IT Systems Engineer (SF)

Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments, born from Stripe’s experience in global payments and Paradigm’s expertise in crypto tech.

Tempo’s payment-first design provides a scalable, low-cost predictable backbone that meets the needs of high-volume payment use cases. Our goal is to move money reliably, cheaply, and at scale. Our north star is simplicity for users: fintechs, traditional banks, merchants, platforms, and anyone else looking to move their payments into the 21st century.

We're building Tempo with design partners who are global leaders in AI, e-commerce, and financial services: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard Chartered, Visa, and more.

We’re a team of crypto-optimists, building the infrastructure needed to bring real, substantial economic flows onchain. We like to move fast and swing for the fences — join us!

The Role

Tempo is growing rapidly and we are looking for a trusted IT specialist who thrives in dynamic environments, loves problem solving under pressure, and can keep us operating at peak performance while building out our in-house IT expertise from 0 to 1 and beyond. This role is remote friendly

Responsibilities

• Oversee, operate, and optimize our IT infrastructure

• Build workflows and automation to help us move faster as we scale

• Rapidly troubleshoot IT support requests for a fast-moving team primarily based in the US and EU

• Evaluate, negotiate, onboard, and manage new vendors and tools for our growing team

• Manage onboarding and permissions access across our internal systems and cloud environments

Qualifications

• Knowledge of networking, endpoint management, and security best practices

• Experience with administering Okta, Google Workspace, and Apple devices, as well as use of scripting languages and AI tools

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to operate effectively under ambiguity, with excellent communication and prioritization skills

• Familiarity with contract negotiation and procurement processes

Attributes

• Strong service mentality with a bias towards action

• Simplifier - you easily translate IT solutions to help unblock issues for both technical and non-technical audiences

• Able to seamlessly context-switch across short-term tasks and long-term projects