Principal Applications Dev Engineer

Overview

Principal Applications Dev Engineer (IC6-level) to lead technical direction, architecture, and execution for next-generation product experiences on the ServiceNow platform.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end design and development of large-scale full-stack product initiatives.
• Define technical architecture and engineering standards for scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Drive adoption of AI-powered capabilities, including LLM-based experiences and intelligent workflows.
• Partner with Product Management, UX, Data Science, and Platform teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical deep dives.
• Own critical production systems and drive operational excellence, observability, security, and reliability.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex enterprise products.
• Strong modern front-end expertise (JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Web Components, modern UI architecture).
• Strong backend expertise with distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.
• Ability to design systems scaling to enterprise workloads.
• Experience leading technical initiatives spanning multiple teams without direct authority.
• Deep understanding of software design principles, architecture patterns, performance optimization, and system reliability.
• Strong communication skills to influence senior technical and business stakeholders.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.