CYBEXO Inc. • Full Time • Engineering Division — Backend Engineering
API Security Engineer
New York, NY, United States • Posted on Oct 06, 2025
Security and trust are foundational to NexaGuard. As API Security Engineer, you’ll secure our auth flows, APIs, and data access patterns, partnering closely with Engineering and Compliance to strengthen our platform posture.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure authentication/authorization across services (RBAC/ABAC, JWT/OAuth patterns).
- Run threat models and security reviews for new features and integrations.
- Build security automation: SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, secrets management, CI/CD gates.
- Partner with incident response and post-incident hardening efforts.
- Support audit readiness (e.g., SOC 2-style controls) with evidence-friendly engineering practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years in application security, product security, or backend security engineering.
- Strong understanding of web security (OWASP), API risks, and modern auth patterns.
- Experience with security tooling and automation in CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to communicate risks clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bonus: experience in privacy/security compliance environments.
Benefits
- Salary Range: $160,000 – $260,000
- Competitive compensation and equity opportunity.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan.
- Generous PTO and paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
Skills
- API Design
- CI/CD
- SOC 2
- Privacy & Compliance
CYBEXO is an equal opportunity employer. Candidate information is processed for recruiting purposes and handled securely.
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