Senior Software Engineer II, Security

Tempus AI, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus AI, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II, Security to lead complex security engineering initiatives across our microservice platforms. You will strengthen identity management, authorization controls, and observability while improving security tooling and standards.

You’ll work with product teams to prioritize work and deliver secure, scalable solutions at pace. You will collaborate with engineers, designers, and scientists, drawing on cloud expertise and security best practices

Qualifications

• Several years of software development experience with security focus.
• Experience designing and securing distributed microservices.
• Familiarity with cloud providers and IaC tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex security engineering implementations across microservices.
• Improve security tooling and frameworks through new standards and requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Skills

Security engineering

Microservice architecture

Cloud infrastructure

OAuth / SAML

Tools

Auth0

Okta

Auth0-FGA

Chronicle

Terraform

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer II, Security

Job Description Summary

Lead complex implementations for security engineering to ensure best-in-class customer identity management, authorization, and observability systems. Improve existing security micro-services, custom frameworks, and tooling by addressing technical gaps and implementing emerging standards. Collaborate cross-functionally to implement internal security standards across a micro-service architecture Partner with product teams and stakeholders to balance project priorities, scope, and trade-offs. Drive continuous improvements in engineering tooling, designs, and processes. Configure and manage complex technical services tooling such as Auth0, Okta, Auth0-FGA, Chronicle, Terraform, and GCP.

Job Description

Are you passionate about building great software products? At Tempus, software products are owned and developed by small, autonomous teams composed of developers, designers, scientists, and product managers. Our teams set the goals, build the software, deploy the code, and contribute to a growing software platform that will make a lasting impact in the fields of cancer research and precision medicine. Tempus builds software as nimble as our teams. Our modern tech stack – dynamic languages and the latest open source and cloud services – allows our teams to iterate rapidly and lead our industry in innovation. Our decentralized, microservice architecture and emphasis on loosely coupled architecture and automation allow us to deliver advanced solutions with confidence, and at scale.

Why we’re looking for you

Generative AI is changing the way businesses operate, traditional IAM controls need to evolve. As the Sr. Software Engineer II for security engineering you will drive the complex implementation of Tempus’ security vision to ensure Tempus’ patients records and IP are safely utilized by the latest technologies. You have experience driving implementation of holistic solutions across a complex micro-service architecture. Working to build reusable components and ensuring they’re easily consumable by your colleagues on different teams. You've got several years of experience working on software development teams, and are confident in working independently and collaboratively on a critical system, ensuring uptime and reliability. You have experience developing and securing distributed, event-based systems at an interesting scale of transaction and/or data volume. You've worked in fast‑paced, agile environments and helped keep projects on track, troubleshoot roadblocks, write documentation, and coordinate cross-team collaboration. You collaborate well with diverse, talented teams while mentoring and learning from team members regardless of experience level. You have experience working with cloud infrastructure providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, etc), and related tools like Docker, Terraform, or Kubernetes. You’ve have familiarity with an identity management platform like Auth0, Okta, Microsoft Entra, or Ping Identity. You are confident in a variety of technical scenarios and can lead a complex implementation across an engineering organization.

Bonus points for

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.

Responsibilities for the position

Lead complex implementations for the security engineering team to ensure best in class customer identity management, authorization, and observability systems across the business. 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. Drive improvements in engineering tooling, designs, and processes and make the case for and driving improvements. Implement new technologies and ideas within the broader organization, and the ability to communicate effectively and without bias while accepting critical feedback. Own the configuration of complex technical services tooling such as Auth0, Okta, Auth0-FGA, Chronicle, Terraform, and GCP.

$140,000 - $160,000 The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from California and may vary for other locations (Colorado, Illinois, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience.

Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position. Additionally, for remote roles open to individuals in unincorporated Los Angeles – including remote roles- Tempus reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: engaging positively with customers and other employees; accessing confidential information, including intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected health information; and appropriately handling such information in accordance with legal and ethical standards. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

About Tempus

Tempus was founded in August of 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky, after his wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Shortly after he founded the company in an effort to bring the power of technology and artificial intelligence to cancer care, he convinced Ryan Fukushima to join as the company’s first employee. Ryan and Eric began assembling a world class team, focused on building the first version of a platform capable of ingesting real time healthcare data in an effort to personalize diagnostics. We built the platform for oncology and have expanded it to neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease (through COVID), and radiology. Despite our rapid growth, our mission remains the same—to help make sure patients are on the right drug at the right time, so they can live longer and healthier lives. We’re looking for people who can change the world. Who question the status quo and don’t shy away from tough problems. For the builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. We’re looking for passionate people with undying curiosity. Those who want to attack one of the most challenging problems mankind has ever faced. Head on.