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 rigor as ServiceNow’s product organization. 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.