Senior Architect — AI Control Tower Platform

ServiceNow

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Generous family leave
Matched donations
Annual learning stipends
Flexible PTO
Competitive retirement plan
Paid volunteer time

Job summary

ServiceNow's AI Control Tower (AICT) in Santa Clara seeks a Principal Engineer who has built 1.0 products from first principles, solving deep technical hurdles with early customers and establishing foundations that scale adoption. You will report to the Director of Engineering, AICT, and drive architectural decisions for enterprise-wide AI governance.

You are AI-native, hands-on with AI, and will lead teams to design, ship, and operate scalable governance infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering shipping complex enterprise-grade SaaS products.
  • Experience architecting from first principles for 1.0+ products.
  • Deep expertise in AI-native engineering practices and governance infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architectural design and implementation of core AICT platform components.
  • Translate product requirements into scalable technical plans and failure recovery patterns.
  • Set technical standards for governance infrastructure and multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
  • Mentor and provide technical guidance across teams and forums.

Skills

AI architecture
Cloud-native SaaS
Kubernetes
REST/gRPC
Observability
Mentorship
Cross-functional leadership
Data modeling

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science/AI

Tools

Kubernetes
REST API
gRPC
OpenAPI

Job description

ServiceNow's AI Control Tower (AICT) in Santa Clara seeks a Principal Engineer who has built 1.0 products from first principles, solving deep technical hurdles with early customers and establishing foundations that scale adoption. You will report to the Director of Engineering, AICT, and drive architectural decisions for enterprise-wide AI governance.

You are AI-native, hands-on with AI, and will lead teams to design, ship, and operate scalable governance infrastructure.

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