ServiceNow
Staff Software Engineer, AI-Native Developer Platform
$166K–$291K
Santa Clara, California, United States · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Designs and delivers scalable platform services, developer tools, and AI-powered experiences that improve software engineering productivity across ServiceNow.
What you'll do
- Build reusable platform services, APIs, and frameworks, and modern user experiences for engineering teams.
- Integrate AI into development workflows to automate tasks and help engineers create, test, deploy, and operate applications.
- Lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, and improve platform reliability, scalability, performance, and observability.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Deep expertise in Java and modern backend development, including scalable distributed systems and enterprise applications.
- Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, modern frontend frameworks such as React, REST APIs, microservices, and cloud-native services.
- Strong system design and problem-solving skills; proficiency with Node.js, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Nice to have
- Experience with developer productivity platforms, internal developer portals, SDLC tooling, CI/CD systems, or platform engineering.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered development tools and integrating GenAI, AI agents, MCP, or LLM-powered workflows.
Pay
$166,500 - $291,400 USD base salary
Tools
Java, JavaScript / TypeScript, Node.js, React, REST APIs, AWS, Azure, GCP
AI focus
Build AI-native developer experiences, integrate AI and AI-powered automation into engineering workflows, and evaluate emerging AI technologies and tools to improve developer productivity.
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