Performance Engineer, Platform

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, Service Now is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our Service Now 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 are just getting started. Join us to put AI to work for people.

Join a high‑impact team of platform engineers at the heart of our enterprise technology ecosystem. The Service Now Platform Expert Team, part of Digital Technology Operations, focuses on scaling and optimizing the performance of mission‑critical systems. We partner directly with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to push the boundaries of platform reliability, scalability, and innovation. This is a team where engineering excellence, architectural rigor, and problem‑solving at scale drive everything we do.

In this role, you will solve complex challenges related to platform performance, scalability, and reliability across mission‑critical systems. You’ll be instrumental in designing solutions that ensure Service Now and other enterprise platforms operate efficiently under growing demand. By proactively identifying performance bottlenecks, enabling cross‑functional alignment, and implementing architectural best practices, you’ll help the organization deliver seamless digital experiences.

• Improved system performance and uptime through proactive monitoring and optimization.
• High‑quality architectural solutions that enable scalability and resilience.
• Timely delivery of cross‑functional initiatives with minimal rework or technical debt.
• Stakeholder satisfaction through effective collaboration and solution delivery.
• Contribution to a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and knowledge sharing.

• Set the Architecture Standard:
  Lead with deep architectural expertise—guiding teams to build scalable, resilient solutions that align with best practices and long‑term strategy.
• Drive Engineering Alignment:
  Collaborate across teams and functions to connect technical efforts with business goals, ensuring end‑to‑end cohesion in every system we build.
• Raise the Quality Bar:
  Lead technical reviews and platform audits to uphold high standards for security, performance, and reliability across our stack.
• Push Innovation Forward:
  Stay on the edge of emerging technologies and translate them into practical, forward‑thinking solutions that future‑proof our platform.
• Optimize for Performance at Scale:
  Define and track platform KPIs, implement real‑time monitoring, and lead efforts to fine‑tune performance across services and systems.
• Be a Strategic Partner:
  Provide consultative guidance to peer engineering teams on performance, capacity planning, and scalable infrastructure best practices.

What You Bring to the Role:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision making, or problem solving.
• 8+ years in enterprise IT with direct, hands‑on experience as a Service Now platform engineer or developer, including architecture, custom development, and platform integration.
• Deep expertise in Service Now platform internals, performance tuning, and module‑level customization across ITSM, ITOM, or other enterprise workflows.
• Development experience in client and server‑side JavaScript and Java (or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of one or more relational database technologies, e.g., Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
• Experience with dynamic HTML components such as AJAX, JavaScript, DOM, CSS, XML, HTML, XHTML.
• Experience troubleshooting application performance and SQL performance.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages:
  JavaScript, Python, Perl, Unix Shell, Windows Shell.
• Experience reading and analyzing application/platform…