Staff Software Engineer, Security

Tempus; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Security to lead architectural initiatives across the security stack. You will set the technical vision, guide build-versus-buy decisions, IAM evolution, and cross-functional engineering best practices to scale platform innovation.

You will secure access in a decentralized microservices architecture with modern identity standards. You will enable core identity and authentication with SSO, OAuth, SAML, and SCIM, and you’ll architect agentic

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural initiatives for the security stack.
• Set technical vision and guide IAM evolution and cross-functional engineering practices.
• Enable core identity and authentication with SSO and modern standards (OAuth, SAML, SCIM) in a decentralized microservices architecture.
• Architect and secure agentic AI infrastructure to protect patient records and IP.

Job description

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry? Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

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The Staff Software Engineer for Security Engineering will drive key architectural initiatives for Tempus' Security stack: 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.

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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,