Sr Software Engineer - Product Security

Company Description
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today - ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
ServiceNow's Product Security organization is building a dedicated Security R&D function - a software engineering team that builds security capabilities with the same engineering standards as ServiceNow's product organization. We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join this team as a core builder.
Security R&D operates in two complementary modes: open contribution to product engineering - writing code alongside product teams where security expertise adds value - and developing its own security capabilities, including internal tooling, externally facing product features, AI-powered security automation, and third-party integrations.
This is a new team being stood up in Petah Tikva, Israel, co-located with ServiceNow's AI Security Research team. You will be part of the founding engineering team, with the opportunity to shape the technical culture from the ground up.
This role reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager, Security R&D.
What You Will Do
Write Code That Secures the Platform

• Develop security tooling, automation, and services as part of the Security R&D team's core engineering output.
• Contribute code to ServiceNow product engineering codebases, working alongside product teams to embed security capabilities directly into the platform.
• Build integrations with AI-powered services - both in-house and third-party - to automate and scale security workflows.
• Write clean, tested, production-quality code that meets enterprise standards for reliability and performance.

Collaborate and Learn

• Work alongside senior engineers and the AI Security Research team, learning the security domain while contributing strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and sprint ceremonies, contributing to the team's engineering culture from day one.
• Partner with product engineering teams during open contribution engagements, building relationships through quality work.

Grow Your Impact

• Develop deep expertise in security engineering and AI security as a member of a team that operates at the cutting edge of both fields.
• Take increasing ownership of components and features as you ramp up, with a clear path to broader technical leadership.
• Stay curious about emerging AI/ML technologies and contribute ideas for how Security R&D can leverage them.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you have:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong hands-on proficiency in Python and Java. You are a software engineer first - writing production code is what you do.
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, system design, testing, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience building services or applications in cloud environments with an understanding of scalability and reliability principles.
• Collaborative mindset - you thrive in team environments, contribute to shared codebases, and communicate effectively with other engineers.
• Passion for next-generation AI technologies and a desire to work at the intersection of software engineering and security. Deep security or AI expertise is not required - we will invest in your growth in both areas

Preferred

• Any exposure to security concepts - application security, secure coding practices, vulnerability management, or security tooling.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, LLMs, or experience integrating AI services into applications.
• Experience with container/Kubernetes environments or cloud-native development (AWS preferred).
• Experience in a SaaS or enterprise software environment.
• Demonstrated learning agility - a track record of quickly ramping up in new technical domains.

What Makes This Role Unique

• Builder-led culture: Security R&D is defined by engineering output, not advisory reviews. We build production security capabilities with the same discipline as product engineering.
• Dual operating model: The team both contributes directly to product engineering and develops its own security products and services.
• Platform advantage: ServiceNow owns the entire stack - runtime, ACLs, data layer, workflow engine. You will build security capabilities that no external vendor can replicate.
• Founding team: This is a new team being built from scratch. You will shape its engineering culture, technical standards, and identity from day one.
• AI intersection: The role sits alongside the AI Security Research team, placing you at the frontier of securing AI systems at enterprise scale

Additional Information
Work Personas
We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here . To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
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