Salt Security, the API security company, has added Gilad Gruber to the Salt executive team as senior vice president of engineering. A technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Gruber brings deep expertise in both consumer and enterprise software solutions. In the newly created role, Gruber will lead engineering functions and drive technology innovation, as the company continues to provide enterprise organizations with the most mature, robust, and intelligent API security solution on the market.

With a valuation of $1.4 billion and total funding of $271 million, Salt Security continues to invest in strengthening its executive team. In 2022, Salt created the positions of Chief People Officer and vice president of customer success, bolstering the company’s HR and growing customer success team.

With the addition of Gruber as senior vice president of engineering, Salt further extends and deepens its leadership capabilities as the company continues its growth trajectory.

Gruber is a seasoned technology executive, who has managed large distributed global engineering teams, as well as co-founded several startups. Most recently, Gruber served as CTO at the financial technology company, Payoneer, where he led a team of more than 500 engineers in R&D, data, cyber, corporate and production IT.