Senior Staff AI-Enabled Applications Engineer

ServiceNow; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 334,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) Plan with company match

ESPP

Matching donations

Flexible time away plan

Family leave programs

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking a Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. The role centers on owning end-to-end development of scalable, high-quality software, guiding architecture decisions, and mentoring teams across multiple stacks including Node.js, Java, and modern UI frameworks.

The candidate will define framework APIs, drive design patterns, ensure performance and reliability, and collaborate with product owners to deliver features that enable customers to customize and

Qualifications

• Experience designing large-scale software systems.
• Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms and OO design.
• Proven track record leading architecture decisions and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Own code from design, implementation, test automation, and delivery of high-quality product to users.
• Drive full development lifecycle with product owners.
• Build modular, reusable components for scalability and extensibility.
• Contribute to new products and features while enhancing existing product suite.
• Mentor colleagues and promote knowledge sharing across teams.
• Architect framework-level APIs and component systems across platforms.
• Set technical direction for framework-level APIs used by downstream teams.

Skills

UI frameworks

Node.js

Java

Design patterns

Data structures

Performance optimization

Architectural leadership

Mentoring

Kubernetes

Code reviews

Tools

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

ServiceNow is seeking a Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer in Santa Clara, CA. The role centers on owning end-to-end development of scalable, high-quality software, guiding architecture decisions, and mentoring teams across multiple stacks including Node.js, Java, and modern UI frameworks.

The candidate will define framework APIs, drive design patterns, ensure performance and reliability, and collaborate with product owners to deliver features that enable customers to customize and