Manager, Software Engineering Management

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.

What you get to do in this role:   

• Manage product development activities and oversee end-to-end engineering deliverables.
• Manage team of engineers, providing technical guidance, feedback, and career development.
• Work with product management, design, support, quality, and other dev teams to create high-quality solutions.
• Manage daily activities of the end to end development team, ensuring engineering excellence, code quality, and delivery velocity.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation initiatives including designing testing strategies, driving test automation to enhance reliability, performance, and scalability of products and services.
• Solve difficult and sometimes ambiguous problems by fostering collaboration and applying structured decision-making.
• Manage departmental resources, staffing, mentoring, and enhance and maintain a best-of-class engineering and quality team.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align on priorities, communicate issues, and utilize best practices.

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 includes using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's impact on engineering practices.
• Experience in using AI Productivity tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, etc. is a plus or nice to have
• 10+ years of experience in software product engineering and atleast 2+ years of experience in a management position for technical teams
• Strong background in modern software engineering practices and technologies relevant to large-scale enterprise products.
• Advanced coding skills with fluency in one or more relevant programming languages (Java, C++, Ruby, Shell, JavaScript, or similar).
• Experience with open source tools, automation frameworks, and agile development environments.
• Proven ability to design and implement effective testing strategies, including automation and performance testing.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with the ability to mentor and grow high-performing teams.
• Experience in managing cross-functional teams with combined engineering and quality responsibilities.

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Work Personas

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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. 

Accommodations

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