Own end-to-end delivery of products that increase developer productivity: faster time-to-market, higher-quality artifacts, lower friction
Define platform primitives other products build on — bias toward generality, reliability, clean abstractions
Drive measurable supply metrics: developer activation, integration velocity, artifact quality, ecosystem breadth
Lead technical strategy for your platform areas: roadmap, API design, cross-team alignment
Set the engineering bar: architecture, design standards, observability, operational excellence
Mentor senior engineers; raise the team's technical depth
What We Look For at Senior Staff Level
You're a multiplier. You trace developer pain to platform gaps, design general solutions, ship them in ways that unlock categories of use cases. You raise the abstraction level of everything you touch. You shape product decisions from the technical side. Your mentees have gone on to senior roles or owned critical systems.
Required
12+ years designing, building, operating production systems; significant platform or infrastructure team experience
Experience leading design and multi-year operation of developer platforms that reached 100+ external teams; can point to instances where the platform unlocked new use cases or accelerated velocity by order of magnitude
Deep expertise in distributed systems: reliability, API design, performance, fault tolerance, observability
Strong systems engineer with fluency in production microservices environments at scale
Built general-purpose platforms other engineers depend on; understand what makes an abstraction good vs. leaky
End-to-end ownership: you design, code, debug in production, iterate based on real feedback — not handing off at the design doc
Navigate tradeoffs with incomplete data: know when to generalize vs. specialize, when to build vs. integrate, when to move fast vs. lock in design
Understand developer activation funnels and feedback loops that turn builders into core contributors
Nice to Have
Familiarity with LLM-based architectures or agent orchestration patterns
Experience with enterprise developer environments: auth, sandboxing, compliance, multi-tenancy constraints
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $190,900 - $334,100, 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
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ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, 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
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