Senior Software Engineer (Java Backend)

ServiceNow • San Diego, CA

85d • $126,700 - $215,400

About The Position

The developer sandbox team is a platform group that is enabling development at scale on the ServiceNow AI Platform. Developer sandboxes allow for more developers to work in parallel and will help scale AI development on the platform. We partner deeply with product, other engineering teams, and customer-facing teams to build solutions that help our customers work better. As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will play a key role in translating product requirements, designing engineering solutions and prototyping, and delivering the implementation. Come join us if you thrive on solving difficult platform level integration and performance problems and want to enable development and AI agents at scale on the ServiceNow AI Platform.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience working with product and ability to translate product requirements into engineering requirements, designs, proof-of-concept, and implementation.
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, and performance/scale considerations.
• Analytical and design skills.
• 4+ years of experience with Java or a similar OO language.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving.
• Experience using AI Productivity tools such as Windsurf, Cursor, etc.
• Experience working in databases such as MariaDB and Postgres.

Responsibilities

• Build high-quality, clean, scalable and reusable code by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes (Code Reviews, Unit testing, etc.)
• Design and develop backend services in Java to extend the platform.
• Build with a strong emphasis on performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Optimize database integrations for scalability, management, and access.
• Partner with peers and product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation and delivery of high-quality product to our users.
• Coordinate with other engineering teams to ensure dependencies are fulfilled and integrations are designed and implemented in a scalable and extensible way.
• Ensure that our solutions are performant, identify and address performance issues.
• Help design and implementation of software that is simple to use, extensible, and meets customer requirements.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new products and features while also enhancing the existing product suite.

Benefits

• Base pay of $126,700 - $215,400, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits.
• Health plans, including flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) Plan with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Matching donations.
• Flexible time away plan and family leave programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services