Principal Software Security Engineer

ServiceNow
Petah Tikva,Posted 3 March 2026

Job Description

<p>The ServiceNow Security Organisation (SSO):</p><p>The ServiceNow Security Organisation (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</p><p>The Security Research / Offensive Security team delivers red-team-like engagements and produces investigative reports that drive a reduction in operational security risk. Paired with a toolkit of code/program and dynamic environmental analysis skills, the team provides guidance on primary security controls, best practices, and product enhancement. Exploration techniques focus on problems broadly, measuring industry trends and product insecurity across ServiceNow’s cloud environment.</p><p>As a Principal Software Security Engineer, you'll be responsible for delivering offensive security engagements against ServiceNow's public-facing and internal products. You’ll also be responsible for security auditing of the ServiceNow product stack and researching nuances of securing SaaS platforms. This will require an in-depth knowledge of various approaches to application auditing, including secure code review, debugging, dynamic web application testing, analysis and threat modeling. You’ll work closely with product engineering teams to provide investigative reports to improve platform resiliency and ensure best-in-class security solutions.</p><p>What you get to do in this role:</p><ul><li>Work with diverse business and technology owners</li><li>Participate in offensive security engagements including external adversarial emulation.</li><li>Perform security audits to discover, communicate, and recommend remediation activities for vulnerabilities</li><li>Work with engineering teams on remediation</li><li>Create and maintain strategic relationships</li></ul> <p>To be Successful in this role you have:</p><ul><li>Experience in leveraging 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, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industry.</li><li>A passion for security and problem solving</li><li>Background in software security auditing, computer security and the statistical methods</li><li>15+ years of experience performing software security auditing including code review, reverse engineering, thick app analysis, and black-box web application testing or related experience and education</li><li>Familiarity with NIST 800-53 and similar controls framework</li><li>Developer-level proficiency in Python, Java, and JavaScript, including modern client-side JavaScript frameworks</li><li>Experience writing static code analysis rules a plus</li><li>Experience with Python data science and machine learning frameworks a plus</li><li>Network and system security engineering skills a plus</li><li>Degree in computer science / engineering, informatics, mathematics/statistics, or equivalent work experience</li><li>Offensive Security OSWE and/or OSCP certification(s) a plus</li></ul> <p><strong>Work Personas</strong></p><p>We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. <a href="https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow-assets/public/en-us/doc-type/other-document/careers/new-world-of-work-personas.pdf"><u>Learn more here</u></a>. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.</p><p><strong>Equal Opportunity ... (truncated, view full listing at source)