Sr Staff Software Engineer - Product Security at ServiceNow

About the Role

ServiceNow’s Product Security organization is building a dedicated Security R&D function. This software engineering team builds security capabilities with the same rigor, CI/CD discipline, and quality standards as ServiceNow’s product engineering organization. We are looking for a Staff Security Engineer to serve as the technical anchor on this team.

Key Responsibilities

• →Drive architecture and design decisions for Security R&D’s capabilities, ensuring systems are built for enterprise scale, reliability, and maintainability.
• →Lead technical design reviews and serve as the senior engineering voice on security tooling, automation, and platform services built by the team.
• →Define technical standards, code quality expectations, and engineering best practices for the Security R&D team.
• →Evaluate and integrate third-party security services alongside in-house AI-powered capabilities to maximize security review coverage.
• →Design and develop security tooling, automation, and platform-native services — both for internal use and as externally facing product features.
• →Contribute code directly into ServiceNow product engineering codebases where security domain expertise accelerates delivery and improves security outcomes.
• →Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, raising the technical bar across the team through code reviews, design guidance, and hands-on pairing.
• →Represent Security R&D in cross-functional discussions with product engineering leadership, demonstrating technical credibility as an engineering peer.
• →Contribute to hiring by helping define the technical interview bar and participating in candidate evaluations.