ServiceNow
Staff Software Engineer, Agent Identity Security
$166K–$291K
Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in backend software development.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Designs and builds backend features for an agent identity security product, helping discover AI agents, track their actions, and manage access and runtime authorization.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and scale identity security solutions for AI agents.
- Shape the agent identity security roadmap and contribute to industry standards for agent security and least-privilege access.
- Own features from concept and design through deployment, monitoring, and maintenance, collaborating across product, engineering, and security teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years in backend software development, focused on APIs, Microservices Architecture, or related areas.
- Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Golang or Java.
- Experience designing RESTful APIs and Microservices Architectures; experience with cloud platforms and familiarity with IAM services and features.
Nice to have
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, caching mechanisms, and distributed systems.
Pay
$166,500 - $291,400 USD base salary
Tools
Golang, Java, RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, IAM
AI focus
Leverage AI techniques and tools to advance and strengthen the Agent Security product; build security capabilities for AI agents, including discovery, action tracking, access management, and runtime authorization.
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