Principal PM: Cloud Developer Tools & API Strategy

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Principal Product Manager to own the multi-year vision, strategy, and execution of Akamai Cloud developer tooling. You will guide API tooling, including CLI, SDKs, and IaC, and lead the evolution of enterprise API paths and developer interfaces.

You will collaborate with engineering on OpenAPI standards and API Gateway capabilities, while unifying the Developer Experience across platforms. The role requires leadership and deep API platform expertise.

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience in product management for cloud/API platforms.
• Experience designing REST, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs and delivering developer tools like CLIs, SDKs, and Terraform providers.
• Proven track record evolving mature developer platforms and managing breaking-change lifecycles without disrupting workloads.
• Knowledge of OpenAPI standards, schema governance, and API design guidelines.
• Familiarity with IaC, cloud platforms, and open-source developer ecosystems.

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

REST APIs

gRPC

GraphQL

CLI tooling

SDKs

Terraform providers

OpenAPI standards

API gateway

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CLI

SDKs

Terraform providers

OpenAPI

Infrastructure as Code

API Gateway

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. seeks a Principal Product Manager to own the multi-year vision, strategy, and execution of Akamai Cloud developer tooling. You will guide API tooling, including CLI, SDKs, and IaC, and lead the evolution of enterprise API paths and developer interfaces.

You will collaborate with engineering on OpenAPI standards and API Gateway capabilities, while unifying the Developer Experience across platforms. The role requires leadership and deep API platform expertise.