Security Engineer

The role

You will build an internal Red Team to continuously stress-test infrastructure. This involves writing Rust fuzzers, simulating economic attacks, and dissecting the EVM to find edge cases.

What you will do

• Proactively hunt for vulnerabilities in the Tempo protocol, consensus engine, and bridge architecture
• Design and implement security tooling and automation in liaison with the Foundry team
• Partner with engineering teams to review critical architecture across the codebase
• Analyze incentives and game-theoretic risks within the protocol

Required qualifications

• Fluency in reading and writing production-level code in systems languages
• Deep expertise in EVM internals, including opcodes, storage slots, gas metering, and precompiles
• Proven track record of offensive security, such as high rankings in CTFs, high-severity bug bounty submissions, or published research
• Experience building custom security automation or tooling
• Bleeding-edge knowledge of the latest blockchain security research

Nice to have

• strong preference for Rust

About the company

Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments. It is built by a team of crypto-optimists to move money reliably, cheaply, and at scale.