# Senior Staff Applications Development Engineer at ServiceNow

- Company: ServiceNow
- What the company does: It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. Backed by Greylock and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.servicenow.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $191K to $334K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-07
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000154008529?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-senior-staff-applications-development-engineer/

## About the role

Design, build, and deliver scalable, AI-native enterprise applications for industry-specific workflows, data models, and compliance requirements, along with the integrations and channels that make them usable in production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience in the SaaS industry, building and operating products at production scale
- A demonstrated track record of building, shipping, and operating production software, including hands-on delivery of AI-native application features that real users depend on rather than demos
- Direct, hands-on experience authoring agentic instructions and prompts, designing AI-driven autonomous workflows, and building the evaluation and testing that verifies non-deterministic behavior
- Advanced command of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, system design, APIs, and performance optimization
- AI-native application development: agent orchestration at the application layer, tool and function calling, context assembly, grounding against enterprise data, and handling latency, cost, and failure
- Demonstrated ability to lead technically complex projects across multiple teams as a technical owner or engineering leader, with strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills

Tags: Engineering, Infrastructure and...

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-senior-staff-applications-development-engineer/
