Principal IAM Software Engineer | Security Org

ServiceNow
Kirkland, Washington$240k – $420kPosted 26 February 2026

Job Description

<p>Due to Federal requirements, only US citizens, US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents, holding a green card, will be considered.   &#xa0;</p><p>PLEASE&#xa0;DO NOT APPLY if you cannot meet this Federal Requirement.&#xa0;Thank you in advance.  &#xa0;</p><p> &#xa0;</p><p>The ServiceNow Security Organization (SSO)    &#xa0;</p><p>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 &#xa0;</p><p>&#xa0;</p><p>About the Team &#xa0;</p><p>The ServiceNow Security Identity and Access Management organization builds and operates the enterprise Identity and Access Management platform that secures ServiceNow employees, systems, and partners worldwide. We are a team focused on engineering excellence — modernizing how identity governance is built, tested, and delivered. We manage enterprise-scale Identity Platforms, ServiceNow integrations and Privileged Access Management across global and regulated environments and are expanding our capabilities into Non-Human Identity governance and AI-assisted access intelligence. &#xa0;</p><p>We are looking for a Principal IAM Software Engineer to bring full stack and systems depth to the team, build our DevOps engineering foundation, own critical platform integrations, and elevate the engineers around them. &#xa0;</p><p>&#xa0;</p><p>What you'll do &#xa0;</p><ul><li><p>Participate in all technical aspects of team deliverables including quality, performance, maintainability, and scalability. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Design and build end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, GitLab Runners, Jenkins, and Nexus moving the team from manual to automated, repeatable development and testing workflows. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Implement infrastructure-as-code and configuration management with Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Own system integrations across Identity Platforms and ServiceNow APIs, connectors, provisioning workflows, and lifecycle automation. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Contribute full stack development across backend services and user-facing IAM workflows&#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Provide technical input on UI design and implementation. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Apply data analytics to identity governance&#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>RBAC role mining, access pattern analysis, entitlement optimization, and AI-assisted access request recommendations. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Participate in design and code reviews, ensuring best practices in performance, maintainability, and testability. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, engineering craftsmanship, and continuous improvement. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Partner with security, compliance, and platform teams to deliver solutions that are secure, scalable, and audit-ready. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Explore and advocate for new patterns that improve system resilience, developer velocity, and operational maturity. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><p>To be successful in this role you have &#xa0;</p><ul><li><p>Experience in&#xa0;leveraging&#xa0;or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows,&#xa0;analyzing&#xa0;AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industry. &#xa0;</p></li></ul><p>&#xa0;</p><ul><li><p>Deep technical hands-on experience building Enterprise production level Platform &#xa0;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>15+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years as a senior or principal IC, or equivalent experien ... (truncated, view full listing at source)