Cloud Dev Tools & AI APIs Leader

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a senior product leader to shape the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations. You will bridge deep technical architecture with product strategy and drive the vision for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.

Lead API design governance, OpenAPI standards, and the evolution of CLI, SDKs, and Terraform providers while unifying the Developer Experience across platforms for consistency and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Have 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or its equivalent.
• Experience designing REST, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs and delivering developer tools like CLIs, SDKs, and Terraform providers.
• Solid expertise in API Gateway architectures, traffic management, and authentication protocols such as OAuth2 and mTLS.
• Proven track record of evolving mature developer platforms and managing breaking-change lifecycles without disrupting workloads.
• Familiar with LLM function calling, AI agent frameworks, and Model Context Protocol.
• Knowledgeable about open-source developer ecosystems, Infrastructure as Code automation communities, and cloud platforms.

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 to streamline and unify the Developer Experience across platforms for consistency and efficiency.

Skills

API design (REST/gRPC/GraphQL)

Developer tooling

OAuth2 & mTLS

API Gateway

LLM function calling

Open-source ecosystems

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a senior product leader to shape the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations. You will bridge deep technical architecture with product strategy and drive the vision for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.

Lead API design governance, OpenAPI standards, and the evolution of CLI, SDKs, and Terraform providers while unifying the Developer Experience across platforms for consistency and efficiency.