Principal Product Manager, Cloud Dev Tools & AI

Socket.dev; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead the multi-year vision and execution for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, including APIs, CLI, SDKs, and IaC providers. You will align platform strategies across Kubernetes-enabled infrastructure and AI-driven workflows.

You will collaborate with engineering on API guidelines, OpenAPI standards, and governance while shaping a cohesive Developer Experience across platforms.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience
• 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 OAuth2/mTLS
• Proven track record evolving mature developer platforms and managing breaking-change lifecycles
• CNCF technologies including Kubernetes; cloud infrastructure, monitoring, databases, and data visualization tools
• Knowledge of open-source developer ecosystems and Infrastructure as Code automation

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 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 CLI, SDKs, and Infrastructure as Code providers
• Influencing Developer Experience across platforms for consistency and efficiency

Skills

REST API design

gRPC

GraphQL APIs

Developer tooling (CLI & SDKs)

Terraform providers

Kubernetes

Open source ecosystems

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud platforms

API gateway architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenAPI standards

Kubernetes

Terraform providers

Job description

Akamai is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead the multi-year vision and execution for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, including APIs, CLI, SDKs, and IaC providers. You will align platform strategies across Kubernetes-enabled infrastructure and AI-driven workflows.

You will collaborate with engineering on API guidelines, OpenAPI standards, and governance while shaping a cohesive Developer Experience across platforms.