Cloud API & Developer Tools Product Leader

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Providence, RI, is seeking a senior product leader to shape the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tooling, and infrastructure integrations. You will bridge deep technical architecture and product strategy to empower developers.

The role drives vision, API design standards, CLI/SDK development, and AI-driven workflows, collaborating with engineering to ensure consistent, high-quality developer experiences across Akamai Cloud.

Qualifications

• Crafting and driving the multi-year vision, product strategy, and roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.
• Modernizing brownfield enterprise API paths while elevating API quality, consistency, and platform performance.
• Pioneering next-generation developer interfaces for AI agents and LLM-driven workflows using Model Context Protocol endpoints.
• Collaborating with engineering on API design guidelines, OpenAPI standards, schema governance, and API Gateway capabilities.
• Overseeing product development for official developer tools including CLI, SDKs, and Infrastructure as Code providers.
• Influencing strategy of streamlining and unifying the Developer Experience across multiple platforms to ensure consistency and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Crafting and driving the multi-year vision, product strategy, and execution roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.
• Modernizing brownfield enterprise API paths while elevating API quality, consistency, and platform performance.
• Pioneering next-generation developer interfaces for AI agents and LLM-driven workflows using Model Context Protocol endpoints.
• Collaborating with engineering on API design guidelines, OpenAPI standards, schema governance, and API Gateway capabilities.
• Overseeing product development for official developer tools including CLI, SDKs, and Infrastructure as Code providers.
• Influencing strategy of streamlining and unifying the Developer Experience across multiple platforms to ensure consistency and efficiency.

Skills

API strategy

OpenAPI

Developer tooling

CLI/SDKs

Infrastructure as Code

AI workflows

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Providence, RI, is seeking a senior product leader to shape the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tooling, and infrastructure integrations. You will bridge deep technical architecture and product strategy to empower developers.

The role drives vision, API design standards, CLI/SDK development, and AI-driven workflows, collaborating with engineering to ensure consistent, high-quality developer experiences across Akamai Cloud.