Product Manager, SDK

Alkami is the digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions. Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing—each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more—to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships. As the future shifts toward Anticipatory Banking, we help data-informed bankers meet the moment with technology that drives action. Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably's Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). We're building a culture where each Alkamist can perform to their highest potential, and we're always on the lookout for the best and brightest minds. If you're ready to experience the power of alchemy - transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary - come join one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the U.S. As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title. Follow us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn! Alkami is seeking a Product Manager, SDK to execute on the strategy and roadmap for the SDK developer experience within Alkami's broader extensibility ecosystem. This role is responsible for making it easier for customers and partners to build on the Alkami platform using code, low-code, and configuration, as well as ensuring the path from intent to implementation is clear, scalable, and frictionless. This product manager will work across various functions, roles, and responsibilities to turn extensibility into a cohesive platform capability rather than a collection of disconnected tools. The ideal candidate combines strong product management fundamentals, technical fluency with developer platforms, and a deep interest in improving productivity, self-service, and time-to-value. General Purpose of the Role The Product Manager, SDK drives execution for Alkami's extensibility strategy. This person will help identify high-value use cases, define the tooling and workflows required to support them, manage the product backlog, and deliver improvements that reduce friction for developers, business analysts, partners, and financial institutions building on the Alkami platform. Key Responsibilities & Duties Help evolve the SDK product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with Alkami's extensibility goals and broader product strategy. Own and prioritize the SDK backlog, translating business and technical requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and engineering-ready requirements. Identify customization and extensibility use cases and determine the tools, environments, workflows, and documentation needed to make development, testing, and deployment easier for customers and partners. Improve the end-to-end developer experience for a wide range of personas, from business analysts using declarative tools to engineers building advanced custom components. Partner with API product leaders, admin tooling teams, and internal feature teams so extensibility is delivered as a cohesive platform capability and APIs are easy to consume in SDK-based solutions. Help lead initiatives that improve self-service onboarding, troubleshooting, testing, deployment, and documentation, reducing dependency on Alkami resources and improving customer confidence building on the platform. Serve as the dedicated PM for Alkami's SDK engineering team, ensuring effective sprint execution, backlog grooming, and unblocking across geographies and time zones. Collaborate with sales, marketing, customer support, implementation, and partner-facing teams to support launch readiness, adoption, and effective communication of extensibility capabilities. Help define and monitor KPIs for SDK success, including measures tied to onboarding friction, self-service success, support reduction, adoption, and delivery efficiency. Stay current on developer platform trends, fintech extensibility patterns, low-code tooling, AI-assisted development, and competitive offerings to help Alkami remain an innovation multiplier for its customers and partners. Recommended Experience & Education Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent practical experience will be considered. 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in fintech, SaaS, digital banking, developer platforms, APIs, SDKs, or technical platform products. Proven experience managing software development lifecycles in an Agile environment. Knowledge, Skills, & Qualifications Required Strong product management skills in requirements definition, backlog management, prioritization, and roadmap execution. Ability to translate complex technical and business requirements into clear product requirements for engineering and cross-functional stakeholders. Strong understanding of developer experience, platform tooling, and how customers and partners build on APIs, SDKs, and configurable systems. Familiarity with APIs, SDKs, local and hosted development environments, CI/CD concepts, testing workflows, documentation strategy, and platform support models. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, UX, support, go-to-market, and leadership teams. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a customer-focused, data-informed mindset. Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, various AI models and standard collaboration tools. Strong async communication and written-spec discipline, with experience leading or partnering with engineering teams across multiple time zones. Preferred Experience with digital banking, financial services, or regulated SaaS platforms. Familiarity with low-code / no-code product experiences, and AI-assisted development workflows as they apply to developer tooling and execution.Experience improving developer onboarding, self-service support, technical documentation, and platform adoption. Working knowledge of authentication and integration patterns such as SSO, OAuth, OIDC, or related platform security concepts. Success Profile The ideal candidate is a hands-on operator, comfortable operating at the intersection of developer experience, delivery, and platform execution. They are energized by reducing friction, scaling self-service, and helping Alkami customers and partners innovate faster on the platform. The salary range for this position is: TBD Cool Things to Know Not Just Any Company: Alkami has an awesome diverse and inclusive environment. We have a FUN culture and offer great benefits, including remote-first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more. Work Authorization: We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment. Recruiters: We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. Thank you for understanding. Pay Transparency: As of January 1, 2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado (effective January 1, 2021), Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington. The Important Stuff Alkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Alkami encourages applicants of all ages. #LI-REMOTE https://alkami.com/careers Alkami is the digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions. Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing—each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more—to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships. As the future shifts toward Anticipatory Banking, we help data-informed bankers meet the moment with technology that drives action. Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably's Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). We're building a culture where each Alkamist can perform to their highest potential, and we're always on the lookout for the best and brightest minds. If you're ready to experience the power of alchemy - transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary - come join one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the U.S. As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title. Follow us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn!