Staff/Sr Staff Software Engineer - Backend

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We’re looking for people who are ready to jump right in and help us build on our incredible momentum, our diverse, engaged workforce, and our purpose to make the world of work, work better.

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What you get to do in this role:   

“The Management, Instrumentation, and Discovery (MID) Server is a Java application that runs as a Windows service or UNIX daemon on a server in any required network local, or cloud. The ServiceNow® MID Server enables communication and the movement of data between a ServiceNow instance and external applications, data sources, and services.  MID is comprised of a variety of cutting-edge technologies, embedding a web container for ingress of event sources, WebSocket server for efficient bidirectional communication with host agents, gRPC and mTLS, JavaScript, SOAP/REST, and the list goes on.

The team is following modern development practices including scrum and continuous integration. This is a very strong foundational team that enables many ServiceNow capabilities and drive significant value as a secure remoting extension of the Now platform.

We are looking to add a strong developer/architect to this very capable team to continue the innovation and adequately face new market demands.”

• You will design and develop solutions for complex use cases across multiple domains, utilizing cutting edge technologies
• Be a leader, drive projects, mentor your colleagues and help promote knowledge-sharing and best practices
• You will drive and build solutions that are robust, scalable, performant and secure
• Your code will be of high-quality, clean, scalable, and reusable code by enforcing best practices around software engineering architecture and processes (code reviews, unit testing, etc.)
• Collaborate with product owners to understand detailed requirements and own your code throughout its lifecycle.
• Implement software that is simple to use to allow customers to extend and customize the functionality to meet their specific needs
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new products and features while also enhancing the existing product suite

To be successful in this role you have:

• 10+ years of experience with OO language (Java preferred)
• Advanced knowledge with data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, design patterns, multithreading, relational database, and performance/scale considerations
• Experience with designing and writing secure software, applying cryptography best practices
• Experience integrating and developing software and services using common API techniques (SOAP, REST, XML, etc.)
• Passion for scripting languages (JavaScript, PowerShell, SSH, or similar) scripts, reusability, and componentization
• Experience with multiple technology stacks: Cloud Dev, Platforms, Frameworks, or service-oriented architecture
• Capability to manage multiple projects with material-technical risk across teams and processes; may serve as a functional lead or technical owner

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