Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
The Principal Software Engineer plays a key role in shaping the future of ServiceNow’s platform by architecting and developing core frameworks that enhance user experience and embed generative AI capabilities. This role involves driving large-scale technical initiatives, making strategic architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers while collaborating across product and design teams to deliver innovative, high-performance solutions. We’re seeking a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in large-scale endpoint agent development and deployment, and microservices architecture. The role requires technical leadership to drive best practices, architecture recommendations, and standards for data collection, transport, and storage at scale.
Requirements
- Experience in leveraging critical 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 function or industry.
- Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 12 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience; or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or similar object-oriented languages.
- Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance optimization
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Selenium, TestNG) and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding software quality principles including reliability, observability, and production readiness.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and optimize performance across the stack.
- Experience with AI-powered tools or workflows, including validation of datasets, model predictions, and inference consistency.
- Comfort with development tools such as IDEs, debuggers, profilers, source control, and Unix-based systems
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and reusable software components with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability.
- Collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into well-architected solutions, owning features from design through delivery
- Build intuitive and extensible user experiences using modern UI frameworks, ensuring flexibility for customer-specific needs.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of new products and features while enhancing existing product capabilities.
- Integrate automated testing into development workflows to ensure consistent quality across releases.
- Participate in design and code reviews ensuring best practices in performance, maintainability, and testability.
- Develop comprehensive test strategies covering functional, regression, integration and performance aspects
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement by sharing best practices in engineering and quality
- Promote a culture of engineering craftsmanship, knowledge-sharing, and thoughtful quality practices across the team.
Benefits
- health plans
- flexible spending accounts
- a 401(k) Plan with company match
- ESPP
- matching donations
- a flexible time away plan
- family leave programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
