Staff Software Engineer - Product Security

ServiceNow’s Product Security organisation is building a dedicated Security R&D; function — a software engineering team that builds security capabilities with the same engineering rigour as ServiceNow’s product organisation. We are looking for a Staff Security Engineer to be a core contributor on this team.

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 help shape the team’s engineering practices and technical foundation from day one.

This role reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager, Security R&D.;

What You Will Do

Build Security Capabilities

• Design and develop security tooling, automation, and platform services that operate at ServiceNow’s enterprise scale.
• Contribute code directly into ServiceNow product engineering codebases, embedding security capabilities where they have the highest impact.
• Build AI-powered security automation by integrating in-house models and third-party services into production workflows.
• Leverage ServiceNow’s platform — Agent Framework runtime, ACL enforcement, data layer, and workflow engine — to create security capabilities that external vendors cannot match.
Collaborate Across Teams

• Work closely with the AI Security Research team on tooling for AI agent security, translating research insights into production-grade engineering.
• Partner with product engineering teams during open contribution engagements, earning trust through code quality, reliability, and delivery.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions, contributing to the team’s technical standards and engineering culture.
Grow with the Team

• Help define engineering best practices as a founding member of the Security R&D; team.
• Contribute to hiring and onboarding as the team scales, helping maintain the engineering bar.
• Stay current on emerging AI/ML technologies and security threats, bringing new ideas into the team’s roadmap.
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.

Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Not Applicable