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Tempo · 2 days ago

Security Engineer (Europe)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain company focused on stablecoins and real-world payments, leveraging expertise from Stripe and Paradigm. The role involves building an internal Red Team to stress-test infrastructure, requiring proactive vulnerability hunting and the design of security tooling.

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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

Qualification

RustEVM internalsOffensive securitySecurity automationBlockchain security researchCuriosityScrappinessCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsGrowth mindset

Required

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