About the role
We are looking for an Infrastructure & Security Engineer with 6+ years of experience to be the first dedicated hire in this function and own the platform team – encompassing DevOps, infrastructure, and security – at a high-growth fintech startup. You'll work directly with the CTO to define and execute the infrastructure and security strategy, migrating legacy systems, automating security programs, and building developer tooling from the ground up. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role where you'll shape foundational decisions and grow into a team lead as the engineering org scales. The ideal candidate brings a security-first mindset honed in a regulated B2B SaaS environment and thrives in ambiguity.
What you will be doing
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Leading the platform team (DevOps, infrastructure, security) as the first dedicated hire – setting up procedures, policies, and toolsets from scratch
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Migrating legacy infrastructure to modern systems on AWS and shoring up cloud architecture in the first few months
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Automating and maintaining the security program – including ongoing SOC 2 compliance, AI policies, and incident response workflows
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Building and improving CI/CD pipelines, developer tools, and deployment workflows to increase engineering velocity
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Advising leadership on security best practices and embedding a security-first mindset across the engineering organization
About Axle.insure
Axle is the AI-native clearinghouse for insurance, building the universal API infrastructure that bridges the multi-trillion dollar insurance industry with virtually every other sector. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in a Flatiron/NoMad office in NYC (with a West Midtown Atlanta presence), Axle's mission is to completely transform the communication layer for insurance — enabling companies to verify coverage, monitor policies, and make business decisions in seconds rather than hours, while helping consumers unlock their most underutilized financial asset. The platform powers agentic workflows and RESTful API integrations for Fortune 500 clients and household names including Rocket Mortgage, Hertz, Avis, Audi, USAA, and Experian. Axle has seen exceptional traction, with revenue growing 35% quarter-over-quarter to mid-7-figures ARR and best-in-class retention — all with a lean team of ~25 people. The company is backed by a blue-chip investor roster including Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures (Google's AI fund), Base10, and angels from Plaid and Cox Automotive, and recently announced a $17.5M Series A led by Base10. Culturally, Axle is a tight-knit, in-person-first team (4 days a week in office) that values real ownership, creative problem-solving, and moving fast — everyone drives measurable impact, and early team members are building verticals from the ground up.
Required skills
Other roles at Axle.insure
Job details
Salary
$180,000 - $250,000
Equity
0.1% - 0.3%
Location
New York, Atlanta
Experience
6+ years
Company
Funding
Total raised
$4.6M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.