Define and maintain Astra's API contract philosophy – versioning strategy, backwards compatibility standards, deprecation policies, and schema design principles
Write detailed platform specs that engineering can ship from: precise, edge-case-aware, and grounded in how real customers build
Own the platform roadmap – balancing foundational investments (auth, observability, extensibility) against customer-facing features and reliability work
Conduct technical discovery with Astra's most sophisticated customers to identify platform gaps and extensibility needs
Partner with engineering to review API design, maintain developer ergonomics standards, and hold the bar on platform quality
Work with solutions and implementation teams to understand where customers get stuck, break, or build workarounds – and translate that into platform requirements
Drive the developer experience roadmap in partnership with docs, solutions engineering, and DevRel functions as they mature
Represent platform strategy in customer conversations, partnership discussions, and technical due diligence processes

6+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years building developer-facing platform or API products at a technical infrastructure company
Deep expertise in API design – REST, webhooks, event-driven architecture – and strong opinions about what makes a platform great to build on
Experience owning a platform roadmap across authentication, configuration, extensibility, and observability layers
Strong understanding of how infrastructure companies create lock-in through developer experience, not just features
Comfort reasoning about systems-level tradeoffs: latency vs. consistency, configurability vs. complexity, generality vs. opinionation
Track record of operating as a principal-level IC – setting direction, influencing without authority, and driving outcomes across engineering and go-to-market
Exceptional written communication; you can produce a platform spec that is simultaneously a product document and a technical contract
Payments context is a plus, not a requirement – but intellectual curiosity about how money moves is required.

Competitive compensation with equity in a growing fintech company.
Remote-first culture with flexible working arrangements
Small team, big impact — your work directly supports Astra’s ability to scale responsibly
Professional growth opportunities in compliance and risk management
Mission-driven — build infrastructure that powers financial innovation while meeting the highest regulatory standards

Product Lead – Platform

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