{"id":1251029,"url":"https://alion.io/job/check-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2","title":"Full Stack Team Lead- API Security","company":{"id":3524,"name":"Check Point Software Technologies","domain":"checkpoint.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/check-point-software-technologies","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SmartRecruiters","truth_index":null},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Tel Aviv, Israel"],"countries":["IL"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":101000,"max_usd":292000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2046},"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"API Gateway","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"Envoy","optional":false},{"name":"GraphQL","optional":false},{"name":"gRPC","optional":false},{"name":"Kong","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Nginx","optional":false},{"name":"OWASP","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Service Mesh","optional":false},{"name":"Shift-Left","optional":false},{"name":"Shift-Left Security","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T15:58:03Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-10-16T14:35:11Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":22,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":22},"description":"CloudGuard WAF - API Security Team\nWish to lead and shape one of the most exciting teams in Check Point, in an innovative environment within a successful global company? Want to own the technical and product direction of our next-generation API security solution - from roadmap to architecture to delivery - while growing a world-class engineering team? Check Point’s API Security team is looking for a talented Team Lead to take the helm.\nYou will own the team end-to-end: technical architecture, roadmap, cross-functional alignment, execution, hands-on leadership and people growth. Your decisions will shape a product used by enterprises worldwide and influence the API security industry at large.\n Roadmap Ownership: Partner with Product Management to define and own the API Security multi-quarter roadmap, prioritize ruthlessly, and align with the broader CloudGuard WAF and Infinity platform strategy.\nHighly hands-on ability: You will take part in writing code and leading and mentoring developers\nDrive Architecture & Development: Lead end-to-end design and delivery of API security capabilities - API discovery, schema enforcement, runtime protection, anomaly detection, sensitive data handling, and shift-left testing. Stay hands-on in design reviews, deep code reviews, and the hardest architectural decisions. \nCloud-Native Execution: Guide the team in building scalable, multi-tenant solutions on AWS and Kubernetes, with robust microservices and big data pipelines processing high-volume security telemetry. \nLead & Grow the Team: Mentor and grow a high-performing R&D team. Run 1:1s, drive performance, and continuously raise the technical bar. Shape the team’s engineering culture. \nCross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with Product Management and the broader CloudGuard WAF and Infinity platform teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact solutions. \nShape the Strategic Frontier: Drive Check Point’s prevention-first approach to API security through the AI transformation era. \nIndustry Presence: Represent Check Point and the team externally - to customers, analysts (Gartner, KuppingerCole, Forrester), and industry events. \n Proven Leadership: 3+ years as a Team Lead, Engineering Manager, or equivalent - with a track record of building teams, shipping production software, and owning a product or major component end-to-end. \nStrong Engineering Background: 7+ years in software engineering overall, with hands-on experience in high-level languages such as Python, Go, or similar. Still comfortable reading a PR and leading deep technical reviews. \nMicroservices & Cloud: Demonstrated expertise designing and operating microservices-based architectures on Kubernetes and AWS at production scale. \nAdvantages\nBCs/MCs degree from a known university \nAPI Security Domain Depth: Prior building or operating API security, WAF, WAAP, or API gateway products. \nNetworking Expertise: Hands-on experience with reverse proxies, NGINX, Envoy, API gateways (Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Azure APIM), or service mesh. \nSecurity or Adjacent Domain Experience: Background in cybersecurity, networking, or large-scale infrastructure products. Strong understanding of web and API security concepts - OWASP API Top 10, authentication/authorization patterns (JWT, OAuth, mTLS), and modern attack vectors. \nHTTP Protocol Mastery: Good familiarity with HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, GraphQL, gRPC, and their security implications. \nCross-System Architecture: Track record designing complex, scalable systems across diverse environments - SaaS, on-prem, hybrid. \nC++/Go Familiarity: Comfortable with low-level performance-critical code paths.#LI-SB6","description_format":"text","description_chars":3655,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Israel","iso":"IL","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cloud Security","Threat Intelligence","Endpoint Security","Information Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T18:26:09Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":75,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.832,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":22,"expected_fill_days":37,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-16T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/check-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/check-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-16T15:21:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15133,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3524},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3524"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcheck-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcheck-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcheck-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/check-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcheck-point-software-technologies-full-stack-team-lead-api-security-2"}]}