Head of AI-First Cloud Developer Platform

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

Job summary

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

You will collaborate with engineering on API design, OpenAPI standards, and platform governance while guiding the evolution of CLI, SDKs, and Terraform providers to empower developers across the Akamai Cloud platform.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience in API platforms and developer tooling.
• Experience designing REST, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs and delivering dev tools (CLI, SDKs, Terraform providers).
• Expertise in API Gateway architectures, traffic management, OAuth2 and mTLS.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-year vision, strategy, and execution roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.
• Modernize enterprise API paths while improving API quality and platform performance.
• Develop interfaces for AI agents and LLM-driven workflows using Model Context Protocol.
• Collaborate on API design guidelines, OpenAPI standards, governance, and Gateway capabilities.
• Oversee development of CLI, SDKs, and IaC providers.
• Unify Developer Experience across platforms for consistency.

Skills

REST APIs

gRPC APIs

GraphQL APIs

Developer tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

OpenAPI standards

API Gateway

Terraform providers

CLI/SDKs

Model Context Protocol

Job description

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

You will collaborate with engineering on API design, OpenAPI standards, and platform governance while guiding the evolution of CLI, SDKs, and Terraform providers to empower developers across the Akamai Cloud platform.