Principal AI Security Architect

ServiceNow; United States; Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 387,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) with company match

ESPP

Matching donations

Flexible time away

Family leave programs

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking an Senior Software Engineer in Security & Risk Engineering to lead the architecture of AI-native security solutions. You will define the technical vision, apply cutting-edge AI capabilities, and collaborate with product, UX, and security researchers to translate complex problems into differentiated products.

The role emphasizes building scalable, enterprise-grade security platforms, championing AI-native practices, and mentoring engineers while engaging executives and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering AI/ML-powered products and platforms in production.
• Strong backend engineering experience with distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision and architecture for AI-native security solutions, leveraging frontier models, agentic AI, reasoning, retrieval, knowledge systems, and advanced ML techniques.
• Define technical architecture and engineering standards that improve scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Partner closely with Product, UX, security researchers, customers, and engineering leaders to identify high-value problems and translate them into differentiated product experiences.
• Champion AI-native engineering practices, including extensive use of AI coding agents and autonomous development, testing, evaluation, and operational workflows.
• Represent the team's technology and innovation with executives, customers, partners, and the broader engineering organization.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar through coaching and technical leadership.

Skills

AI/ML

Python

React

Node.js

Java

REST

GraphQL

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/AI/ML

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Windsurf

Job description

ServiceNow is seeking an Senior Software Engineer in Security & Risk Engineering to lead the architecture of AI-native security solutions. You will define the technical vision, apply cutting-edge AI capabilities, and collaborate with product, UX, and security researchers to translate complex problems into differentiated products.

The role emphasizes building scalable, enterprise-grade security platforms, championing AI-native practices, and mentoring engineers while engaging executives and