Lead, Cloud Developer Platform & AI Workflows

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

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Healthcare benefits

401K savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Product Leader to shape the multi-year strategy for Akamai Cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations.

You will bridge technical architecture with product strategy, define the roadmap for official developer tools including CLI/SDKs, and drive modernization of API paths, OpenAPI standards, and platform performance. This role emphasizes AI-first workflows and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Must have a strong track record in leading product strategy and roadmaps for developer tooling.
• Experience shaping multi-year visions for cloud APIs and related tooling.
• Familiarity with API design guidelines and standards.

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

Product strategy

Roadmap planning

API design

OpenAPI standards

Developer tooling

CLI/SDKs

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Senior Product Leader to shape the multi-year strategy for Akamai Cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations.

You will bridge technical architecture with product strategy, define the roadmap for official developer tools including CLI/SDKs, and drive modernization of API paths, OpenAPI standards, and platform performance. This role emphasizes AI-first workflows and cross-team collaboration.