Senior Staff Software Engineer | Security Data Platform | Expert in Python
Company: ServiceNow
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States (Remote)
Salary: $190.9k - $334.1k per year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-09-08
About this role
It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.
Join us to put AI to work for people.
Due to Federal requirements, only US citizens, US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents, holding a green card, will be considered.
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DON'T MEET THIS FEDERAL REQUIRMENT
The ServiceNow Security Organization (SSO)
The ServiceNow Security Organization (SSO) delivers world-class, innovative security solutions to reduce risk and protect the company and our customers. We enable our customers to migrate their most sensitive data and workloads to the cloud, accelerating our business so that we are the most trusted SaaS provider. We create an environment where our employees are proud to work and can make a positive impact
About the role
Our security teams pull data from a lot of separate systems. Asset inventory, identity governance, detection tooling, and threat intel all live in different places, so answering a basic question like which systems an attacker could reach from a compromised account can take a security analyst most of a day.
We're building a platform that connects those systems behind a shared API and knowledge layer so those questions can be answered in seconds. We are not replacing the source systems or copying their data.
You would be a senior individual contributor on a small team, responsible for whole areas of the platform: designing the API contracts, buildin...