ServiceNow
AI
SrStaffSoftwareEngineerProductSecurity
“Sr Staff Software Engineer - Product Security at ServiceNow. Skills: Product Security, Software Engineering, AI, Distributed Systems. Lead technical design and architecture. Drive architecture and design decisions”
What You'll Achieve.
Maximise security review coverage; Accelerates delivery and improves security outcomes; Build capabilities that external vendors cannot replicate; Raising the technical bar across the team
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, hands-on production experience with Python and Java, Deep expertise in distributed systems, scalability, high availability, and performance engineering in cloud environments, Experience with security-related engineering — application security, infrastructure security, identity systems, fraud prevention, or trust & safety, Familiarity with AI/ML systems, GenAI, or Agentic AI technologies, Experience contributing to large-scale product codebases in a collaborative engineering environment, technical communication skills
Nice to Have
Experience with container and Kubernetes security, runtime security, OPA policy enforcement, or service mesh security, Background in building security products or features that ship as part of a commercial platform, Experience with AI-powered automation, LLM integration, or agentic frameworks in a production context, Familiarity with enterprise security frameworks (NIST, SSDLC), Experience working in a globally distributed engineering team across multiple time zones
What You'll Do.
Lead technical design and architecture
Drive architecture and design decisions
Lead technical design reviews
Define technical standards
Evaluate and integrate third-party security services
Build security capabilities at platform scale
Design and develop security tooling
Contribute code directly into product engineering codebases
Leverage platform advantages
Collaborate with AI Security Research team
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
Represent Security R&D in cross-functional discussions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work alongside product teams; Collaborate with the AI Security Research team; Represent Security R&D in cross-functional discussions with product engineering leadership; Contribute to hiring by helping define the technical interview bar and participating in candidate evaluations; Experience contributing to large-scale product codebases in a collaborative engineering environment; Earn trust with product engineering teams through code quality and delivery
Communication Scope
technical communication skills; Ability to articulate architecture decisions; Write clear design documents; Influence technical direction across teams
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