Cloud Infra & Security Engineer

Axle; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full benefits

401(k)

Unlimited time-off

Team offsite

Job summary

Axle is building the AI-native clearinghouse for insurance. We seek an Infrastructure & Security Engineer to design, scale, and secure our cloud systems that power mission-critical data extraction and verification for insurance workflows.

Join a lean, fast-growing team with equity, full benefits, and a strong focus on security, reliability, and developer velocity as we expand across compute, storage, and networking in a modern cloud stack.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, or security engineering, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of application security, cloud security (e.g., AWS/GCP), and common vulnerability classes.
• Experience scaling and securing production systems, including authentication, authorization, and data protection.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD systems, monitoring, and observability.
• Experience with security tooling, monitoring systems, and incident response workflows.
• Highly pragmatic — able to prioritize risks and implement effective, scalable solutions.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments.
• Clear communicator who can work effectively with other engineers, product teams, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale infrastructure: Design and maintain cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, and networking.
• Own deployment systems and application security: Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows to enable fast, reliable releases. Design and implement security controls across our application, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Protect sensitive data: Build systems and processes to safeguard confidential insurance and customer data.
• Ensure reliability and performance: Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to maintain high uptime and performance.
• Improve developer velocity: Build tooling and systems that make it easier for engineers to build, test, and deploy software.
• Ensure compliance readiness: Support security and compliance efforts (e.g., SOC 2), including documentation, controls, and audits.
• Collaborate across teams: Partner with engineering and product teams to ensure infrastructure scales and embed security into the development lifecycle without slowing velocity.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Security engineering

CI/CD

Monitoring & observability

Incident response

Data protection

Authentication & authorization

Communication

Job description

Axle is building the AI-native clearinghouse for insurance. We seek an Infrastructure & Security Engineer to design, scale, and secure our cloud systems that power mission-critical data extraction and verification for insurance workflows.

Join a lean, fast-growing team with equity, full benefits, and a strong focus on security, reliability, and developer velocity as we expand across compute, storage, and networking in a modern cloud stack.