Principal Product Manager - Cloud APIs & AI DevTools

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Parental leave

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a leader to define and drive the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations. You will shape developer tooling, modernize API paths, and pioneer AI-first workflows across Akamai Cloud.

In this role you will collaborate with engineering on API design, OpenAPI standards, and schema governance, while overseeing CLI, SDKs, and IaC providers to unify the developer experience across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience shaping multi-year product strategy for cloud developer tooling.
• Proven track record delivering API strategy and platform improvements.
• Experience with AI-first workflows and LLM-driven interfaces.
• Collaborate on API design guidelines and OpenAPI standards.

Responsibilities

• Craft the multi-year vision and execution roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.
• Modernize brownfield enterprise API paths, elevate API quality and platform performance.
• Pioneer developer interfaces for AI agents and LLM workflows via Model Context Protocol endpoints.
• Collaborate on API design guidelines, OpenAPI standards, schema governance, and API Gateway capabilities.
• Oversee development of CLI, SDKs, and IaC providers.
• Influence DevX strategy across platforms for consistency and efficiency.

Skills

Product strategy

API design

Developer tools

OpenAPI standards

AI workflows

Tools

CLI

SDKs

IaC

OpenAPI tooling

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a leader to define and drive the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations. You will shape developer tooling, modernize API paths, and pioneer AI-first workflows across Akamai Cloud.

In this role you will collaborate with engineering on API design, OpenAPI standards, and schema governance, while overseeing CLI, SDKs, and IaC providers to unify the developer experience across platforms.