Product Security Engineer

Company Description
It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today - ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.
Job Description
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 ProdSec Team:
The ProdSec Testing team at ServiceNow plays a key role in securing the applications our customers depend on. We focus on assessing new features through secure code reviews, SAST/DAST scanning, and manual testing for high-risk areas. Our team partners closely with developers to identify root causes, validate fixes, and drive secure-by-design practices. We value hands-on, growth-minded engineers who are passionate about application security and eager to make an impact.
What you get to do in this role:

• Perform and support security assessments across a wide range of modern product features.
• Conduct code reviews in a mixed-language codebase.
• Integrate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) at ServiceNow.
• Partner with developers and architects to design, implement, and enhance secure application solutions.
• Apply expertise in authentication, authorization, secure mobile development, cryptography, and secure-by-design practices.
• Champion security awareness and educate teams on secure development behaviors.
• Define and implement application security best practices, standards, and guidelines.
• Contribute to strategic and high-impact BSIMM activities across the company.
• Support compliance efforts including audits, regulatory reviews, and security assessments.
• Build and improve internal tools to make secure development easier and prevent insecure code from shipping.
• Maintain and evolve automation test frameworks to improve security testing reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with developers to design and automate targeted security testing strategies.
• Work closely with engineering teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve security issues in development and test environments.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have:

• 2+ years of application or product security experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience thinking critically about or integrating AI into workflows, tooling, or decision-making (e.g., AI-powered tools, automated insights, or GenAI platforms).
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with:
  • Identifying and resolving OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
  • Threat modeling in Agile environments
  • Security Verification Standards
  • Authentication and authorization schemes
• Experience with automation using scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript).
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, with security consideration.
• Strong grasp of web and mobile application security techniques, threat modeling, and secure coding practices.
• Understanding of vulnerabilities and risk in GenAI/AgenticAI platforms.
• Ability to evaluate and triage results from SAST and DAST tools, perform risk assessments, and guide remediation efforts.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset toward learning and adopting emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to drive innovation.

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For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $123,500 -- $191,500, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.
Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
Additional Information
Work Personas
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. Learn more here . 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
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