Senior Staff Compiler & Runtime Engineer - AI Platform

ServiceNow; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 171,900 - 300,800; 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 platform engineer to own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of custom workflows and applications on the ServiceNow App Engine, with deep expertise in compiler and runtime systems. You will optimize execution engines, memory management, and performance at the systems level to scale customer solutions.

You will work with product owners, write high‑quality, testable code, and mentor teammates in low‑level systems engineering and optimization techniques.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience with Java or similar object‑oriented language, with at least 5+ years working on compiler, runtime, JIT/AOT systems, or language execution engines.
• Experience integrating AI into software development, workflows, decision‑making, or automation using AI‑powered tools and technologies.
• Strong experience with compiler/runtime systems: execution engines, memory management, concurrency, JIT/AOT compilation, performance optimization, profiling, and debugging.
• Advanced knowledge of data structures, algorithms, object‑oriented design, design patterns, and performance/scale considerations at the systems level.
• Experience developing, troubleshooting, and optimizing relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize execution engines, JIT/AOT compilation pipelines, and memory management systems to ensure customer applications run at scale.
• 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 product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation, and delivery of high‑quality product to our users.
• Implement software that is simple to use, allowing customers to extend and customize functionality to meet their specific needs.
• Mentor colleagues and promote knowledge‑sharing across teams on low‑level systems engineering, performance profiling, and optimization techniques.

Skills

Java

Compiler systems

Runtime systems

JIT/AOT

Performance optimization

Memory management

Object-oriented design

Concurrency

AI integration

Multi-stack experience

Mentorship

Code reviews

Tools

LLVM

Low-level systems

Job description

ServiceNow is seeking a senior platform engineer to own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of custom workflows and applications on the ServiceNow App Engine, with deep expertise in compiler and runtime systems. You will optimize execution engines, memory management, and performance at the systems level to scale customer solutions.

You will work with product owners, write high‑quality, testable code, and mentor teammates in low‑level systems engineering and optimization techniques.