Staff Software Engineer

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.

As a Staff Software Engineer, within the Enterprise Integration team, you'll provide technical leadership and strategic direction in building state of the art applications and integration solutions using ServiceNow platform and related technologies. You'll partner closely with Product Owners, Architects, Business Analysts, and cross-functional IT teams to design, and implement scalable robust solutions. 

What you get to do inthis role: 

• Build high-quality, scalable, clean, and reusable applications and integration solutions using ServiceNow platform and related technologies.

• Play a lead role to drive end to end design and implementation of robust integrations between ServiceNow and other enterprise platforms (e.g., Azure, Workday, SAP, Splunk, Snowflake). 

• Own critical technical initiatives from planning to deployment, continuously refining and improving existing applications and services.  

• Explore the latest ServiceNow features and evaluate them for adoption  

• Develop proof-of-concept and prototype solutions to validate architectural, design decisions and demonstrate feasibility 

• Establish and promote best practices around platform development, integrations, and performance optimization. 

• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering technical excellence and professional growth within the team.

To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry
• 10+ years of related experience delivering end-to-end enterprise-grade solutions 
• Expert-level proficiency in Java or a similar OO language
• Strong experience with RESTful API design, Microservices architecture, database technologies (SQL/NoSQL)
• Experience working across multiple technology stacks, including:
• Cloud/Containerization Platforms: Azure, AWS, GCP and Docker, Kubernetes
• Data Streaming Platforms: Kafka, Flink
• Integration Platforms: Boomi, SAP PI/PO
• Web Infrastructure: API Gateways Kong, Azure APIM, Azure App Gateway
• Deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures, software design principles, and performance optimisation.  
• Proficient in modern UI frameworks such as Angular or React, with strong JavaScript development skills.
• Proven capability in building and maintaining secure applications and integrations with a strong emphasis on scalability and security best practices. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate across teams without formal authority.

• Good to have: 

  
  • Experience using AI Coding tools such as Cursor and Windsurf

  
  • Experience with ServiceNow Platform development and integration is preferred ​​

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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. 

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