Staff Software Engineer

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together — and our internal Go-To-Market applications and Sales CRM team is where that shows up in how we build our own commercial workflows across Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, and Procurement.

As a Staff Engineer (IC4), you'll independently lead the design, development, and delivery of complex, high-impact systems within these internal platforms. You'll take ownership of critical components, set technical direction within your domain, and serve as a technical resource to peers and other engineers. We're looking for someone who combines deep software engineering fundamentals with hands-on, already-fluent expertisein AI-assisted and agentic development — not someone looking to pick it up on the job.

Nice to have

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $166,500 - $291,400 , plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.

Responsibilities

Own backend services end-to-end, including REST/GraphQL APIs and event-driven microservices (Kafka); Build and integrate microservices with ServiceNow platform applications, ramping up quickly on platform-specific patterns and constraints as needed; Own a complex subsystem — set technical direction, make the architectural calls, and carry the operational consequences of them; Pitch in on UI work using a modern component framework; Work closely with TPMs and business stakeholders to understand and help shape requirements, communicating technical trade-offs clearly and driving alignment without heavy hand-holding; Apply AI coding tools and agentic workflows day-to-day as a core part of how you build and ship — using them accountably, with critical review and verification before anything ships; Provide L3 support for internal business-critical systems; Mentor other engineers and serve as a technical resource within your domain, raising the bar through code review, scalable system design.; Model best practices in software craftsmanship, testing discipline, and debugging methodology

Requirements

~8+ years of practical software engineering experience, including production systems you've owned end-to-end; Strong fundamentals: data structures, system design, REST/GraphQL, relational data modeling, testing; Real, hands-on microservices experience, including event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar); Working front-end skills with a modern component framework; Strong collaboration skills — comfortable working with TPMs and business stakeholders to clarify ambiguous requirements; CI/CD, containers, observability, and L3 incident/support experience for internal production systems; Current, hands-on experience with agentic workflows, LLM integration, RAG, Knowledge grapgh, MCP or prompt engineering — you should already be fluent here; A record of mentoring engineers and raising quality through code review; Nice to have; Billing, contracts, quoting, or usage-based commercial systems experience; Kafka/event-driven architecture depth, or NoSQL data modeling (e.g., Cosmos DB); ServiceNow Platform certification and/or development experience is a strong added advantage

Nice to have

Billing, contracts, quoting, or usage-based commercial systems experience; Kafka/event-driven architecture depth, or NoSQL data modeling (e.g., Cosmos DB); ServiceNow Platform experience is a plus