Principal PM: AI-First Cloud Developer Tools

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Health insurance

401K savings plan

Parental leave

Paid vacation (PTO)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Principal Product Manager to shape the multi-year strategy for Akamai Cloud API tooling and developer infrastructure. You will help bridge architecture with product strategy, and drive strategic tooling across platforms.

You will lead API design guidelines, OpenAPI practices, and the evolution of CLI, SDKs, and Terraform providers, while focusing on a unified Developer Experience across Akamai Cloud and Edge platforms.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant product/API experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience designing REST, gRPC, GraphQL APIs and delivering developer tools.

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

REST API design

gRPC API design

GraphQL API design

CLI/SDK development

Terraform providers

API Gateway

OAuth2 authentication

mTLS authentication

Developer platforms

Open-source ecosystems

IaC automation

Cloud platform knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

None

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Principal Product Manager to shape the multi-year strategy for Akamai Cloud API tooling and developer infrastructure. You will help bridge architecture with product strategy, and drive strategic tooling across platforms.

You will lead API design guidelines, OpenAPI practices, and the evolution of CLI, SDKs, and Terraform providers, while focusing on a unified Developer Experience across Akamai Cloud and Edge platforms.