Drimva

ServiceNow

Director of Engineering, HR Service Delivery

$221K–$387K

Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, United States · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026

Experience
12+ years of software engineering experience; 5+ years of engineering leadership experience.
Education
B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Leads the engineering organization responsible for the architecture, delivery, and operation of scalable HR Service Delivery services and AI-powered employee experiences.

What you'll do

  • Set technical strategy and oversee delivery and operational excellence for critical HRSD services.
  • Drive AI-powered product capabilities and AI-assisted engineering practices across the software development lifecycle.
  • Build and lead engineering teams while ensuring quality, security, reliability, and cross-functional execution.

What they ask for

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale products and services.
  • 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
  • Strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, APIs, data platforms, and enterprise software; experience operating highly available, mission-critical services at scale.
  • Experience with AI-powered product capabilities and familiarity with large language models, retrieval systems, agentic workflows, semantic search, and modern AI development frameworks.

Pay

$221,200 - $387,100 USD base salary

Tools

Java, Python, Go, large language models, retrieval systems, agentic workflows, semantic search, modern AI development frameworks

AI focus

Develop AI-powered HR employee experiences and lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering, automation, and intelligent workflows to improve productivity, quality, and delivery.

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