Sr Software Engineer

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

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Seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the ITSM Engineering team in Hyderabad. This is a multi-faceted role requiring strong engineering fundamentals, AI/GenAI product experience, customer empathy, and the ability to ramp 
quickly on the ServiceNow platform.

Technical Skills Required:
• Strong JavaScript/Node.js, engineering fundamentals
• REST/SOAP API design and integration
• Automated testing (unit + integration) and CI/CD pipeline experience
• Solid understanding of data modeling and query optimization

AI/GenAI Skills Good to Have:
• Hands-on experience with LLM-integrated features: prompt design, context injection, 
  output tuning, guardrails
• Experience with NLU/intent classification or conversational AI systems
• Familiarity with ML-driven automation (classification, clustering, recommendation 
  systems)

Technical Skills Good to Have (weighted heavily in evaluation):
• ServiceNow platform scripting (Glide APIs, Script Includes, Business Rules, 
  Scripted REST APIs)
• Now Experience UI Framework / Service Portal (Angular-based)
• Now Assist, Virtual Agent/NLU, or Predictive Intelligence hands-on experience
• ServiceNow Automated Test Framework (ATF)

Key Responsibilities:
• Own end-to-end feature delivery: design, build, test, and ship ITSM + AI/ML solutions
• Support and troubleshoot customer issues; drive root-cause analysis and fixes
• Guide product enhancements based on customer feedback and operational insights
• Mentor junior developers on technical design, problem-solving, and best practices
• Become a domain expert: understand how the ITSM application and its AI features 
  work end-to-end
• Flexible for FDE (Forward Deployed Engineer) engagements: customer deployments, 
  on-site troubleshooting, and customization guidance as needed
• Drive operational excellence: KTLO, incident response, escalations

This role requires someone equally comfortable writing clean backend code, tuning an 
NLU/LLM-based feature, mentoring a developer, and jumping on a customer call to unblock 
a deployment. You'll grow into the go-to person for ITSM + AI domain knowledge.

Required:
• 6+ years software engineering experience (backend, frontend, or full-stack)
• Strong JavaScript/Node.js, React and API integration skills
• Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI or ML-driven features (LLM prompting, NLU, 
  classification models, or similar)
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
• Comfortable with customer interaction and support scenarios
• Experience mentoring junior developers
• Agile/sprint-based development experience

Good to Have (top priority when comparing candidates):
• ServiceNow platform development experience (scripting, Now Experience, ATF)
• Now Assist, Virtual Agent/NLU, or Predictive Intelligence experience
• ServiceNow Certified Application Developer (CAD) or System Administrator (CSA)
• ITSM domain knowledge (incident, problem, change, asset management)
• Field-facing or customer-engagement work

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