Staff Software Engineer-Platform Security

Company Description

At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can’t wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. 

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Job Description

Team:

As a Software Engineer within the Platform Security Core Organization, you will be responsible for leading key initiatives that help us improve the security, compatibility, performance, reliability, scalability, and feature set of our Authentication and Authorization Frameworks within ServiceNow platform. Our team is responsible for validating the identity and access for every incoming transaction within the platform. You will share your experience and skills with the team and learn from them in return.

We are a group of people that are passionate, self-directed and enjoy working on security controls/protocols with a security first mindset. We work in a very collaborative environment with distributed teams that empowers and enables you to succeed in your role. Your initiative (start) and drive (propel) will be unstoppable in our team.

What you get to do in this role:

• Design and develop core authentication, authorization features of the platform that will be used by our customers, applications to securely establish the desired identity and enforce access controls on its resources.
• Build high-quality, clean, scalable, and reusable code by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes (Code Reviews, Unit testing, etc.)
• Develop and Nurture forensic abilities to craft detailed Root Cause Analysis and mitigation plans for issues introduced by the security layer of the platform.
• Partner with the product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation and delivery of high-quality products to our users.
• Champion ServiceNow platform security (Authentication/Authorization) best practices.
• Implement software that is simple to use to allow customers, applications to extend and customize the functionality to meet their specific needs.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new products and features while also enhancing the existing product suite.
• Be a mentor for colleagues and help promote knowledge-sharing.

To be successful in this role you have:

• Passion for JavaScript and the Web as a platform, reusability, and componentization
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance/scale considerations
• Experience with backend caching techniques and relational databases including development, troubleshooting and performance optimization.
• Analytical, problem solving, critical thinking and design skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with Java or a similar OO language
• Passion for JavaScript and the Web as a platform, reusability, and componentization
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance/scale considerations
• Experience with any of the modern UI frameworks like Angular, React or Vue
• Analytical and design skills
• Ability to manage projects with material technical risk at a team level

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For positions in the Bay Area, we offer a base pay of $152,000 - $266,000, plus equity (when