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Software Engineer - Federal

ServiceNow · Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA · On-site

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About ServiceNow

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.

About the role

The Software Engineer designs, builds, and ships features for the Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) suite of products, which helps organizations align work with business objectives, manage demand, resources, and projects, and accelerate product and service delivery. This role combines strong engineering execution with product judgment. The engineer works closely with product managers to understand customer problems, shape solutions, and deliver them end to end. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • U.S. citizen or Green card (lawful permanent resident) holder only. This requirement is due to federal contract eligibility
  • Demonstrated experience building applications full stack applications using modern UX frameworks, JavaScript/TypeScript and a server-side language (for example, Java or Python)
  • Builder mindset: thinks like a product manager, designer, engineer, and tester at the same time, weighing user value, usability, technical design, and quality risk before committing to a solution
  • Demonstrated effective use of AI tools (such as coding assistants, LLM-based tools, or AI-enabled testing) to improve engineering productivity, and sound judgment about when to rely on AI output and when to verify it
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work with product, QE, and platform partners
  • Familiarity with developing products that are accessibility compliant (WCAG)
More about this role

The Software Engineer designs, builds, and ships features for the Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) suite of products, which helps organizations align work with business objectives, manage demand, resources, and projects, and accelerate product and service delivery. This role combines strong engineering execution with product judgment. The engineer works closely with product managers to understand customer problems, shape solutions, and deliver them end to end. The role also builds AI-native features and uses AI tools to accelerate design, development, testing, and delivery.

  • Design, develop, and deliver features for the Portfolio Management suite.
  • Build AI-native features that use generative and agentic capabilities to improve planning workflows, insights, and user experience.
  • Apply AI tools effectively across the development lifecycle, including code generation, test creation, debugging, documentation, and code review, while validating output for correctness, security, and maintainability.
  • Partner with product managers to translate customer needs into well-scoped technical solutions and to weigh trade-offs between user value, complexity, and delivery timelines.
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