Senior Staff Software Engineer - Integration & AI Security Platform

SERVICENOW SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ServiceNow in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and lead a scalable integration layer. You will bridge legacy security stacks with AI-native agents to orchestrate data interoperability and autonomous reasoning at global scale.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural excellence, and partner with Product/R&D to deliver high-impact features across a resilient platform. A focus on Python, distributed systems, and security is essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of deep, hands-on software engineering experience designing production-grade, distributed systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python with memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Mastery of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, L3-L7) and security infrastructure.
• Experience in building highly available, fault-tolerant distributed architectures (Kafka, queues, microservices).
• Demonstrated experience or strong desire to master LLM-powered app development (RAG, agentic workflows).
• Product-first mindset with ability to articulate trade-offs to stakeholders while delivering value.

Responsibilities

• Architect & Lead: design resilient, distributed integration architectures (APIs, webhooks, streaming) for enterprise-scale throughput.
• Pioneer AI-native systems: lead shift to autonomous security orchestration with LLM-based reasoning.
• Build scalable libraries and unified data models to align with global security ecosystems.
• Drive product impact: collaborate with Product and R&D to prototype and ship high-impact features.
• Mentor engineers and set coding standards to ensure quality and performance.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

APIs

Security

Performance optimization

System design

Networking

Education

MS/PhD in CS

Tools

Kafka

Microservices

LLM integration

Job description

Company Description

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started. Join us to put AI to work for people.

Job Description

This is a role for a hardened technical engineer who thrives on complexity and demands architectural excellence. You won't just build connectors; you will design the foundation of our integration layer. You will bridge the gap between legacy security stacks and cutting-edge AI-native agents, creating a unified framework where data interoperability meets autonomous reasoning. You will be a key driver in transforming our integration factory into a self-service, high-performance platform capable of orchestrating security at a global scale.

• Architect & Lead: Design and evolve highly resilient, distributed integration architectures (APIs, webhooks, streaming data pipelines) that can handle enterprise-scale throughput with sub-par latency.
• Pioneer AI-Native Systems: Lead the shift from ingestion-only integrations to autonomous security orchestration, integrating LLM-based reasoning and agentic workflows into our core product stack.
• Technical Excellence: Build scalable libraries and unified data models that allow our platform to "speak the language" of the global security ecosystem.
• Drive Vision: Partner directly with Product and R&D leadership to prototype and ship high-impact features that solve critical, real-world security challenges.
• Mentorship & Strategy: Set the technical standard for the engineering organization, mentoring senior engineers and driving code quality, system performance, and innovation across the team.

Qualifications

Experience: 15+ years of deep, hands-on software engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing production-grade, distributed systems.

• Engineering Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Python, with a deep understanding of memory management, concurrency models, and performance optimization.
• Deep Networking: Mastery of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, L3-L7 protocols) and security infrastructure.
• System Design: Expert at building highly available, fault-tolerant, and horizontally scalable distributed architectures (Kafka, message queues, microservices).
• AI/ML Integration: Demonstrated experience or a deep desire to master LLM-powered application development (RAG, agentic workflows, loop engineering).
• Product-First Mindset: You treat system design as a business problem. You possess the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to stakeholders while remaining focused on delivering outsized value to our customers.
• Education/Background: Preferably MS or Phd in Computer Science or equivalent experience in a highly technical, fast-paced environment.

Additional Information

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, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, 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.

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