The Senior Staff Engineer, reporting to the Senior Director of engineering serves as a trusted engineering lead, collaborating with other engineering leads, architects, and cross-functional partners across one of Service Now’s most strategic organizations, Connected Customer Experience.

What you get to do in this role:

• Design and build AI agents that guide users through complex workflows in customer support.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with TPM, PM and platform teams to translate business goals into Agentic solutions.

• Define best practices and framework for prompt engineering, agent evaluation, and agent self-learning across different Agentic solutions.

• Develop across the full web technology stack, including JavaScript, AngularJS, React, HTML, CSS, and SQL.

• Design, develop, and optimize next-generation AI Agents that power intelligent automation and enhance user experiences.

• Contribute within a Scrum-based Agile environment that prioritizes hands-on coding and continuous delivery over heavy documentation and meetings.

• Partner with Connected Customer Experience (CCX) product teams to understand requirements and take ownership of features—from design and implementation to testing and delivery.

• Build intuitive, configurable software that supports diverse customer needs and enables easy adoption and customization.

• Play a key role in both the enhancement of existing products and the design and implementation of new features within the CCX portfolio.

• Share knowledge, provide guidance, and contribute to a culture of learning and collaboration across the team.

• Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience building enterprise-grade applications.

• 10+ years of Full Stack Development using Javascript/ Java or related OOP (expertise in end-end application development, maintenance, & deployment covering all platform and UI/UX aspects).

• 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 developer productivity (Usage of Open AI, Windsurf, Cursor etc.)

• Exposure to or hands-on experience with GenAI solutions, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs), or Agentic AI systems.

• Proficient in modern UI frameworks such as Angular or React, with strong JavaScript development skills.

• Experience working across multiple technology stacks, including: Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS

• Messaging Systems: Kafka, Dell Boomi

• Monitoring Tools: Splunk, Catchpoint

• Web Infrastructure: API Gateways, CDNs

• Passion for JavaScript and the Web as a platform, reusability, and componentization

• Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and software performance tuning.

• Advanced experience working with relational databases including development, troubleshooting and performance optimization.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate across teams without formal authority.

• Experience in end-end Custom Application development on Service Now platform is added advantage.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to translate complex concepts for various audiences**.**

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple complex initiatives.

• Operate with a higher degree of autonomy, level-head, acting as a force multiplier by identifying and solving ambiguous, product problems.

• Passion for web technologies, reusable components, and building developer-friendly platforms.

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $171,900 - $300,800, 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.

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to Service Now employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, Service Now may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest Service Now office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Service Now 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

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@servicenow.com for assistance.

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