Principal Product Manager for Cloud Dev Tools & AI Flows

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager to shape the multi-year strategy for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, including APIs, CLI/SDKs, and Terraform providers.

You will modernize API paths and drive unified developer experiences across platforms, with a focus on AI-first workflows and Model Context Protocol endpoints. You will collaborate with engineering on API design, governance, and OpenAPI standards, ensuring platform performance and a well-governed API ecosystem for

Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or its equivalent.
• Experience designing REST, gRPC, or GraphQL APIs and delivering developer tools like CLIs, SDKs, and Terraform providers.
• Solid 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 without disrupting workloads.
• Familiar with LLM function calling, AI agent frameworks, and evolving protocols such as Model Context Protocol.
• Knowledge of open-source developer ecosystems, Infrastructure as Code automation communities, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Crafting and driving the multi-year vision, product strategy, and execution roadmap for Akamai Cloud developer tooling.
• Modernizing enterprise API paths while elevating API quality, consistency, and platform performance.
• Pioneering next-generation developer interfaces for AI agents and MCF 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 to streamline and unify the Developer Experience across platforms for consistency and efficiency.

Skills

APIs (REST/gRPC/GraphQL)

Dev tools (CLI/SDKs)

Terraform providers

API gateway architectures

OAuth2 & mTLS

LLM function calling

AI agent frameworks

Open-source ecosystems

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenAPI standards

API design guidelines

Schema governance

Job description

Akamai Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Product Manager to shape the multi-year strategy for Akamai Cloud developer tooling, including APIs, CLI/SDKs, and Terraform providers.

You will modernize API paths and drive unified developer experiences across platforms, with a focus on AI-first workflows and Model Context Protocol endpoints. You will collaborate with engineering on API design, governance, and OpenAPI standards, ensuring platform performance and a well-governed API ecosystem for