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Jason Harmon

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Director of Product at Kong Inc.
📍 Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States

Jason is a product leader at Kong with nearly 30 years of experience in tech, specializing in scaling platforms with APIs, governance, and marketplaces. He has held CTO roles at Stoplight and Typeform and led API design at PayPal and Expedia Group. Colleagues describe him as a special talent with excellent API design skills and a fierce advocate for the developer experience.

Originally from Austin, Texas, Jason is the founder of the Austin API meetup. He has an interest in learning Spanish and has previously taken a career break to focus on health and well-being. In his free time, he has also explored learning about video production.

He hosts the popular "API Intersection" podcast, where he interviews industry leaders about API design, governance, and culture.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director of Product
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States
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API Governance
He established API governance concepts like style guides at PayPal and Expedia, and it's a frequent topic on his podcast.
Developer Experience
Described as a "fierce advocate" for Developer Experience, he is passionate about improving the usability of APIs and platforms for developers.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Director of Product
Kong Inc.
10-2024 - 10-2025
Principal Product Manager
Kong Inc.
1-2024 - 10-2024
Health and well-being
Career Break
10-2020 - 1-2024
CTO
Stoplight
6-2019 - 10-2020
Senior Director, Platform Architecture
Expedia Group
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Education
1994 - 1996
Computer Science
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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