Staff Software Engineer, Security
Tempus AI
Summary
The Staff Software Engineer for Security Engineering will drive key architectural initiatives for Tempus' Security stack.
Job description
Technical Leadership & Strategy
Set the technical vision for security engineering, leading build-versus-buy decisions, IAM evolution, and cross-functional engineering best practices to scale platform innovation.
Enabling Core Identity & Authentication
Drive customer-facing systems like Single Sign-On (SSO) and modern identity standards (OAuth, SAML, SCIM) to secure access across a decentralized microservices architecture.
Supporting Agentic AI Infrastructure
Architect and secure emerging agentic controls and distributed event-based systems to ensure patient records and intellectual property are safely utilized by generative AI technologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical decisions for the security engineering team and implement best in class customer identity management, authorization, and observability systems across the business.
- Manage and improve the existing security micro-services, custom frameworks, and tooling by identifying technical gaps, incorporating new requirements, and implementing emerging standards.
- Work with a variety of teams cross-functionally to implement internal standards for security across a micro-service driven architecture.
- Work with product team members and stakeholders to discuss project priorities, scope, and trade-offs to deliver the right solutions at the right time.
- Discover deficiencies in engineering tooling, designs, and processes and make the case for and driving improvements.
- Help level-up engineering practice across Tempus through documentation, mentorship, training, and engagement with engineers.
- Present new technologies and ideas to the broader organization, and the ability to communicate effectively and without bias while accepting critical feedback.
- Lead build/buy decisions in the security domain to improve the velocity of engineering, drive down costs, and ensure secure technical excellence.
Requirements
- Several years of experience working on software development teams
- Experience developing and securing distributed, event-based systems at scale
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure providers (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)
- Experience with Docker, Terraform, or Kubernetes
- Familiarity with an identity management platform like Auth0, Okta, Microsoft Entra, or Ping Identity
- Polyglot coder comfortable with a variety of programming languages and frameworks
- Experience setting technical vision and direction for a product area
- Confident leading technical analysis & design, evaluating tradeoffs, and leading build vs buy decisions
- Experience in fast-paced, agile environments
- Collaborate well with diverse teams and mentor team members
- Deep knowledge of identity standards like OAuth, SCIM, and SAML
- Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.JS, or Python
- Experience with OAuth 2.1 emerging agentic controls
- Experience with Chronicle or other SIEMs
- Experience with various Authorization models, RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC, and PBAC and their implementation tradeoffs
Benefits
- Incentive compensation
- Restricted stock units
- Medical benefits
Company overview
Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM) is a pioneering healthcare technology company founded in 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky in Chicago, Illinois. The company was established after Lefkofsky's wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, driving his mission to revolutionize cancer care through technology and artificial intelligence. Tempus specializes in applying AI to advance precision medicine by collecting and analyzing vast amounts of molecular, clinical, and genomic data. The company operates across multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, cardiology, radiology, neurology, psychiatry, and dermatology. Tempus provides comprehensive diagnostic services including next-generation sequencing (NGS), PCR profiling, and molecular pathology testing. Its AI-powered platform enables physicians to make real-time, data-driven decisions for personalized patient care and targeted therapies. The company went public in June 2024 and has expanded globally with operations in multiple countries. Tempus continues to innovate at the intersection of healthcare and artificial intelligence, aiming to ensure patients receive the right treatments at the right time for improved health outcomes.