# Senior Application Security Engineer

**Company:** [Temporal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/temporal)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, RBAC, SAST, DAST, Penetration Testing, Python, Go, Owasp, Threat Modeling, Encryption, Authentication, Multi-Tenant Security
**Posted:** 2026-04-09

> Integrates security into product design, conducts threat modeling and risk assessments, manages secure development pipelines, and triages vulnerabilities. Requires 5+ years in app security, Kubernetes expertise, and strong collaboration with engineering teams.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate security principles into the design and architecture of products.
- Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors across the full product surface.
- 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.
- Triage Bug Bounty findings and responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities.
- Participate in on-call rotation.

## What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years in application or product security or a related role.
- Proven partnership with engineering teams, bringing security expertise to the planning and development process.
- Knowledge of **encryption**, **authentication**, and **secure communication protocols**.
- Familiarity with tools like **SAST**, **DAST**, and **penetration testing frameworks**.
- Deep understanding of application architecture and design principles, ability to effectively identify vulnerabilities across multiple programming languages.
- **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.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Expertise in at least one programming language, familiarity with **Python** and **Go**.

## Nice to Have
- Distributed computing and related vulnerability experience.
- Running a Security Champions program.
- Open Source automation or automation projects.
- Expertise in other areas of security.
- Security conference talks or published research.

## Compensation
- Estimated pay range: **$180,000 - $225,000**, depending on qualifications and location.
- Eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.

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