Principal PM for AI-First Cloud Developer Tools

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States seeks a Principal Product Manager to lead the multi-year vision for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, APIs, and AI-driven workflows.

You will partner with engineering on API guidelines, OpenAPI standards, and provider ecosystems, delivering CLI, SDKs, and IaC tools while modernizing API paths for enterprise customers. This role requires deep API experience, 15+ years, and a track record guiding mature platforms through breaking changes, with a strong

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience designing REST, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs and delivering developer tools like CLIs, SDKs, and Terraform providers
• Expertise in API Gateway architectures, traffic management, and authentication protocols such as OAuth2 and mTLS
• Proven track record evolving mature developer platforms and managing breaking-change lifecycles
• Familiar with LLM function calling, AI agent frameworks, and emerging protocols like Model Context Protocol
• Knowledge of open-source developer ecosystems, IaC automation communities, and cloud platforms

Responsibilities

• Crafting and driving the multi-year vision, product strategy, and 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 APIs

gRPC

GraphQL

Developer platforms

AI agents

Model Context Protocol

Open-source ecosystems

Cloud platforms

OAuth2

mTLS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform providers

CLI

SDKs

OpenAPI

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. in the United States seeks a Principal Product Manager to lead the multi-year vision for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, APIs, and AI-driven workflows.

You will partner with engineering on API guidelines, OpenAPI standards, and provider ecosystems, delivering CLI, SDKs, and IaC tools while modernizing API paths for enterprise customers. This role requires deep API experience, 15+ years, and a track record guiding mature platforms through breaking changes, with a strong