Staff Application Security Engineer

Temporal Technologies
United States +1 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for experienced application security professionals who lead cross-functional security integration and have a background in multi-tenant cloud infrastructure.

Best fit for

  • Experienced application security professionals with a track record in cloud and multi-tenant architectures
    — “build security deeply into our platform across multiple clouds”
  • Candidates who have led security strategy and influenced product architecture
    — “Drive strategy, influence architecture, and set direction for security across multiple teams or org-wide.”
  • Individuals with a history of building production-ready security tools and workflows
    — “build production ready AI assisted security workflows with the right guardrails”

Things to consider

  • On-call rotation is expected, which may impact work-life balance
    — “Able to participate in on-call rotation.”
  • The role requires deep knowledge of encryption, authentication, and secure protocols
    — “Knowledge of encryption, authentication, and secure communication protocols.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Kubernetes security and workload hardening in your resume and interviews
    — “Kubernetes security posture management and auditing, including workload hardening, RBAC design, and admission control.”
  • Emphasize your ability to translate external security standards into internal policy
    — “Stay current on emerging standards and guidance (e.g. OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MCP security specifications) and translate these into actionable internal policy.”
  • Showcase examples of working with engineering teams to embed security early in the development lifecycle
    — “Proven partnership with engineering teams, bringing security expertise to the planning and development process.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders
    — “Excellent communication and ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.”
  • Include specific examples of managing secure development pipelines and third-party library security
    — “Manage the Secure Development pipeline including code security and 3rd party library supply chain security.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Integrated security principles into product design
  • Led threat modeling and risk assessments
  • Managed secure development pipeline
Typical background
7+ years of experience in application security or related fieldProven partnership with engineering teams

Skills & requirements

Required

Application SecurityThreat ModelingRisk AssessmentSecure DevelopmentEncryptionAuthenticationSecure Communication ProtocolsKubernetes SecurityMulti-tenant Security

Preferred

Distributed ComputingGoSecurity Champions ProgramOpen Source AutomationSecurity Conference Talks

Stack & domain

Application SecurityThreat ModelingRisk AssessmentsSecure Development PipelineCode Security3rd Party Library Supply Chain SecurityEncryptionAuthenticationSecure Communication ProtocolsSASTDASTPenetration TestingApplication ArchitectureKubernetes SecurityMulti-tenant Security ArchitectureData Plane IsolationControl Plane HardeningCross-tenant Data Leakage PreventionCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingCloud SecurityOpen Source Security

About the role

Original posting from Temporal Technologies via Ashby

ROLE SUMMARY

Join our dynamic team as a Staff Application Security Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in securing the Temporal development pipeline, product, and customer execution environment. In this position, you'll work closely with software engineering teams and customers to build security deeply into our platform across multiple clouds. You'll also build production ready AI assisted security workflows with the right guardrails. We're looking for individuals who are passionate about enabling engineering teams to build and ship securely, serving as trusted security partners across the organization.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate security principles into the design and architecture of products.
  • Lead complex threat modeling and risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors across the full product surface.
  • Drive strategy, influence architecture, and set direction for security across multiple teams or org-wide.
  • Manage the Secure Development pipeline including code security and 3rd party library supply chain security.
  • Stay current on emerging standards and guidance (e.g. OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, MCP security specifications) and translate these into actionable internal policy.
  • Own responsibility disclosed vulnerabilities in both Cloud and Open Source products.
  • Able to participate in on-call rotation.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 7+ years in application or product security or a related role.
  • Proven partnership with engineering teams, bringing security expertise to the planning and development process.
  • Ability to write production-quality code in at least one programming language, with a history of development beyond simple scripting.
  • Knowledge of encryption, authentication, and secure communication protocols.
  • Familiarity with tools like SAST, DAST, and penetration testing frameworks.
  • A deep understanding of application architecture and design principles, ability to effectively identify vulnerabilities across multiple programming languages
  • Excellent communication and ability to explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Kubernetes security posture management and auditing, including workload hardening, RBAC design, and admission control.
  • Demonstrated experience with multi-tenant security architecture, including data plane isolation, control plane hardening, and cross-tenant data leakage prevention.

NICE TO HAVE

  • Distributed computing and related vulnerability experience.
  • Familiarity with Go.
  • Running a Security Champions program.
  • Open Source automation or automation projects.
  • Expertise in other areas of security.
  • Security conference talks or published research.

Temporal Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temporal Technologies does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We embrace and celebrate differences and diversity.

Temporal is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation, please let your Recruiter know so we can assist.

Source: Temporal Technologies careers (Ashby)

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