Responsibilities:• Lead the design vision and strategy for the API Developer Platform, including APIs, developer portals, documentation, SDKs, and AI tools.
• Partner with Product and Engineering early to shape API contracts and roadmap decisions around real developer scenarios.
• Lead research with developers, administrators, and partners, and validate designs through prototypes and usability testing.
• Design the full developer journey, from discovery and authentication to the first successful API call, debugging, and monitoring.
• Drive consistent API patterns across the design organization, including documentation, code examples, errors, and permissions.
• Partner with engineers through implementation and iterate based on real usage.
• Define and track measures such as time to first successful API call, adoption, and developer satisfaction.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to speed up research and prototyping while keeping people accountable for decisions.
• Influence senior stakeholders and build alignment across product and organization lines on a durable, developer centered platform experience.
• Mentor designers and raise technical design fluency across the team.