# Principal Product Manager, API Platform

**Company:** [Shippo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shippo)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $179k – $243k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** API Design, developer experience, SDKs, mcp, llm integrations, agentic commerce, api platform, developer documentation, Product Roadmap, platform architecture, api standards, integration testing, shipping logistics, e-commerce infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Own Shippo’s API platform product strategy across label services, MCP, SDKs, documentation, and developer experience. The role requires 8+ years of product management experience, strong API and platform expertise, and experience establishing standards adopted across engineering teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the API platform roadmap, including label creation, MCP, SDKs, and developer documentation.
- Own MCP as a product: define its ownership, evolution, and relationship to other integration paths.
- Define and maintain platform standards for teams extending the API surface, including reporting APIs, EDD, and Autopilot.
- Establish consistent standards for testing integrations across carriers.
- Partner with engineering leadership on platform architecture decisions and long-term technical investments.
- Maintain a clear point of view on developer experience, including onboarding, documentation quality, SDK coverage, and MCP capabilities.
- Represent the platform in cross-team planning to ensure domain teams follow platform standards.
- Engage directly with developers and mid-market customers to identify integration friction and prioritize fixes.
- Provide product guidance and mentorship to other product managers building on the platform.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- 8+ years of experience in product management.
- Track record owning developer-facing or API-first products.
- Experience setting technical or platform standards adopted by other teams.
- Deep understanding of API design, developer experience, and SDK strategy.
- Experience with MCP, agentic commerce, or LLM-driven integrations.
- Experience in shipping, logistics, or e-commerce infrastructure is a plus.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Standard US base salary range: **$179,000–$243,000 annually**; offers are generally anchored around **$211,000**.
- Two US pay ranges are available, including a higher range for areas with higher labor costs such as NYC and California.
- Total compensation includes equity, medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 90% covered by the company, including dependents.
- Pet insurance coverage option.
- Flexible vacation policy and working hours.
- Company-wide winter slowdown week.
- Three volunteer days off.
- Work-from-home stipend.
- Charity donation match up to $100.
- Professional development programs, coaching, tools, resources, and learning stipends.
- Company and local off-sites through the Shippos Everywhere program.

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