Drimva

ServiceNow

Senior Staff AI Security Engineer

$191K–$334K

Santa Clara, California, United States · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026

Experience
10+ years with a Bachelor's degree; OR 8+ years with a Master's degree; OR 6+ years with a PhD; OR equivalent work experience.
Education
Bachelor's degree; OR Master's degree; OR PhD; OR equivalent work experience.

About the job

Architects and leads production-scale AI security systems, including real-time inference, identity and access decisions, threat detection, and sensitive-data classification.

What you'll do

  • Build ML-driven security systems for identity risk, anomalous access, malware, and sensitive-data detection.
  • Architect inference pipelines and reusable ML infrastructure; operate systems with monitoring, retraining, and safe deployment.
  • Lead technical initiatives and integrate AI security solutions across identity, access control, threat detection, and infrastructure.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of software development experience; OR Master's degree with 8+ years; OR PhD with 6+ years; OR equivalent work experience.
  • Hands-on experience implementing machine learning algorithms from scratch and deploying ML systems in production at significant scale.
  • Deep programming expertise in Java and/or Python, including systems-level knowledge and performance optimization.
  • Expertise in ML systems and security, including inference, identity and access control, and applying ML to security problems.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Kafka, stream processing, or real-time data systems for security applications.
  • Hands-on work with cryptography, zero-trust architectures, or OAuth/mTLS.

Pay

$190,900 - $334,100 USD base pay

Tools

Java, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Kafka, OAuth/mTLS

AI focus

Build and operate ML-driven security systems; develop real-time inference and reasoning systems; apply LLMs, RAG, and agentic approaches to security; monitor, retrain, and safely deploy production models.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)