Cloud Developer Tools Leader: API Strategy & AI Workflows

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

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Health benefits

401K savings plan

Vacation (PTO)

Sick time

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a strategic leader to shape the multi-year vision and execution roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling. You will align API strategy, accelerates developer tooling, and champion AI-driven workflows across the platform.

The role requires coordinating with engineering on API guidelines, OpenAPI standards, and gateway capabilities, while overseeing CLI, SDKs, and IaC tooling to enhance the developer experience across environments.

Qualifications

• Experience defining multi-year product strategy for cloud developer tooling.
• Modernizing API paths and elevating API quality, consistency, and platform performance.
• Pioneering next-generation developer interfaces for AI agents and LLM-driven workflows.
• 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.

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

Developer tooling

OpenAPI standards

Cloud platforms

AI workflows

Tools

CLI

SDKs

Infrastructure as Code

OpenAPI tooling

API Gateway

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a strategic leader to shape the multi-year vision and execution roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling. You will align API strategy, accelerates developer tooling, and champion AI-driven workflows across the platform.

The role requires coordinating with engineering on API guidelines, OpenAPI standards, and gateway capabilities, while overseeing CLI, SDKs, and IaC tooling to enhance the developer experience across environments.