ServiceNow
Staff Software Engineer - Platform Security
$150K–$262K
San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Architects and operates scalable outbound security systems for a multi-tenant SaaS platform, including egress controls, proxy infrastructure, and exfiltration detection, with selective use of AI/ML.
What you'll do
- Build and operate secure, reliable outbound security services on Kubernetes, including deployment, scaling, on-call, and incident response.
- Threat-model designs and translate compliance and security requirements into outbound security frameworks.
- Assess and apply AI/ML to security use cases, and mentor engineers on secure coding and outbound-request risks.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with Java, Go, or a comparable strongly typed language at production scale.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and distributed systems tradeoffs.
- Production experience running services on Kubernetes in a SaaS or multi-tenant environment, including deployments, Helm, and CI/CD.
- Working knowledge of network and application security concepts, plus secure coding and threat-modeling practices.
Nice to have
- Direct experience in outbound/egress security, proxies, SSRF mitigation, DNS security, or data loss/exfiltration prevention.
- Hands-on AI/ML applied to security or operations, regulated-environment experience, or post-quantum cryptography exposure.
Pay
$149,800 - $262,200 USD base salary
Tools
Java, Go, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/PKI
AI focus
Evaluate and apply AI/ML to outbound security, including egress anomaly detection, destination risk scoring, and AI-assisted code review for SSRF and unsafe outbound requests.
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