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LAYIQ - Staff Software Engineer at ServiceNow, Santa Clara, CA

~8+ years of practical software engineering experience, including production systems you've owned end-to-end
Strong fundamentals: data structures, system design, REST/GraphQL, relational data modeling, testing
Real, hands-on microservices experience, including event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar)
Working front-end skills with a modern component framework
Strong collaboration skills — comfortable working with TPMs and business stakeholders to clarify ambiguous requirements
CI/CD, containers, observability, and L3 incident/support experience for internal production systems
Current, hands-on experience with agentic workflows, LLM integration, RAG, Knowledge grapgh, MCP or prompt engineering — you should already be fluent here
A record of mentoring engineers and raising quality through code review
Nice to have
Billing, contracts, quoting, or usage-based commercial systems experience
Kafka/event-driven architecture depth, or NoSQL data modeling (e.g., Cosmos DB)
ServiceNow Platform certification and/or development experience is a strong added advantage
Nice to have
Billing, contracts, quoting, or usage-based commercial systems experience
Kafka/event-driven architecture depth, or NoSQL data modeling (e.g., Cosmos DB)
ServiceNow Platform experience is a plus
For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $166,500 - $291,400
, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
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