# Principal Security Engineer at ServiceNow

- Company: ServiceNow
- What the company does: It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. Backed by Greylock and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.servicenow.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Petah Tikva, IL
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-30
- Apply by: 2026-12-14
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000158669419?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-principal-security-engineer/

## About the role

Security-led: 13+ years in security, with at least 3 years in principal-level roles owning architecture, risk, or threat modeling across the organization Engineering-led: 13+ years of software engineering, including at least 3 years building or owning security-critical systems such as identity, authorization, data pipelines, distributed systems, or platform security, and a demonstrated move into security ownership at enterprise scale Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or an exceptional record of impact
- Experience that meets one of the qualifying backgrounds below, including design reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessment at enterprise scale
- A sustained record of setting security direction across multiple teams or product lines, with standards, controls, or architecture that others adopted as their baseline
- Recognised depth in at least one core security discipline, such as application, cloud, identity, cryptography, or offensive security, with working breadth across the others
- Expert fluency with threat modelling methodologies (e.g., STRIDE, attack trees) and security frameworks such as the OWASP Top 10, to the point of extending, critiquing, or contributing to them
- A demonstrated ability to ramp quickly on new technology domains and reason about security where no established patterns exist


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