Drimva

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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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)