Principal Product Manager - Cloud APIs & Developer Tools

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a visionary leader to shape the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations.

You will bridge deep technical architecture and product strategy to evolve enterprise tooling and AI-first workflows. You will define the roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, modernize API paths, and collaborate with engineering on OpenAPI standards and API Gateway capabilities.

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.

Tools

CLI tooling

SDKs

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a visionary leader to shape the multi-year strategy for cloud APIs, developer tools, and infrastructure integrations.

You will bridge deep technical architecture and product strategy to evolve enterprise tooling and AI-first workflows. You will define the roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, modernize API paths, and collaborate with engineering on OpenAPI standards and API Gateway capabilities.