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Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Senior ServiceNow Application Development Engineer

Full-Time
$135.5k - $183.3k/yr+ Sign-on payments + RSUs
Senior
Bachelor's
Austin, TX, USA
In Person
IT OperationsSystem Administration
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related discipline or equivalent
  • Certified ServiceNow Administrator (CSA) or other ServiceNow certification is required.
  • 5+ years of direct experience with the ServiceNow platform as an administrator, developer and/or comparable role.
  • 5+ years direct experience working with customers to understand requirements and implementing information technology solutions / initiatives.
Responsibilities
  • Perform technical administration and maintenance of ServiceNow IT Business Management.
  • Work on identifying platform level optimization opportunities to improve overall user experience, such as page load latency reduction.
  • Partner with cross functional teams to build enhancements and integrations that scale.
  • Create ServiceNow workflows and business rules for service improvements.
  • Interface with ServiceNow for all operational requests / issues / planning.
  • Lead ServiceNow release upgrades including technical and stakeholder management activities.
  • Work closely with Software Development Engineers to coordinate system updates, patches, and configuration changes.
  • Provide user training related to ServiceNow processes, policies and procedures.
  • Mentor team members on project planning, design, and estimating activities in ServiceNow IT Business Management.
Desired Qualifications
  • 5+ years experience in multiple areas of technology, including application administration, configuration, and/or data services.
  • Experience working on ServiceNow platform maintenance and optimization activities, such as release management and page load time latency improvement.
  • Proven experience Agile scrum/Kanban methodology.
  • Experience with JavaScript, Perl or PHP is strongly preferred.
  • Experience customizing or developing reports from data residing in relational databases.
  • Experience with web service integrations using REST, SOAP, etc.
  • ITIL Foundation certified or related experience preferred.
  • ServiceNow full implementation cycle preferred

About the company

Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • AI drives growth: AWS's AI and custom-chip sales each more than doubled, passing $25 billion a year by June 2026.
  • Stock grants gained value: shares hit a record in August 2026, making Amazon the fifth company to reach $3 trillion.
  • Ads are a third engine beside stores and AWS: they grew 26% to $19.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter.

What critics are saying

  • AWS's lead is shrinking: in the June 2026 quarter, Google Cloud grew 82% and Microsoft's Azure 43%, versus AWS's 37%.
  • Job security has slipped: Amazon cut 30,000 corporate jobs in October 2025 and January 2026 to reduce management layers.
  • Expect five office days a week: Amazon ended its three-day hybrid policy for corporate staff in January 2025.

What makes Amazon unique

  • Most of Amazon's profit comes from cloud: AWS made 21% of sales but 60% of operating profit in mid-2026.
  • Amazon is America's biggest parcel carrier by volume: it handled 6.9 billion packages in 2025, more than the Postal Service.
  • Writing matters more than slides: Amazon meetings open with silent reading of a six-page memo instead of PowerPoint.

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