# Staff Software Engineer - Platform Security 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: Senior
- Location: San Diego, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $262K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Apply by: 2026-12-11
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000158141869?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-staff-software-engineer-platform-security/

## About the role

• Design, build, and maintain high-quality, scalable, secure outbound security services meeting FIPS compliance and regulated-environment requirements • Architect and operate mission-critical egress services with reliability and security as first-class design constraints, not afterthoughts Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, Java, Go, or a comparable strongly-typed language at production scale
- Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OO design, distributed systems tradeoffs
- Production experience running services on Kubernetes (deployments, Helm, CI/CD) in a SaaS/multi-tenant environment. This is assumed, not a differentiator
- Working understanding of core network and application security concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS/PKI fundamentals, proxies, firewalls, allowlisting/denylisting)
- Demonstrated security-first engineering habits: secure coding practices, threat modeling, code review discipline
- Direct experience in outbound/egress security, forward proxies, SSRF mitigation, DNS security, or data loss/exfiltration prevention, including egress gateways, network policy enforcement, or TLS inspection

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Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-staff-software-engineer-platform-security/