Senior Application Security Engineer
TemporalUnited States or Canada - Remote Opportunity · Remote · full time · Senior
$180,000 – $225,000
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What this role is
Secure Temporal's development pipeline and product infrastructure across multiple clouds while partnering with engineering teams to embed security throughout the platform. This role suits experienced application security professionals who want to influence how a growing developer-focused company builds secure, reliable systems at scale.
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Skills this role names
- Authentication
- Encryption
- Go
- Kubernetes
- OWASP
- Penetration Testing
- Python
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Threat Modeling
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years in application or product security
- Partnership experience with engineering teams on security integration
- Knowledge of encryption, authentication, and secure communication protocols
- Familiarity with SAST, DAST, and penetration testing frameworks
- Deep understanding of application architecture and design principles across multiple programming languages
- Kubernetes security posture management and auditing including workload hardening, RBAC design, and admission control
- Multi-tenant security architecture experience including data plane isolation and control plane hardening
- Excellent communication skills explaining security concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Expertise in at least one programming language, familiarity with Python and Go
Nice to have
- Distributed computing and related vulnerability experience
- Experience running a Security Champions program
- Open source automation or automation projects
- Expertise in other security domains
- Published security research or conference talks