Principal Product Manager, Developer Experience & API Platform

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San Jose, CA
In-Office
145K-273K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Digital Media • Marketing Tech • Software
Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences.
The Role
As Principal Product Manager, you will lead the Developer Experience & API Platform at Adobe, optimizing developer journeys, API quality, and cross-functional leadership to enhance integration with Firefly's generative AI services.
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Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 
We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!


 

The Opportunity

Join Adobe’s Firefly Services team and shape how developers build with generative AI. We’re delivering the API layer that powers intelligent imaging and video workflows—covering 3D/2D compositing, background synthesis, video reframing, avatars, text‑to‑speech, and more. As Principal Product Manager for Developer Experience & API Platform, you’ll define and lead how developers—inside and outside Adobe—discover, integrate, and scale with Firefly. You’ll influence design standards, establish documentation excellence, and lead cross‑functional efforts to turn breakthrough AI into production‑ready, developer‑loved services.

What You’ll Own

 Developer journey, end‑to‑end: define and lead DevEx across REST APIs, SDKs, quickstarts, interactive docs, testing tools, and onboarding; optimize Time‑to‑First‑Success (TTFS) and activation.
 API coherence & quality: establish and enforce design standards (naming, auth, errors, idempotency), run an API review/governance rhythm, and drive cross‑team consistency.
 Lifecycle & reliability: own versioning/deprecation policy, rate‑limit strategy, SLAs, security/compliance alignment, and backward‑compatibility guarantees.
 Tooling & ecosystem: ship Postman collections, OpenAPI specs, SDKs/clients, CLIs, code samples, and a changelog that makes updates safe and predictable.
 Instrumentation & feedback loops: define DevEx telemetry (TTFS, activation, retained integrations, API error classes), run surveys/GitHub programs, and translate insights into a quarterly DevEx roadmap.
 Developer portal experience: partner on IA, discoverability, self‑serve keys/sandboxes, and “Hello World” flows; ensure 1P/3P parity.
 Cross‑functional leadership: work with Firefly engineering, Creative Cloud product teams, Design/Content, DevRel, and enterprise customers to unblock adoption and scale repeatable patterns.

What You’ll Bring

 8+ years of product management experience with a focus on APIs/developer platforms; proven wins driving adoption and reducing integration friction.
 Strong technical intuition across REST, authentication (OAuth2, tokens), gateways, observability, backward compatibility, and reliability at scale.
 Track record shipping tooling & docs (OpenAPI, SDKs, CLIs, Postman) that developers use and love.
 Outcome mindset: improved TTFS/activation, reduced breaking‑change risk, and raised developer satisfaction in prior roles.
 Exceptional communication and storytelling skills—capable of aligning engineers, executives, and external developers.
 Passion for GenAI and creative pipelines (3D/imaging/video) and how developers productize them.

Nice to Have

 Experience operating an API style guide and review council; running beta/GA and change‑management programs.
 Background with DX telemetry, self‑serve sandboxes/mocks, and partner certification programs.
 Open‑source or developer community contributions (SDKs, CLIs, dev tools).
 

Why Join Us?

You’ll join a high-impact, growing team that’s defining the enterprise GenAI stack for Adobe. Firefly Services is where platform product thinking meets real-world adoption at scale. You'll influence how global brands automate creativity, accelerate production, and unlock entirely new business models.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $145,100 -- $273,200 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.

 

Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected] or call (408) 536-3015.

Top Skills

Clis
Oauth2
Openapi
Postman
Rest Apis
Sdks
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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
21,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

When you join Adobe Life in Austin, you’ll immerse yourself into a world of cutting-edge technology, exceptional colleagues and meaningful work that touches millions of people everywhere.

Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences.

Why Work With Us

Adobe Austin embodies the culture of the Austin neighborhood around it which is diverse, enterprising and innovative.

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