Tempo
Security Engineer
USA (Remote) · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 191 days ago
CybersecurityShopifyResearch
About the role
- As a security engineer, you won't just be ticking compliance boxes; you will be writing Rust fuzzers, simulating economic attacks on our testnet, and dissecting the EVM to find edge cases in our execution client.
- We are looking for a builder who understands that the best way to secure a protocol is to try to break it continuously.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement security tooling and automation in liaison with the Foundry team to catch logic errors and edge cases.
- Partner with engineering teams to review critical architecture across our codebase.
- Tempo's payment-first design provides a scalable, low-cost predictable backbone that meets the needs of high-volume payment use cases.
- We're building Tempo with design partners who are global leaders in
Requirements
- Deep expertise in EVM internals, including intimate knowledge of opcodes, storage slots, gas metering, and precompiles.
- Proven track record of offensive security, such as high rankings in CTFs (e.g., Paradigm CTF), high-severity bug bounty submissions, or published research.
- Bleeding-edge knowledge of the latest blockchain security research, including recent hacks and how these could have been mitigated.
- Fluency in reading and writing production-level code in systems languages, with a strong preference for Rust.
- Experience building custom security automation or tooling rather than relying solely on off-the-shelf scanners.
- Attributes
- High motor
- Razor-sharp thinker with precise command of language
- Concise, evidence-based communicator
- Excellent organizational and logistical skills
- Intense curiosity and open-mindedness
- Scrappiness
- willingness to roll up sleeves
Visa & Work Authorization
- We're building Tempo with design partners who are global leaders in AI, e-commerce, and financial services: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more.
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