Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join ServiceNow as a Lead Engineer and drive on-time delivery of high-quality products. You will lead engineers through the full development cycle, architect and implement robust database schemas, and build high-quality, scalable code. Collaborate with product owners and designers, design user-friendly software, and mentor colleagues. This role requires proven project management experience, excellent communication skills, and extensive experience with JavaScript and Java or a similar OO language. A passion for JavaScript and web development, along with experience in modern UI frameworks and AI integration, is essential. ServiceNow offers a competitive salary, equity, benefits, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• Proven experience in managing and executing projects from start to finish, ensuring their successful delivery
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead stakeholder conversations and ensure clarity around project goals and challenges
• 6+ years of experience with Javascript, and Java or a similar OO language
• Extensive experience in designing and optimizing database schemas to support scalable and efficient data structures
• Passion for JavaScript and the Web as a platform, reusability, and componentization
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance/scale considerations
• Experience with any of the modern UI frameworks like Angular, React or Vue
• 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
• Ability to manage projects with material technical risk at a team level

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers through the full development cycle, driving on-time delivery of high-quality products or solutions
• Proven experience in architecting and implementing robust database schemas for complex applications
• Build high-quality, clean, scalable and reusable code by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes (Code Reviews, Unit testing, etc.)
• Work with the product owners and designers to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation and delivery of high-quality products to our users
• Design software that is simple to use to allow customers to extend and customize the functionality to meet their specific needs
• Be a mentor for colleagues and help promote knowledge-sharing

Benefits

• Health plans, including flexible spending accounts
• A 401(k) Plan with company match
• ESPP
• Matching donations
• A flexible time away plan
• Family leave programs