of Tailscale by identifying best practices, and by providing recommendations based on their specific use cases and desired business outcomes.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer internally, relaying feedback and insights to the product and engineering teams to help improve the product and the customer experience.
  • Work closely with sales, product, engineering, and support teams to ensure smooth handoffs, escalate critical issues, and drive customer success across the organization.
  • Develop and maintain a repository of technical documentation, FAQs, and guides to help customers self-serve. Share insights and best practices with both the customer and internal teams.

Requirements

  • 6+ Years in a technical role with minimum 2 years of customer-facing experience (Solutions engineer/architect, Sr. Support Engineer, etc.)
  • Experience working with enterprise customers in a consultative capacity
  • Strong understanding of networking, VPNs, and security principles. Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and other DevOps technologies
  • Prior experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Technical Support Engineer, Solutions Engineer/architect, or Customer Success Engineer at a SaaS company
  • Ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to a diverse audience, from non-technical stakeholders to engineers. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must
  • Analytical mindset and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to think critically and methodically to resolve complex technical issues
  • A passion for delivering excellent customer service and a strong focus on building long-term customer relationships
  • Ability to manage multiple customer accounts, prioritize tasks, and keep projects on track. Strong time management and organizational skills are key
  • A collaborative mindset and ability to work cross-functionally with product, sales, and engineering teams to deliver customer success

Benefits

  • An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
  • A competitive total compensation package.
  • Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period.
  • Remote first company—most of our teams work fully remotely.
  • Connect with other Tailscalars IRL.
  • Support for your personal and professional development.
  • Paid time off and a healthy work-life integration.
  • A build-your-own home office setup.
  • Generous parental leave program from your first day.

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$268,000 - CA$335,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetes

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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