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ServiceNow

Builds software that automates business workflows

Senior Software Engineer - Agentic App Platform

Full-Time
$176.1k - $308.2k+ Equity + Variable/incentive compensation
Senior
Bachelor's
Mountain View, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringAI Application Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A strong foundation in computer science and software engineering, coupled with expertise in building scalable systems.
  • A deep understanding of clean, modular, and scalable API design, with the ability to champion coding best practices and influence fellow engineers to uphold high standards of code quality and craftsmanship.
  • A passion for optimizing systems and improving performance, with experience in tracing, logging, and metrics frameworks and a systematic approach to quickly identifying and resolving latency bottlenecks, race conditions, and throughput limitations.
  • The ability to independently research new requirements and develop innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment with rapid iterations.
  • Strong communication skills to articulate rationales and design approaches, and cross-functional awareness to collaborate with various teams.
  • A bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field.
  • At least five years of professional development experience, specifically building systems at scale.
Responsibilities
  • Construct product infrastructure with user-friendly interfaces that enable engineers and configurators to customize and optimize generative AI models, collect data and feedback, adapt to diverse enterprise use cases and business contexts, and deliver domain-specific conversational experiences.
  • Design scalable API abstractions for the conversation platform, supporting popular chat clients such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, and web clients, and providing a neutral API for other parts of the engineering system.
  • Optimize the dialog engine to support conversational features by leveraging each enterprise customer's private domain knowledge in the cloud, enable real-time multilingual translation, and maintain a minimal memory footprint, low latency, and a streamlined development process for application engineers.
  • Champion best practices for coding patterns, API design, scalability, robustness, and optimization, and foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement among fellow engineers.
  • Implement a robust logging and tracing framework, debugging and triaging tools, and automated metrics to provide visibility into conversational AI product performance and support monitoring and analysis.
  • Collaborate closely with machine learning engineers, application engineers, product teams, and customer support teams to drive new feature development and scalability initiatives.

About the company

ServiceNow builds cloud software that helps large organizations manage work across IT, customer service, human resources, and security. Its applications handle tasks such as resolving support tickets, onboarding employees, and responding to customer requests. Businesses configure forms, approval steps, and automation through visual tools on a common platform, connecting existing systems and using AI to assist workers or carry out tasks. The company sells subscriptions to its applications and platform, with professional services helping customers implement and use the software. Founded in 2004, ServiceNow is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

2004

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What believers are saying

  • Subscriptions grew: ServiceNow reported $3.877 billion in subscription revenue for the June 2026 quarter, up 24.5% year over year.
  • Hybrid work is established: ServiceNow says most staff have flexible arrangements, requiring two or more office days weekly.
  • Security work expanded: the April 2026 Armis acquisition added protection for industrial equipment, medical devices, and connected hardware.

What critics are saying

  • Subscription margins narrowed: in June 2026, ServiceNow kept 73.5% of subscription revenue after direct costs, versus 80% a year earlier.
  • Remote roles limit relocation: ServiceNow requires staff to remain within their employment state, province, region, or country.
  • Older versions lose support: ServiceNow supports two release families and schedules upgrades for customers who fall behind.

What makes ServiceNow unique

  • Customers get separated systems: ServiceNow assigns each customer its own software instance and database, unlike shared tenant designs.
  • Outages get business context: ServiceNow's configuration database maps servers and applications to the business services depending on them.
  • Customers choose upgrade timing: ServiceNow's separate instances let enterprises schedule releases independently from other customers.

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Benefits

  • Generous family leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Matched Donations
  • Retirement benefits
  • Annual learning stipends
  • Paid volunteer time

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

1%
Yahoo Finance
Oct 18th, 2026
ServiceNow's revenue grows 24% to $4B, outpacing Workday's 13% growth and $2.7B quarterly sales

ServiceNow is growing revenue faster than Workday, according to an analysis of the two software companies' last eight quarters. ServiceNow's second-quarter revenue reached $4.0 billion, up 24% year over year. Workday's hit $2.7 billion, up 13%. ServiceNow's AI offerings passed $1 billion in annual contract value (ACV) during the quarter. Customers with more than $5 million in ACV rose 23%. Workday said AI capabilities drove more than 25% of its new ACV in its fiscal second quarter.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 14th, 2026
Over 25% of S&P 500 stocks are down 40%+: four bargain tech picks, from Netflix to Oracle

More than 25% of S&P 500 stocks are down 40% or more from their highs, even with the index near record levels, as of October 8, 2026. The Motley Fool sees that as a chance to hunt for bargains in tech. It names four picks. Netflix trades at about 18.5 times 2027 analyst earnings estimates, and advertising should drive its growth. Oracle has a $664 billion backlog in cloud infrastructure, but carries heavy debt and burns cash. ServiceNow, hit by the 2026 software sell-off, trades at 7.5 times forward sales as it pushes into agentic AI. AppLovin trades at 13 times 2027 earnings estimates. Its revenue rose 53% last quarter to $1.9 billion.

Fortune
Oct 14th, 2026
CFOs at Chevron, ServiceNow and Nasdaq say AI must earn capital; ServiceNow targets $500M savings

Chevron, ServiceNow and Nasdaq finance chiefs say AI projects must prove their worth before getting funded. They spoke on a panel at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Santa Barbara on Tuesday. Chevron's chief financial officer, Eimear Bonner, said AI "has got to compete for capital" and cannot be "a science experiment." She wants a clear path to value and results that reach the bottom line. ServiceNow's Gina Mastantuno said CFOs must also weigh the cost of falling behind rivals. The company expects $500 million in savings this year, largely from using its own products. Nasdaq's Sarah Youngwood sorts investments by time horizon and tracks AI metrics such as coding speed, client retention and token costs.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 9th, 2026
ServiceNow vs. Palantir: can faster AI growth justify paying 139× vs. 31× cash flow?

Palantir Technologies trades at 139 times trailing free cash flow compared to ServiceNow's 31 times, but investors are paying the premium for faster AI-driven growth. Palantir's June-quarter revenue surged 93% to $1.94 billion, with GAAP operating income reaching $912 million, about 47% of revenue. ServiceNow's second-quarter subscription revenue rose 24.5% to $3.88 billion. Current remaining performance obligations increased 21% to $13.2 billion. Operating cash flow reached $587 million, with free cash flow at $473 million after property purchases. Institutional ownership data shows ServiceNow's holder count increased to 115 from 108 in Q1, whilst Palantir's fell to 86 from 96. Palantir had 60.18 million shares short on 15 September, approximately 2.8% of float. Both companies offer different enterprise automation approaches, with the valuation gap reflecting Palantir's exceptional growth trajectory.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 7th, 2026
ServiceNow vs UiPath: Which AI automation stock is the better 2026 buy?

ServiceNow and UiPath both offer AI-powered automation platforms, but differ in scale and growth. ServiceNow reported revenue of nearly $13.3 billion for fiscal 2025, up 20.9%, with net income of $1.75 billion. UiPath posted revenue of $1.6 billion for fiscal 2026, up 12.7%, achieving its first full-year GAAP profitability with net income of $282.3 million. ServiceNow's AI products surpassed $1 billion in annual contract value in Q2. However, its $7.75 billion Armis acquisition raised total debt to $7.5 billion by June 2026. UiPath carries no debt and maintains a current ratio of 2.5x, but faces slower growth with flat customer count year-over-year. ServiceNow trades at 33.9x forward P/E versus UiPath's 17.1x, reflecting different growth trajectories and market positioning.