[Hiring] Product Manager, Networking Features @Tailscale

Role Description

We are seeking a Product Manager to own Tailscale's networking features — the layer that decides how traffic finds its destination by name on top of Tailscale’s seamless mesh connectivity solution. Concretely, you will own four feature sets:

• App Connectors: Route traffic to specific SaaS and private applications by name, so access follows the app rather than the IP.
• DNS: MagicDNS, split DNS, custom name servers, search domains.
• Tailscale Serve & Services: Make a workload — not a machine — the unit of connectivity and access: addressable, load-balanced, and durable across the instances behind it.
• Funnel: Tailscale's ingress story: securely exposing a Service running inside the tailnet to the public internet.

This is the most user-visible role in Tailscale's Dataplane Platform, and the work is as much product design as it is networking. DNS settings, connector topologies, and service definitions are configured by network engineers and IT admins in the admin console, API, and CLI.

See How Tailscale Works , Tailscale Funnel , and Four ways to Tailscale a service to learn more.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in product management, including direct ownership of an application-layer connectivity product.
• A track record of turning a complex networking system into a legible product surface.
• End-to-end ownership of a product area: strategy, requirements, launch, and iteration after launch.
• Evidence of data-informed decisions.

Requirements

• Experience with Product Led Growth and balancing that with enterprise buying motions.
• Kubernetes networking: ingress, Gateway API, operators, or service exposure patterns.
• Hands-on experience with secure tunneling and exposure products.
• Abuse prevention, rate limiting, or trust and safety work on a publicly exposed service.
• Familiarity with VPN and tunneling protocols, BGP, cloud VPC peering, or PrivateLink-style private connectivity.
• Public technical writing, conference talks, or open-source contributions in networking.
• Hands-on experience with Tailscale at work or at home.

Benefits

• An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self.
• A competitive total compensation package, including base salary, equity incentive plan, and variable commission.
• Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period.
• Remote first company with opportunities for in-person collaboration.
• Employer-funded retirement contributions matched dollar-for-dollar.
• Support for personal and professional development with $1500 USD annually.
• Flexible, paid time off program.
• Build-your-own home office setup with a company-owned laptop and customization budget.
• Paid parental leave program with top-ups for birthing and non-birthing parents.