Principal Product Manager, Cloud Developer Tools & AI

Akamai Technologies, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai Cloud Technology Group invites a strategic leader to shape multi-year plans for cloud APIs, developer tooling, and infrastructure integrations. You will bridge architecture and product strategy, guiding enterprise API paths and AI-first developer interfaces.

This role drives tool ecosystems, from CLI/SDKs to IaC, unifying the developer experience across Akamai platforms. Based in the US, you’ll partner with engineering to set API standards, governance, and gateway capabilities, while

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.

Job description

Akamai Cloud Technology Group invites a strategic leader to shape multi-year plans for cloud APIs, developer tooling, and infrastructure integrations. You will bridge architecture and product strategy, guiding enterprise API paths and AI-first developer interfaces.

This role drives tool ecosystems, from CLI/SDKs to IaC, unifying the developer experience across Akamai platforms. Based in the US, you’ll partner with engineering to set API standards, governance, and gateway capabilities, while