Staff Data Platform Software Engineer

Veza is the pioneer in identity security, purpose-built to answer the fundamental question enterprises face: who can and should take what action on what data. Veza's Access Graph platform maps an organization's entire identity ecosystem across users, groups, roles, policies, permissions, and resources providing deep visibility and control over human, non-human, and agentic identities across SaaS, cloud, on-prem, and custom applications. With over 30 billion access permissions under management, global enterprises including Blackstone, Expedia, and Wynn Resorts trust Veza to manage privileged access monitoring, non-human identity security, access entitlement management, and next-generation identity governance. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Veza is now part of the ServiceNow family, with the acquisition closing in March 2026. The combination brings together Veza's AI-native Access Graph with ServiceNow's AI Control Tower and agentic workflows, enabling organizations to enforce end-to-end identity security rooted in the principle of least privilege across applications, data, cloud environments, and AI agents. For engineers joining Veza today, this means the scale and resources of an enterprise platform company, with the product velocity and mission-driven focus of a security innovator at a pivotal moment in the industry.

We are looking for a passionate Staff Software Engineer to join Veza's Graph Data Platform team. You will play a key role in designing, improving, and maintaining the robust and scalable code behind the Veza Access Graph, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to shape the future of our products and deliver exceptional identity and access management experiences to our customers. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of a high-impact team while working on cutting-edge technologies.

Technical Leadership Act as the technical expert for the Veza Access Graph, identifying broad challenges — technical, functional, or business — and parsing them into initiatives the org can execute against Solve complex problems with no established precedent in the org or the field, from architecture through implementation Serve as the dependable subject-matter expert (SME) for your area; define coding standards and engineering best practices for the team Identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce redundancy, and drive large-scale simplification across the platform Deliver significant direct technical contributions while independently driving workstream-level design reviews Set the bar for code quality, testing, documentation, and support — and share best practices with teammates in a consumable format Roadmap & Execution Set roadmap and prioritization for workstreams in your area; drive planning, design, and delegation of key components to ICs and stakeholders Identify gaps, dependencies, and unresolved problems; partner with customers and stakeholders to close them Proactively refine technical requirements in alignment with key stakeholders Operate autonomously, consistently delivering high-quality work on time Collaboration & Mentorship Break complex roadmaps into clear workstreams, milestones, and timelines, driving alignment and buy-in across PMs, TPMs, EMs, TLs, ICs, and dependency teams Represent your team's roadmap and dependencies in company-wide initiatives Coach and mentor team leads and ICs; help define interview loops, identify talent gaps, and build coaching plans to close them Drive collaboration, conflict resolution, and stakeholder buy-in to unblock projects and ensure successful delivery Model ServiceNow's core values and contribute feedback to improve team culture Qualifications 10+ years of professional backend software development experience,