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Staff Software Engineer

ServiceNow

14 hours agoOn-siteDublin$100K - 150KLead

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Company Description

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.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

Job Description

ServiceNow CRM helps companies sell, fulfil, and service customers on one AI-powered platform, spanning Customer Service Management, Field Service Management, and Sales CRM.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and build features across CSM Playbooks and customer service workflows, including case and work order management and guided agent experiences.

You will own complex components end to end, working closely with product, design, and adjacent platform teams to ship workflows that agents and customers rely on every day. You will bring strong engineering fundamentals, a bias for quality at scale, and a drive to make customer-facing processes faster and more intelligent with AI.

What you will do:

  • Build high-quality, scalable, clean, and reusable applications and integration solutions using ServiceNow platform and related technologies.
  • Partner with the product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code from design, implementation, test automation and delivery of high-quality products to our users.
  • Design and develop scalable, maintainable, and reusable software components with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability.
  • Own critical technical initiatives from planning to deployment, continuously refining and improving existing applications and services.
  • Explore the latest ServiceNow features and evaluate them for adoption
  • Develop proof-of-concept and prototype solutions to validate architectural, design decisions and demonstrate feasibility.
  • Establish and promote best practices around platform development, integrations, and performance optimization.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement by sharing best practices in engineering and quality
  • Mentor and guide engineers, fostering technical excellence and professional growth within the team.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering, with a record of technical direction adopted beyond your immediate team.
  • Effective, accountable use of AI coding assistants and agents.
  • Direct, hands-on experience authoring agentic instructions and prompts, designing autonomous workflows, and building the evaluation that verifies them.
  • Production experience with LLM APIs, retrieval-grounded features, agent orchestration, tool and function calling, and structured output enforcement - including at least one model or orchestration migration carried through production.
  • Experience in system design, APIs, data modelling, and testing across front-end, server-side, and relational data work with a high quality mindset.
  • Experience in software stack including Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, React and demonstrated ability to quickly learn new tools and frameworks.
  • Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Selenium, TestNG, Playwright) and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • On-call and incident-command experience on customer-facing systems, including ownership of the systemic fixes that followed.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and optimize performance across the stack.
  • Bachelor's degree in CS, software engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Good to have:

  • Experience using AI Coding tools such as Claude or Codex.
  • CRM domain knowledge and working experience

Additional Information

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@servicenow.com for assistance.

Export Control Regulations

For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities.

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Company Reviews

Employee reviews

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6,483 Reviews
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  • Promising from the outside, frustrating reality internally
    2026-03-09T10:05:04.020

    Pros: Pension Health and dental insurance Nice office and good location

    Cons: The role and company culture are often presented as much more attractive during the hiring process than what the reality turns out to be. Internally, there seems to be a significant number of senior roles focused more on justifying their existence than on driving meaningful progress. There are frequent organizational changes that often feel unnecessary or poorly thought through. Teams are regularly moved between organizations, renamed, and then sometimes moved back again within a short period of time, creating confusion rather than improvement. Career growth is very slow and largely time-based rather than performance-based. The average promotion timeline is around three years regardless of how well you perform. Salaries are generally below market and increases are limited, which often leaves employees feeling undervalued despite their experience and contributions. Management and HR show limited interest in employee development or long-term career progression. In some teams there are also issues with micromanagement, which can make the work environment frustrating. The company is also relatively conservative when it comes to employee engagement or events, which contributes to a culture that can feel quite stingy compared to many other companies in the industry. Overall, unless you are comfortable staying in the same role for several years with limited growth or salary progression, this may not be the right environment.

  • ServiceNow
    2026-03-08T17:54:15.597

    Pros: Great Benefits and company culture, competitive pay

    Cons: Very political at times unfortunately

  • From Great to Worst
    2026-03-07T14:47:12.013

    Pros: Office facilities, RSUs, salary, decent product.

    Cons: Middle management behaviours have turned toxic and the culture now runs on fear and control. Most of the week is swallowed by forecast meetings, “urgent” daily monitoring, and performative activity reporting. Outcomes matter less than optics. Instead of enabling people to do their best work, the environment punishes initiative and rewards compliance. It’s exhausting, demotivating, and a poor use of anyone’s time

Frequently asked questions about staff software engineer jobs

What is a ghost job?

A ghost job is a posting for a role the company isn't actively hiring for. Some stay up after the company fills the role. Others collect resumes for an opening that may never come.

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What do staff software engineer jobs pay?

Across the postings here that list pay, the median is about $204,000 a year. About 6 in 10 of these postings list a pay range; the rest show an estimate, marked as one.

How many staff software engineer jobs are there?

At our last count there were about 1,600 open postings from about 570 employers. The list on this page is live, so the count above it is the current one.

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