Principal Product Manager (Dataplane)
Tailscale — Remote (United States)
Posted 2026-08-05
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 are seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead Tailscale's dataplane platform which is the critical layer that carries customer traffic and delivers the promise of "fast, secure, just works." This position will be responsible for driving forward open source & commercial technology spanning the Tailscale client, DERP, Subnet routers, WireGuard, Exit Nodes, Peer Relays, and App Connectors. See How Tailscale Works and How NAT Traversal Works to learn more. Tailscale's growth has significantly expanded the scope and importance of the dataplane. It now carries traffic for over 7 million monthly active devices (and growing rapidly!). Tails