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Security Engineer

Tempo· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 9mo ago

About the role

Tempo is building a layer-1 blockchain for stablecoins and real-world payments. The role involves building a full-time internal Red Team to stress-test infrastructure, writing Rust fuzzers, simulating economic attacks on the testnet, and dissecting EVM edge cases to secure the protocol.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively hunt for vulnerabilities in the Tempo protocol, consensus engine, and bridge architecture, treating our mainnet like a continuous CTF challenge.
  • 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.
  • Analyze incentives and game-theoretic risks within the protocol, such as MEV and staking dynamics, to prevent economic exploits.

Qualifications

  • Fluency in reading and writing production-level code in systems languages, with a strong preference for Rust.
  • 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.
  • Experience building custom security automation or tooling rather than relying solely on off-the-shelf scanners.
  • Bleeding-edge knowledge of the latest blockchain security research, including recent hacks and how these could have been mitigated.

Skills

Required:RustEVM internalsOffensive security / CTFSecurity tooling / automationSecurity research
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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The blockchain designed for payments

A neutral, permissionless blockchain optimized for payment processing, enabling efficient transactions with predictable low fees and stablecoin interoperability.

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